Razer CEO Says Gamers Love AI Game Development, They Just Don’t Realize It Yet

Amidst rising AI discontent, some tech CEOs have formed somewhat of a united front insisting that critics of AI are somehow incorrect. In an interview on Decoder with Nilay Patel (a podcast produced by The Verge), Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan has chimed in with some curious, conflicting statements regarding generative AI. These statements particularly stand out because they were in direct response to Nilay asking for Min Liang-Tan's input regarding the public backlash on Razer's AI focus at CES 2026, pointing out that "gamers hate it" and that if the Razer CEO is listening to them, "How are you reconciling that gap?"

Min-Liang Tan's response starts on some fairly strong footing: "What are we unhappy with? When I say we, I mean us as gamers. I think we're unhappy with generative AI slop, right? Just to put it out there. And that's something I'm ...