PC and traditional console will just see lower sales most likely from their peaks with higher pricing, but it's clear everyone is shifting towards having higher margins as more desirable. PS5 is already drifting below PS4 and PS4 didn't even come close to PS2.
Sony and Nvidia don't care about end total numbers as their leadership position is relatively secure with little direct competition, no point in dropping the price of your product when you know you're going to be the overwhelming market leader. Playstation doesn't have much to worry about from XBox, Nvidia doesn't have much to worry about from AMD.
Then for Nvidia on top of that, gaming PCs are a tiny part of their business and frankly don't matter much so there's even less real motivation to work very hard for every sale.
GPU sales were higher 6 years ago, 10 years ago, they'll likely continue to shift downwards some as the pricing becomes higher but I don't think Nvidia cares much. It's not what drives their business anymore (not even close).
Last edited by Soundwave - on 14 October 2024
