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SvennoJ on 02 January 2026
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LegitHyperbole said:
SvennoJ said:

Digital distribution also brought us games 'sooner'. How did that end up. (Broken games at release, rise of ftp mtx slop) Can't wait for AI to accelerate the race to the bottom....

The global financial system will be fine, US economy however... But that's going down the drain anyway, Trump is making sure of that.

Nah. It'll be a depression globally. There is only one path forward and that's if people accept AI and doubly that AI is actually good and not dogshit like it is now. I admit you're right, much will get worse but much will get better too, there are big boons of the digital era, I wouldn't go back for one. As for AI, I see people having on it but the gamble has already been made, the big players have set things up so that life for the rest of us depends on good AI that doesn't kill us and some kinda of financial reset. It almost seems planned in the stupidity of it all. 

People don't have to accept AI, the market is still driven by consumer demand. It's going to be a great time for those developers rejecting generative AI. Recessions usually stimulate creativity. New players might even enter the market. The old boys gamble is just that, a gamble. 

NVidea and AMD are digging their own graves

https://www.eurogamer.net/amd-and-nvidia-will-reportedly-raise-gpu-prices-significantly-in-2026

Expectations are that these price increases will impact certain GPUs, including Nvidia's GeForce RTX 50 series and AMD's Radeon RX 9000 series which are already expensive. According to Newsis, the Nvidia RTX 5090 which was released at a price point of $1,999 could eventually increase to $5,000 this year.

The silver lining is that the current gen will last a lot longer, devs will get to be creative getting the most out of current hardware instead of expecting gamers to upgrade. 

Not looking good for the Gabe Box and Steam Frame. Switch 2 should be all right, I imagine Nintendo has some contracts secured. Plus the longer the gen lasts, the better for games coming to Switch 2. MS next premium XBox plans are DBA, dead before arrival.