Nvidia Is Going To Massively Raise GPU Prices/Cut Supply For Gamers

[SvennoJ]

Pemalite said:

SvennoJ said:

That would be another death blow to PC gaming. The biggest draw of PC gaming is the freedom to spice things up with mods next to cheap sales. The whole PC gaming is affordable spiel comes from cheaper games. Not renting them from the cloud.

Streaming has already been tried on PC and rejected.

And purists won't like the extra lag, streaming artifacts etc.

The increased prices are coming to consoles as well. Whenever the PC gets screwed over, there is a trickle-down impact to consoles that literally use the same PC technology.

There is just a pricing delay due to supply/contract agreements... But I would expect sticker prices increase by hundreds of dollars for consoles... Perhaps renting from the cloud might one day be the only financially viable option?

PS5 and Switch 2 price will go up this year, no doubt. Not as much though as a new GPU :/

I think people will stick to what they have and publishers will be fine supporting existing hardware. Most of the world is not ready for streaming games, even if it was the only option. Instead a flourishing second hand PC parts market might arise. Game stores might actually survive a bit longer on second hand console sales going up.

A break in the graphics race might not be a bad thing. Heck with money saved on not upgrading, more money for games ;)