| Kyuu said: Mid-sized and emerging companies can seize the opportunity and fill the gaps left by nVidia and AMD. But it would be awkward as hell if PS7 ditches backwards compatibility with 3 generations when PS6 is fully backwards compatible with PS5 and PS4 lol. That's a massive ass library to casually delete in this day and age. A non-nVidia "Switch 3" would also drop BC with two major consoles. |
x86 and graphics programming APIs probably aren't going anywhere and even if they are, emulation exists if there's enough interest in it. It's not like backwards compatibility has always been enabled by hardware.
| Soundwave said: Anyone who could create any kind of GPU architecture that can even remotely compete with Nvidia isn't going to focus on gaming, lol. They'll go straight to AI too and watch their stock price skyrocket. Investors don't give a shit about gaming, it's a small potatoes business. It's like saying someone who has the ability and talent to play in the NBA will just rather play for your local men's league instead, they'd be pretty stupid to do that with that skill set. Now maybe in the 1950s or something before big ticket contracts were a thing for pro athletes, that might have been even plausible but today that would just be stupid. AI has forever changed the GPU game, might as well accept it. |
There could still be room for something that's poor at AI but good enough at graphics at a price that's not driven up by AI needs. I wouldn't bet on it happening, but it certainly could. It's definitely a profitable market if you can find a way to enter it, so if the AI-capable companies neglect gaming too badly, someone will fill in the void sooner or (probably) later.
