Well said

I care, because if the rich buy X product, then Y company starts raising the prices, and the rich don't seem to see money as an object, so they carry on dealing with those raised prices, meanwhile ppl like me are priced out and have to wait for companies like Nvidia to grow a conscience and realise they are leaving a chunk of customers behind.

I've been watching this for years, not only for Nvidia, but the AAA market as well, I'm being priced out of AAA's now more than I was a decade ago, and same goes for hardware now. I've got a choice, either pay my bills, or not pay my bills in order to somewhat afford decent hw, that's not really a choice now is it? (retail really don't pay for everything, just to let you know).

This is why I only play retro titles and indies for about a decade now on PC.

True enough, but the only way it's getting better is companies going for lower profit margins compared to previous gens, since manufacturing costs will increase even further in the future. The 5090 likely needs to be released for >$2000 and maybe even >$2400 if it comes in the 2-3 nm nodes to keep up the margins.

Would AMD do it when the market is as static as it is even when they offer the best value? I doubt it. Which means Nvidia also won't. Only Intel has a shot of being a disruptive force in the market, but will they?

The Wednesday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

GOG has an incredible 5 new Deals of the Day and 3 new sales:

• These are the Deals of the Day, that will last until Friday:
  • Soldier of Fortune: Platinum Edition gets a 38% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/soldier_of_fortune_platinum_edition
  • Caesar 3 is 40% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/caesar_3
  • Deliver Us The Moon is 65% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/deliver_us_the_moon
  • Jade Empire: Special Edition gets a 75% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/jade_empire_special_edition
  • And the last one is System Shock: Enhanced Edition, with an 85% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/system_shock_enhanced_edition
• The first Sale is the Midweek Sale, featuring FRR (first Person Perspective) games with up to 85% discounts during 4 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20221116_midweek_sale
• Publisher Focus Home Entertainment puts its games on sale with up to 80% discounts during 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/202211_focus_entertainment
• And the Return to Point and Clicks Sale features more than 300 point'n'click games with up to 90% discounts during 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/2022_return_to_point_and_click

Steam has four new deals:

• Going Medieval, still in Early Access, will be 20% off until the 21st of November: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1029780/Going_Medieval/
• Outward Definitive Edition gets a 55% discount until next Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/794260/Outward_Definitive_Edition/
• Biped is going to be 60% off until the 22nd: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1071870/Biped/
• And Tennis Manager 2022 will also be 60% off until Tuesday, 22: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1937620/Tennis_Manager_2022/

And Fanatical has a new Star Deal: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition gets a 78% discount during the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-special-edition.

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

AMD (Radeon) Software Adrenalin 22.11.1
https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-rad-win-22-11-1
Highlights
Support for:

• Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0
• Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales

Fixed Issues

• World Of Warships prediction lines may be missing on Radeon™ RX 6000 series GPUs.
• When Radeon™ Anti-Lag is enabled, a beep can be heard when pressing the shift + back key.
• OpenGL applications using MSAA may see visual corruption.
• Higher than expected idle VRAM clock using multi-monitor setups on Radeon™ RX 6000 series GPUs.
• Selected objects may be missing in Edificius™

Epic Games has officially released Unreal Engine 5.1
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/epic-games-has-officially-released-unreal-engine-5-1/
Last month, Epic Games released a preview version of Unreal Engine 5.1. And today, we are happy to report that Unreal Engine 5.1 has been officially released to all developers.
Unreal Engine 5.1 adds several features to improve efficiency for developers of games and other large-scale interactive projects, helping teams be more productive. For instance, Virtual Assets decouple the metadata from the object data, enabling developers to sync only what they need from source control systems such as Perforce—resulting in smaller workspaces and faster syncs for developers who don’t need access to the full object data.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Fallout 4 gets a new settlement/building mod with 200 new items
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/fallout-4-gets-a-new-settlement-building-mod-with-200-new-items/
Modder ‘GreekRage’ has released a pretty cool new mod for Fallout 4. According to its description, Nakano Tours 3 in 1 is a settlement mod with building capabilities.
Going into more details, GreekRage created several buildings and assets that are far from lore-friendly and very different from what the game offers. Furthermore, the modder added numerous decorations, furniture, and misc items. In total, there are 200 new items.

FIFA 23 gets new high quality graphics overhaul mods on PC
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/fifa-23-gets-new-high-quality-graphics-overhaul-mods-on-pc/
Modder ‘OppressorMK11’ has released a new high-quality graphics overhaul mod for the PC version of FIFA 23. Furthermore, the modder has released numerous packs that improve/update/overhaul the faces of soccer players.
Going into more details, the High Quality Graphics Mod adds real banners and ultras flags. Additionally, it adds the real players’ names, logos, kits, banners, flags, scarves for Napoli, Lazio, Atalanta, and Roma. Not only that, but this mod brings authentic scarves for all fans, new Scoreboards, and better/new mini faces.

GAMING NEWS

NVIDIA DLSS 3 coming to Need for Speed Unbound, WRC Generations & Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/nvidia-dlss-3-coming-to-need-for-speed-unbound-wrc-generations-warhammer-40000-darktide/
NVIDIA has announced that the latest version of DLSS, DLSS 3, will be coming to four new games this month. These four games are Need for Speed Unbound, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, WRC Generations – The FIA WRC Official Game, and Warhammer 40,000: Darktide.

A part of Grand Theft Auto 5’s source code has been leaked on GitHub
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/grand-theft-auto-5-source-code-leak-github/
And it finally happened. From the looks of it, a part of Grand Theft Auto 5’s source code has been leaked on GitHub. The source code features scripting functions and turnables. Also, and according to reports, the leak features cut content from GTA Online, developer notes, and parts of the anti-cheat.

Wednesday news, part two:

Destiny 2 cheat maker that clapped back at Bungie has said clapback dismissed in federal court
https://www.pcgamer.com/destiny-2-cheat-maker-that-clapped-back-at-bungie-has-said-clapback-dismissed-in-federal-court/
Destiny 2 cheat maker AimJunkies has faced a major setback in its battle against Bungie today, as a Seattle federal court has dismissed its counterclaim against the developer.

The Sims 4 is ditching 32-bit support for good in December
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-sims-4-is-ditching-32-bit-support-for-good-in-december/
The Sims 4: Legacy Edition, a 32-bit version of Electronic Arts' long-running life game that launched in 2019, is going away for good in December, meaning that players on older operating systems are going to have to either upgrade, or find something else to play.

Cyberpunk 2077's upcoming expansion won't be free, confirms CD Projekt
https://www.pcgamer.com/cyberpunk-2077s-upcoming-expansion-wont-be-free-confirms-cd-projekt/
CD Projekt has confirmed that Phantom Liberty, the upcoming Cyberpunk 2077 expansion featuring Keanu Reeves and Sasha Grey that will open up an all-new district of Night City, will not be free.

Surprise! Civilization 6 is getting 12 new leaders
https://www.pcgamer.com/surprise-civilization-6-is-getting-12-new-leaders/
More than a year after the Civilization 6 Anthology delivered what was billed as "the complete Civ 6 experience, all in one bundle," 2K Games has announced a new season pass that will add a dozen new leaders and six "new takes" on existing ones.

Good luck counting how many dragons are in the WoW: Dragonflight trailer
https://www.pcgamer.com/good-luck-counting-how-many-dragons-are-in-the-wow-dragonflight-trailer/
There are close to 50 total dragons in the World of Warcraft: Dragonflight launch cinematic—I gave up counting the moment it cut to the populated halls of the Dracthyr.

Starfield delay was 'the right thing to do' says Phil Spencer
https://www.pcgamer.com/starfield-delay-was-the-right-thing-to-do-says-phil-spencer/
If Starfield had hit its original release date we'd be playing it right now. Bethesda's space-is-the-place RPG was scheduled to release on November 11, exactly 11 years after Skyrim came out. While Arkane's co-op vampire shooter Redfall didn't have a firm release date, it was also scheduled for a summer 2022 launch before Bethesda announced both Starfield and Redfall were being delayed into 2023. How did Microsoft, which spent $7.5 billion acquiring Bethesda's parent company Zenimax, feel about those two big upcoming games being delayed? According to Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer, pretty good actually.

MultiVersus season 2 is live, will be adding Marvin the Martian
https://www.pcgamer.com/multiversus-season-2-is-live-will-be-adding-marvin-the-martian/
Warner Bros' crossover platform-fighter/marketing orgy MultiVersus is still technically in open beta, but that hasn't stopped it from going hard on seasonal content and battle passes. MultiVersus Season 2 has just begun, and among the updates coming at an unannounced date over its course are Marvin the Martian as a playable fighter, and a map based on Game of Thrones.

No one has spoken to Geralt's voice actor about appearing in The Witcher remake yet and it's making me nervous
https://www.pcgamer.com/no-one-has-spoken-to-geralts-voice-actor-about-appearing-in-the-witcher-remake-yet-and-its-making-me-nervous/
Despite unjust hostility from certain quarters of the PCG staff, I maintain that the first Witcher was a very good game indeed. But if we're going to remake it anyway, it'd be a good idea to sand down its rougher edges, not least of which is its infamously wonky voice acting.
But in a recent chat with Eurogamer, Geralt's voice actor in all three Witcher games, Doug Cockle, said that neither CD Projekt nor Fool's Theory (the studio behind the remake) have gotten in touch with him about re-recording the first game's dialogue for the remake. "I know as much as you do about this at the moment," said Cockle, "I don't know if they're going to bring me back in to do re-recording of the dialogue, I don't know if they're going to use dialogue from Witcher 1 as it exists. I don't know".

Mei's return to Overwatch 2 delayed by 'critical issue' with patch
https://www.pcgamer.com/meis-return-to-overwatch-2-delayed-by-critical-issue-with-patch/
Overwatch 2 can't keep its heroes in one place for longer than a week.
Mei, the latest hero to be removed for bug fixing, isn't returning to Overwatch 2 quite yet, according to an update from Blizzard on its forums. The game's mid-season patch has been delayed due to an unspecified "critical issue," the developer says. It wasn't stated whether this issue has to do with Mei herself, or something larger within Overwatch 2.
Update: The Overwatch 2 patch, which will restore Mei as a playable character, is now scheduled to come out on Thursday, November 17, at 11 am PT, according to a Blizzard tweet.

Overwatch 2 bug is letting heroes halt the objective while invisible
https://www.pcgamer.com/overwatch-2-bug-is-letting-heroes-halt-the-objective-while-invisible/
Could push map Esperança be the next thing Blizzard pulls from Overwatch 2? There's a fair chance after one player discovered a glitch that can cause some very frustrating deadlocks.

Nvidia has changed the way they measure TGP

In the past, they basically used it as a power target before but now, it's considered as a power limit under normal conditions. It's why we are seeing the 4080s and 4090s largely staying below their rated TDP under normal gaming workloads and such.

NVIDIA launches GeForce RTX 4080 starting at $1,199

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-launches-geforce-rtx-4080-starting-at-1199

GeForce Game Ready Driver 526.98 Is Optimized for Marvel’s Spider-Man Miles Morales, Adds RTX IO and HDR10+ Support

https://wccftech.com/geforce-game-ready-driver-526-98-is-optimized-for-marvels-spider-man-miles-morales-adds-rtx-io-and-hdr10-support/

RTX 4090 Founders Edition Card Falls Victim To 16-pin Meltdown

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/rtx-4090-fe-suffers-16-pin-meltdown

Not even the FEs are safe. Lets see what happens with the 4080s.

I think it depends on the amount of sales these products get. If the 4000 series ends up being a Turing situation and if TSMCs prices in general is too high, then it will eventually end up like a domino affect. Not enough product sales means less wafer reservation at TSMC. Less wafer reservation means at some point, TSMC might look at this and bring back their volume discounts because unused wafers are bad for them. Less sales also means the shortages will lossen up which also means bigger discounts.

This is why I think 4090 is a bad example of attempting to judge price trends because no matter which generation, there will always be people looking to buy top end hardware regardless of the price. Imo people should judge trends based on the rest of the stack. And if we look at the 4080 launch, while it is technically sold out in US, there's still plenty of stock in Canada and many other regions where as with the 4090, it was sold out within minutes. I think after the initial sales of the 4080, it will flop and eventually, get discounted and hopefully, 5000 series will be back to Ampere pricing trends.

Become a patient gamer. No need to chase the AAAA jank and hype. We all have backlogs the size of Mount Olympus.

https://www.reddit.com/r/patientgamers/ Patient gamers. Games drop in price. Most of the multiplayer ones where its good to play early are free 2 play now.

Biggest issue as an adult is time to play the gaemes though.

I think for those that may want to wait till 5000 series for maybe a better pricing future, I think the wild card will be cryto. Currently while BTC and such have been crashing, it's not fully dead but rather in hibernation. If the 5000 series comes out and mining once again becomes popular similar to how mining was popular during Pascal, skipped Turing and came back hard with Ampere, the the cycle repeats. Great MSRP prices due to low 4000 series sales, cucked either way thanks to scalpers.

Imo those that want to upgrade should either get Ampere/RDNA 2 or wait and see if 4080 and such get a price drop instead of waiting for Blackwell. You could also get RDNA 3 of course if you don't care about the Nvidia goodies but remember that Ray Tracing is getting more and more prominent in games and you don't need to max out RT settings to get a visual upgrade vs non-RT. And Reflex as measured by many reviewers does make a huge difference in input latency.

Hopefully though, AMD gives Nvidia run for their money.