It's stemming from those that seek to mine virtual currencies, and even some companies end up buying GPU's in large bulks, which in turn are driving up the costs of GPU's in general. Nvidia has already told retailers to prioritise customers wanting a GPU for gaming first over the crypto miners, but I highly doubt any retailer will listen, as they love making the money they can from this debacle going on.

It's not going to be a direct and fatal blow to PC gaming, as there are already plans being put into action to stem the tide of crypto mining (such as making cards specifically for mining, limiting how many can buy cards for mining, banks refusing to accept that form of currency, some countries refusing to deal with the currency etc).

AMD...AMG do cars ;) No, they aren’t feeding into it. Of course they are happy about the sales but they aren’t rising the prices. It’s the retailers and online stores which rise the prices to almost double the price....why?! Because they can...demand and availability define the price, that’s the law. 

Just gotta look at pictures like that to understand what’s going on.

https://goo.gl/images/f12JQ9

Sry, posting pictures simply doesn’t work on my iPAD here.

THey aren't. They are selling different cards designed for mining on the side. Afaik they aren't selling directly towards crypto currency farms, though retailers are, and AMD/Nvidia do not own those retail chains selling their cards.

Both companies also have vested interests in other forms of technology, such as self driving cars for one example. 

Oh yes, Day 1 for me too. Will be the best JRPG 2018 and one of the most beautiful games ever < 3 And I love the cover.
What do you think about the cover ?

Well, Ni no kuni will also be on pc :p

i love it <3 much better than Wrath of the White Witch cover imo

Man, don't be so arrogant.
You don't see a reason for getting Slim over Pro, so people gives you their reasons. If it's not valid for you, it doesn't means it's not valid for anybody else.
And you're replacing the $100 gap between the 2 models for that "1 game+DLC" thing. I buy my games for $15-20, the most expensive I have was $30, and I have around 7 games released in 2017; so for me $100 is 5~ more games. Plus, it was a $200 difference from Slim to Pro when I bought my PS4 here.
Most times people who buy games for $60 and DLC for $35 are impulsive, you need to buy smart. I could afford buying full price games, but for me is nonsence since PS4 has plenty of good games to play while you wait a few months until a price drop or a complete edition release.
Besides, on my current TV, it'd be a minimal difference between them. That works for maybe half PS4 owners worldwide.
Nice 2B avatar, tho.

i think so too : ) Looks like a studio ghibli-anime cover : D

another great info. Detroit Become Human Release: May 25