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I was momentarily confused that this article is pretty much the script of a YT video by Hardware Unboxed I saw recently, but then I noticed that he is literally the author.
While all these developments point in a very worrying direction, I think there are some positives to this: Fewer performance gains means longer upgrade cycles, longer support windows and less pressure on consumers to keep soending money on upgrades (although the eventual upgrade is now way more expensive).
I’d rather shell out of a 9070XT/5080 type card once every 5-6 years instead of a 3060 tier card once a generation.
I hope longer upgrade cycles for both companies will force more game optimizations and less ewaste over time.
You have more faith in billion dollar companies than I do, if you think its gonna lead to more support and less pressure to keep spending.
I have no doubt that the companies will keep high margins and incentivize people to keep spending, but the customers have a choice when to upgrade their hardware and I believe based on these developments that they will choose to upgrade less frequently than they used to.