The stagnation of generational GPU gains hasn’t really had an effect on my interest in PC gaming at all. I just don’t really care about playing those cinematic console ports that need 8-12GB of VRAM.
They are not compelling enough for me to upgrade from the RTX 2060, I bought in 2019. That I plan to keep for the entire console generation just like my previous graphics card. For the games / emulators I find myself actually interested in, it’s still overkill and easily 4k capable in contrast to the ridiculously priced cards tech sites recommend for that resolution.
I’m not really a metroidvania or even much of a fan of indies in general but Vernal Edge might just be the best game released in 2023 for me. That’s just how disinterested I am with most of this years AAA releases. High end PC gaming is suffering more from a lack of exceptional content than from extortionate hardware pricing.
Watching someones playthrough of the original PS3 Last of Us years ago was enough for me. I don’t really find the gameplay of that type of game all that interesting.
I don’t believe it’s entirely price gouging. It’s also because the price of designing and fabbing chips skyrockets while gains diminish as the node sizes shrink past what was achievable with planar. Mobile chips have also stagnated in sustained performance so its not just PC companies.
I won’t ever move from PC gaming since the price of console games makes them far more expensive in the long run while paying for PC games is effectively optional. Running emulators / piracy on consoles requires the hassle of jail-breaking and also having a PC is useful in far more ways than just gaming. I rarely if ever watch movies or T V series as the vast majority of the content just isn’t something I’m interested in.
The stagnation of generational GPU gains hasn’t really had an effect on my interest in PC gaming at all. I just don’t really care about playing those cinematic console ports that need 8-12GB of VRAM.
They are not compelling enough for me to upgrade from the RTX 2060, I bought in 2019. That I plan to keep for the entire console generation just like my previous graphics card. For the games / emulators I find myself actually interested in, it’s still overkill and easily 4k capable in contrast to the ridiculously priced cards tech sites recommend for that resolution.
I’m not really a metroidvania or even much of a fan of indies in general but Vernal Edge might just be the best game released in 2023 for me. That’s just how disinterested I am with most of this years AAA releases. High end PC gaming is suffering more from a lack of exceptional content than from extortionate hardware pricing.
Watching someones playthrough of the original PS3 Last of Us years ago was enough for me. I don’t really find the gameplay of that type of game all that interesting.
I don’t believe it’s entirely price gouging. It’s also because the price of designing and fabbing chips skyrockets while gains diminish as the node sizes shrink past what was achievable with planar. Mobile chips have also stagnated in sustained performance so its not just PC companies.
I won’t ever move from PC gaming since the price of console games makes them far more expensive in the long run while paying for PC games is effectively optional. Running emulators / piracy on consoles requires the hassle of jail-breaking and also having a PC is useful in far more ways than just gaming. I rarely if ever watch movies or T V series as the vast majority of the content just isn’t something I’m interested in.