You get a lot less for your money now. The $200 to $300 (new hardware) price point is not the same as it once was and the mere existence of a RTX 3050 or Radeon 7500 doesn’t compare with the value proposition of earlier generations.
The fact that a GTX 1660 ti bought new is a competitive value proposition to the RTX 3050 even today speaks volumes. Also, Nvidia just downgraded their entire product stack (4060 ti has performance I’d expect from the 4060 or 4050 ti branding, for example but priced just as high as a 3060 ti was).
This coming after the entire product stack was downgraded between the 10 and 20 series already, and the 30 series being sort of a missed generation due to crazy prices.
So between an absolutely abysmal value proposition (in many markets far worse than the USD price/performance) and not very compelling generation over generation gains, I think people are waiting far longer between upgrades if they’re even sticking with PC gaming at all.
Honestly the only reasons I haven’t skipped town on PC gaming and gone to an Xbox or Playstation are M&KB compatibility and my habit of sailing the high seas.
You get a lot less for your money now. The $200 to $300 (new hardware) price point is not the same as it once was and the mere existence of a RTX 3050 or Radeon 7500 doesn’t compare with the value proposition of earlier generations.
The fact that a GTX 1660 ti bought new is a competitive value proposition to the RTX 3050 even today speaks volumes. Also, Nvidia just downgraded their entire product stack (4060 ti has performance I’d expect from the 4060 or 4050 ti branding, for example but priced just as high as a 3060 ti was).
This coming after the entire product stack was downgraded between the 10 and 20 series already, and the 30 series being sort of a missed generation due to crazy prices.
So between an absolutely abysmal value proposition (in many markets far worse than the USD price/performance) and not very compelling generation over generation gains, I think people are waiting far longer between upgrades if they’re even sticking with PC gaming at all.
Honestly the only reasons I haven’t skipped town on PC gaming and gone to an Xbox or Playstation are M&KB compatibility and my habit of sailing the high seas.