I think the diminishing returns will greatly favor more portable hardware.. the "need" to get the latest classic hardware will keep lessening as laptops and mini-pcs are closing the perfomance gap.
Thats a nice story but not relevant really, Amazon sales are being compared to previous Amazon sales so unless these so called horror stories have changed recently then this isn't the reason sales have dropped. Amazon has very good customer protection too so I doubt it even has any impact on its use year to year.
Actually true for me BUT I suspect the uptick in prices of components is having this effect. If the market is good and normal and not inflated, we would be seeing less dips.
My PC has a 14 year old i5-3570k. This week I learned that it clears Diablo 2 Resurrected's min specs. Like, what?
Not to mention some of the igpus now are nuts
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This is the dumbest thinking, you really trying to point the finger at consoles when PC's have more functionalities than playing games
I really hope Microcenter comes out alright through this. That's really the last true computer oriented chain.
People like me that only use those CPUs for gaming right now are not upgrading yet thanks to my 5800X being enough for the 99,99999999999999% of the games that are limited by the consoles CPUs. So yeah, my afirmation holds true for everyone in the same boat as me and I doubt I am the only one....
Same here... I wanted to build a new PC for AI and 3D rendering but not anymore :/
Me too, those losers still gotta build a store in my state so I can shop there. Every photo I see of them online looks like a better Fry's staffed with people that actually know hardware.
That's what it pretty much is and with better product selection.
The crazy thing is that Zen 3 CPUs are making a huge comeback thanks to the crazy DDR5 prices
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X/XT Outsells Nearly Every CPU, Becoming Even More Popular Than Ryzen 7 7800X3D
According to the latest sales data from Amazon and Mindfactory, the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X and 5800XT is topping the charts after 9800X3D.
Heck I got a 5700X myself recently cause I wanted to upgrade my 9 year old 7700K but I wanted to keep using my DDR4 ram cause fuck those DDR5 prices. It's a shame AMD stopped making the 5750X3D and 5850X3D, otherwise I would've gotten one of them, but as it stands they're ridiculously overpriced when you can actually find one.
No rodrigolfp is correct here. Consoles are holding back gaming.
So why isn't World of Warcraft pushing CPU's to their limits to give you a reason to upgrade?
It doesn't matter because today's shitty devs hold back gaming way more than any hardware.
Whenever it's released I'm sure everyone will upgrade for itAsk Blizzard.
Stars Citizen is.
You can already play it a lot.Whenever it's released I'm sure everyone will upgrade for it
I've said before, Sony has the best console OS available.
So why haven't you & everyone else upgraded to be able to enjoy it to the fullest? Why wait for the console games to make you upgrade your CPU?
The majority of people on PC have specs that are console level or lower. PCs are holding back PCs. If anything, consoles raise the bar like most modern games needing an SSD to run properly or having RT hardware that finally forces people to upgrade. I still remember how much complaining there was when a game like the new Doom asked for RT as a minimum, it certainly wasn't the consoles that could not run it. Just think about Valve releasing brand new hardware in 2026 with 8GB of VRAM that will become the baseline for many developers that will look to support it.
Because I don't want and also can't enjoy it to the fullest even with the best CPU as it is still in early access and very unoptimized...
PCs don't hold PCs back because minimum requirements are a thing on PC, otherwise 386s would still be a thing targeted for PC games and support Steam Deck would be a requirement... And not a single game requires SSD to run and very few requires RT hardware. Consoles can only raise the bar in the very begining of their gens.
Whatever bar is being raised it's still the anchor point.
And if consoles didn't exist the minimum requirement would not suddenly be a 5070 because developers will always look to target the biggest possible pool of players, you'd still get requirements for most games below current console level therefore the consoles are not holding anything back.
Just because you have lower spec hardware and can't or don't want to upgrade doesn't mean you only play esports games. Little Timmy that got a brand new laptop will try and play whatever he can get away with, even if it was on the cheap side because that's what he could afford. I have a friend still stuck on a 1060, he will still try and play whatever modern game he realistically can. People in real life are not grouped into two categories where they either play esports titles with crappy hardware or modern stuff with good hardware. I've spent all my teenage life with a crappy family PC I would try and run modern games at sub-15 fps.
