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[Guilty_AI]

The cope of console fanboys thinking this won't affect them (when it already is)... its sad if anything actually.

 

[The Cockatrice]

It's not looking good, but by the time people's PC's brake down and won;t afford to buy things, PC Hardware market may have recovered or found a different alternative. There's always going to be a way.

 

[PauloRoberto]

Ww, tech jesus wanna be again with a alarming video...

 

[dgrdsv]

Yaaaay another clickbait from GN.

 

[StereoVsn]

Doubt they will.

Even with increased prices, the advantages still far outweigh:

• Access to WAY more games
  • Including console exclusives. Those only last until emulation catches up, and it always does. FOMO is a you-issue, not a platform issue.
• Games are much cheaper - depending on how many of those you buy/play, even at increased prices PC is a drastically better long-term investment.
• Modding (yes, a handful of games offer modding on console, but it is severely limited). Very often, a modded game is the best version a game can be as it is personalized to YOUR preferences.
• Can do other things on monitors 2, 3, 4.... while gaming. I sure make use of that a lot.
• Depending on how you live/what you do, you might need a PC anyway - you definitely don't need a console anyway.

The only things I see changing with increased prices is that PC gaming will become a bit less widespread, as the barrier to entry becomes higher.
But that might not be a bad thing.
Many hobbies have their best times when they are big enough to sustain themselves, but not big enough to be mainstream - usually you have to gatekeep to achieve that, it seems AI is doing the job this time...
If PC gaming went back from mainstream to niche, I wouldn't be all too upset about it.

Also, if you were already willing and capable to put 1000-2000 on the table for a decent gaming rig, please don't pretend like another 500-1000 on top for the same power is suddenly gonna stop you.
It will make upgrades happen less often.

Then again, the exact same is gonna happen for consoles.
People who believe consoles will be exempt from any of those price issues and shortages are delusional.

The only thing I see actually gaining traction in this, at least potentially, is cloud gaming.
But even that was mostly dead because of all the issues with it - those didn't go away. And their clouds are also more expensive to maintain now.

Who knows, maybe LAN cafés will make a glorious comeback.
Plebs withering away in the streets while the wealthy sip their lattes as they game

Absolutely agree on the PC side. And for cloud gaming, "Cloud is just someone else's server".

Those cloud servers run on RAM, NVME SSDs, GPUs, and require datacenter space power and cooling.

So it's always going to compete with AI in terms of usefulness to the large Corpos.

Yes, Nvidia has its GeForce Now which is dangerous since they are getting it at cost. However, even Jensen is going to have to consider if it's worth to setup more servers for gaming or sell more $30K GPUs to hyper scalers.

 

[winjer]

You're proving my point that companies like Sony or Nintendo can mitigate those prices, while users who buy PCs piece by piece can't.

Article from November 2025:

[News] 64GB DDR5 RAM Reportedly Now Pricier Than a PlayStation 5 Amid Soaring Memory Costs

Driven by explosive AI demand, memory prices are climbing at a pace the industry hasn’t seen in years. According to TechNews, citing PCMag, PC RAM cos...

www.trendforce.com

I quote:

"The report notes that, compared with earlier this year, price increases now range from 120% to 200%, particularly for newer DDR5 modules. Data from PCPartPicker.com shows that the average price for a pair of 32GB DDR5 sticks (64GB total) has surpassed $600, up from around $200. The report also indicates, citing PCPartPicker, that prices for both DDR4 and DDR5 continue to rise.

For 128GB of DDR5 RAM, prices can reach $1,000—a steep jump from the typical $400 range. The report further highlights that this far exceeds the price of a PS5 Pro, which is currently discounted to $649 for Black Friday."


That means that in November 2025 you already had that price increase, but Sony announced the price hike for its console on April 1, 2026.

That's called mitigating prices, and that's what I'm referring to.

PC gaming doesn't have that.

There are two major flaws in your argument. One is that you are comparing 64GB to a console that has 16GB.
The other is that the PS5 and the Pro use GDDR6, which is a generation behind DGGR7 and DDR5. Although GDDR6 has seen big increases in prices, it's nowhere near that of GDDR7/DDR5.

 

[SHAKEZ]

This will never become real because it would pode major security issues.

Talk is cheap for a businessman, actually making it work would be a nightmare.

 

[Zathalus]

You're proving my point that companies like Sony or Nintendo can mitigate those prices, while users who buy PCs piece by piece can't.

Article from November 2025:

[News] 64GB DDR5 RAM Reportedly Now Pricier Than a PlayStation 5 Amid Soaring Memory Costs

Driven by explosive AI demand, memory prices are climbing at a pace the industry hasn’t seen in years. According to TechNews, citing PCMag, PC RAM cos...

www.trendforce.com

I quote:

"The report notes that, compared with earlier this year, price increases now range from 120% to 200%, particularly for newer DDR5 modules. Data from PCPartPicker.com shows that the average price for a pair of 32GB DDR5 sticks (64GB total) has surpassed $600, up from around $200. The report also indicates, citing PCPartPicker, that prices for both DDR4 and DDR5 continue to rise.

For 128GB of DDR5 RAM, prices can reach $1,000—a steep jump from the typical $400 range. The report further highlights that this far exceeds the price of a PS5 Pro, which is currently discounted to $649 for Black Friday."


That means that in November 2025 you already had that price increase, but Sony announced the price hike for its console on April 1, 2026.

That's called mitigating prices, and that's what I'm referring to.

PC gaming doesn't have that.

That's not mitigating prices. The DRAM they had was bought at the previously low price. As soon as they had to pay the new price the cost was passed on to the consumer. Nothing was mitagated, just delayed.

RAM goes up again? It would just be a few months later and the PS5 will go up in price again. And again, and again. The two are linked.

And the reverse applies just as well. Sony is not going to cut PS5 prices as soon as DRAM gets cheaper.

It's funny seeing these arguments about mitigation or absorbing costs when the PS5 is now 50% more expensive vs a few years ago.

 

[AJUMP23]

I think prices can drop and PCs can become affordable again.

 

[PlayStaytion]

0% meaning
100% vibe

 

[winjer]

That's not mitigating prices. The DRAM they had was bought at the previously low price. As soon as they had to pay the new price the cost was passed on to the consumer. Nothing was mitagated, just delayed.

RAM goes up again? It would just be a few months later and the PS5 will go up in price again. And again, and again. The two are linked.

And the reverse applies just as well. Sony is not going to cut PS5 prices as soon as DRAM gets cheaper.

It's funny seeing these arguments about mitigation or absorbing costs when the PS5 is now 50% more expensive vs a few years ago.

There is also the issue, that many PC stores raised prices before their stock ran out, just to get some extra profits.

 

[PlayStaytion]

You can view Jensen two different ways.

- as a shrewd businessman who will do and say anything to make money.

- as a shady businessman who will do or say anything to make money.


Basically IMO he says these things right now to increase investor activity who are all in a tizzy buying up AI related stocks . Jensen is basically telling investors that AI is first and foremost for us right now. It doesn't really mean it's true or wouldn't instantly turn around in the future. If/when that investor craze dies down.

If he understand personal computing better than us then he has to prove it. Him being stubborn will just slowly kill the company just like Nokia.

 

[Same ol G]

Ah the usual pathetic ad hominem instead of any factual arguments....

Then please, name better sources for that kind of insider information because I honestly could do with a better/different presentation myself.

Do you even know what ad hominem means?
I didn't say anything negative to you i just don't like the guy.
Or is your problem that i called him an idiot with a fanbase, if that's the case i can't help you that's my opinion

 

[Cumulus]

Do you even know what ad hominem means?
I didn't say anything negative to you i just don't like the guy.
Or is your problem that i called him an idiot with a fanbase, if that's the case i can't help you that's my opinion

..... Your reading comprehension is... something.
Ok, pointless.

 

[Same ol G]

..... Your reading comprehension is... something.
Ok, pointless.

Maybe if you can point out what your argument is instead of typing halve sentences.

 

[Gamezone]

Absolutely agree on the PC side. And for cloud gaming, "Cloud is just someone else's server".

Those cloud servers run on RAM, NVME SSDs, GPUs, and require datacenter space power and cooling.

So it's always going to compete with AI in terms of usefulness to the large Corpos.

Yes, Nvidia has its GeForce Now which is dangerous since they are getting it at cost. However, even Jensen is going to have to consider if it's worth to setup more servers for gaming or sell more $30K GPUs to hyper scalers.

They gonna have to keep upgrading the hardware as well.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

If it's the end of PC, it's certainly the end of consoles as well, my guy.

 

[Zathalus]

If cheap entry level PCs are no longer possible than cheap consoles are not either.

Any scenario that gets to the level of "end of PC", which I personally doubt, pretty much spells the end of consoles. End of smart devices all around really.

 

[ResilientBanana]

If it's the end of PC, it's certainly the end of consoles as well, my guy.

Consoles are personal? Pretty sure that ended when online became an option for them.

 

[simpatico]

If it becomes too expensive to build an entry level PC, it would be too expensive to build a console. Cheering on increased PC pricing when consoles are built out of those very components is a bit silly.

And no, Sony and Nintendo don't have nearly the economies of scale to get around that fact.

There seems to be an idea that Sony has a time machine for RAM prices and won't be affected by the AI boom.

 

[tusharngf]

Well the remaining pcmr can come to console.

We welcome them, the more the merrier.

Knew pc gaming is going to be over in the future

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

If cheap entry level PCs are no longer possible than cheap consoles are not either.

Any scenario that gets to the level of "end of PC", which I personally doubt, pretty much spells the end of consoles. End of smart devices all around really.

Nope

 

[Cumulus]

Nope

Yes

 

[Paulistano]

The cope of console fanboys thinking this won't affect them (when it already is)... its sad if anything actually.

A friend of mine was laughing that ddr5 prices were increasing, he is a die hard nintendo fan, he really thought that nintendo used some special factory and would not be affected which is hilarious since switch 2 uses a type of ddr5.

 

[Zathalus]

Nope

Yes, actually. Unless you think Sony has some capability to get cheap DRAM that others don't have access to.

I'm not talking about the current situation, which is still manageable, I'm talking about the type of situation that would effectively kill PC. Like 16GB of RAM costing $1500 or so (which I don't believe will actually happen). Which means a console would probably cost around $2k. Which effectively ends that line of business.