sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours ago60% of PC gamers have no plans to build a new PC in the next two years — AI pricing crunch on RAM and other components paralyze enthusiast marketwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square68linkfedilinkarrow-up1341arrow-down14cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1337arrow-down1external-link60% of PC gamers have no plans to build a new PC in the next two years — AI pricing crunch on RAM and other components paralyze enthusiast marketwww.tomshardware.comsanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agomessage-square68linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squaresexy_peach@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up60arrow-down1·19 hours agoI mean why build a pc with specs that I could have had years ago for the same price.
minus-squareTheBlackLounge@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·19 hours ago40% of gamers: cause I didn’t build it those years ago
minus-squarezurohki@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·16 hours agoFor a while now new hardware has been like 10% faster and also 10% more expensive, so they could have saved a lot of R&D time by continuing to manufacture everything from 2020 and added just a couple of new things to the top of the product stack.
minus-squareOrganicMustard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 hours agoExactly. My computer is 7 years old. I can build a new one that is twice as fast for triple what I spent then. No thanks.
I mean why build a pc with specs that I could have had years ago for the same price.
40% of gamers: cause I didn’t build it those years ago
For a while now new hardware has been like 10% faster and also 10% more expensive, so they could have saved a lot of R&D time by continuing to manufacture everything from 2020 and added just a couple of new things to the top of the product stack.
Exactly. My computer is 7 years old. I can build a new one that is twice as fast for triple what I spent then. No thanks.