Nah that’s not true, maybe for some people. GPUs are selling like hotcakes as are processors. Consumers are buying gaming hardware like it’s going out of style. I think that may be the case for younger gamers.
I don’t think it’s gamers driving those hardware sales - GPU supply has been strained for over a decade due to their non-gaming uses. The introduction of cryptocurrency lead to all the high-end cards being snatched up by mining operations and scalpers, then right as crypto finally started dying down, the AI boom hit.
Anecdotally I know a ton of gamers going with low- and mid-tier GPUs like the 3060/4060 because crypto/AI speculators and scalpers have driven up the prices of the high-end cards beyond the budgets of normal people (and that’s when there are even any cards in stock).
Nah that’s not true, maybe for some people. GPUs are selling like hotcakes as are processors. Consumers are buying gaming hardware like it’s going out of style. I think that may be the case for younger gamers.
I don’t think it’s gamers driving those hardware sales - GPU supply has been strained for over a decade due to their non-gaming uses. The introduction of cryptocurrency lead to all the high-end cards being snatched up by mining operations and scalpers, then right as crypto finally started dying down, the AI boom hit.
Anecdotally I know a ton of gamers going with low- and mid-tier GPUs like the 3060/4060 because crypto/AI speculators and scalpers have driven up the prices of the high-end cards beyond the budgets of normal people (and that’s when there are even any cards in stock).
a gpu is a one time purchase of a luxury good. a house is 100 times more expensive than a gpu
*If you’re lucky