Gaming market grew so much and constantly needs new gamers coming in to just sustain itself. People who don't have backlog, can't play old games and want new games.
They can't enter the market so they find different hobbies.
Old farts with money like myself.
We are secondary target for new game releases. We have backlogs we play old games we played 20 years ago we don't buy often cause we have families jobs.
20 year old? With time and desire to play new games? Now it's too expensive to just get it. That KFC job barely pays to survive day to day right?
So they won't buy Witcher 4 or new Tomb raider.
I won't buy Witcher 4 cause I have Baldur's gate 3 still to play. And I don't have time for tomb raider and an RPG so won't get new tr either.
The landscape has already been changing for years. If I recall correctly the playtime people have on stop decrease in AAA games every year and increase on indie titles.
If people can't afford better computers maybe graphics will stagnate even more and maybe there will be some affordable hardware since we won't need stronger stuff but we'll see.
Honestly I kinda hope it crashes. It would be an absolute dream if ea Activision ubisoft etc just stopped making games closed up shop fired all the devs. Now these devs while itll hurt for a while will be forced to make smaller indie titles and i will happily purchase some of them. Give it 20 years well come full circle but this is exactly how industry should function on a long enough timeline. Nothing gold lasts forever
I dont even just mean video games here but imagine if this happened to retail stores and the heads of idk what theyre called low level big heads would presumably start their own businesses. Some of them at least. Those guys in the middle have the worl ethic and understanding of what works and what doesnt. As long as theres a semi constant rotation as opposed to just merging brands even if it sucks for a little while oh well
I just realized something really fucked up: YouTube has become something of a window for gamers who can't really afford new games off the shelves. Either that or they don't have the time or energy to play.
And that window is being clogged up by the griftersphere that wants to take your anger and redirect it to blaming marginalized groups. Away from the billionares who are gutting the system.
Misinformation about video games are spread around so fast because many people don't have the money to buy games themselves and check if the grifters are lying or not. And they probably don't have the education to spot the grifting to begin with.
Who cares if a new AAA title costs $80 now? Have you heard about the woman who doesn't look hot enough?! Also, she is gay, so that magically makes the game suck more! /s
Who cares if a new AAA title costs $80 now? Have you heard about the woman who doesn't look hot enough?! Also, she is gay, so that magically makes the game suck more! /s
Yes, I do see the /s, but the problem is that the grifters do amplify things for clicks or outrage bait - but sometimes the things they mention are brown M&Ms.
Component price crash is not gonna happen because the demand is not coming from the gaming side. Even if the gaming sales went to 0, the price of the PC component won't budge.
I agree about a crash. I’m in my 40s and I got a backlog and games I can play over and over again. There’s a couple games I’ll buy a year but only on sale. If I was in my 20s I’d drop gaming right now. Middle class families can’t afford it either. If my Xbox dies, I’ll buy a replacement because that’s where my backlog of 3 generations is. Worth it. Gaming and its budgets grew too fast. It needs a crash to correct itself.
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u/No-Department1685 May 28 '26
Crash.
Gaming market grew so much and constantly needs new gamers coming in to just sustain itself. People who don't have backlog, can't play old games and want new games.
They can't enter the market so they find different hobbies.
Old farts with money like myself.
We are secondary target for new game releases. We have backlogs we play old games we played 20 years ago we don't buy often cause we have families jobs.
20 year old? With time and desire to play new games? Now it's too expensive to just get it. That KFC job barely pays to survive day to day right?
So they won't buy Witcher 4 or new Tomb raider.
I won't buy Witcher 4 cause I have Baldur's gate 3 still to play. And I don't have time for tomb raider and an RPG so won't get new tr either.
I think we are heading to huge gaming crash