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Originally Posted by Jaymoss
Today we see the launch of the Valve Steam Machine and it has basically priced its way out of the market. The reason for this is RAM costs that have exploded all due to AI and AI is growing at an exponential rate . The companies getting priority is Nvidia Open AI and other hyperscale data centres
as someone who has been a system builder since 2000 I have seen spikes in sales drops in sales now to it is very rare I build a machine for anyone other than myself and I do not get the repairs in any more because almost everyone is on some sort of mobile device instead. For now I think there will be the hard core gamer but with AI only getting bigger and console gaming as well as cloud gaming I think PC is in real trouble.
GamersNexus on youtube has a few videos on all these subjects if it interests anyone
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As a PC user since 1983 (anyone remember Lotus 1-2-3?) and PC owner since 1994, I've seen a lot of changes to PCs. PC prices are now at their highest due to surging DRAM and NAND prices, with HBM demand exploding because of AI and thus starving consumer DRAM supply. The market for general-purpose desktop towers (like the ones that I've always bought) or entry-level family PCs has largely vanished, but higher PC prices don't spell the deathknell for PCs because demand still exists as the same top-end PCs bought by hard-core gamers are also bought by those such as software developers, engineers and video editors who will be using AI‑accelerated local applications which need powerful PCs.
Consoles won't be taking over from PCs as they are facing the same memory and SSD problems as PCs.
Cloud gaming is not replacing PCs as high‑end gamers don't like it and higher memory prices affect server farms who will increase prices for gamers.
In summary PCs will be more expensive and high-end with low-cost ones a thing of the past.