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Chips aren’t improving like they used to, and it’s killing game console price cuts (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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"These price increases have multiple intertwining causes, some direct and some less so: inflation, pandemic-era supply crunches, the unpredictable trade policies of the Trump administration, and a gradual shift among console makers away from selling hardware at a loss or breaking even in the hopes that game sales will subsidize the hardware. And you never want to rule out good old shareholder-prioritizing corporate greed.

But one major factor, both in the price increases and in the reduction in drastic “slim”-style redesigns, is technical: the death of Moore’s Law and a noticeable slowdown in the rate at which processors and graphics chips can improve."

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

There’s no world in which a 750Ti or even 1080Ti is a “solid machine” for gaming in 2025 lol.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago

Depends on your expectations. If you okay mainly eSports titles at 1080p it would've probably been quite sufficient still.

But I agree it's a stretch as an all-rounder system in 2025. My 3090 is already showing signs of it's age, a card that's two generations older would certainly be struggling today.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

For what I do? It would be perfectly fine. Maybe not for AAA games, but for regular shit at ~40fps and 1080p, it would be perfectly fine.

Gotta remember that some of us are reaching 40 years old, with kids, and don't really give a shit about maxing out the 1% lows.