▲ 98 ▼ PC games hardware prices to go up even as market shrinks due to RAM costs (web.archive.org) submitted 9 months ago by alessandro@lemmy.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca 23 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] 13igTyme@piefed.social 44 points 9 months ago (3 children) I will completely quit games before going full cloud bs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 34 points 9 months ago (1 child) It's only really an issue for AAA titles. There's millions of indie games out there that will run just fine on 10 year old hardware. If this kills the AAA game industry, I think it's doing us all a favor. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Agent_Karyo@piefed.world 15 points 9 months ago Even with AAA, mid-range hardware from 5-6 years works fine at 1080p if you tune down the settings. permalink fedilink source parent [–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 7 points 9 months ago* Yeah I have a backlog of games going back 30 years. If they don't want her to spend any money, then I won't. Simple as that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 34 points 9 months ago (1 child) It's only really an issue for AAA titles. There's millions of indie games out there that will run just fine on 10 year old hardware. If this kills the AAA game industry, I think it's doing us all a favor. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Agent_Karyo@piefed.world 15 points 9 months ago Even with AAA, mid-range hardware from 5-6 years works fine at 1080p if you tune down the settings. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Agent_Karyo@piefed.world 15 points 9 months ago Even with AAA, mid-range hardware from 5-6 years works fine at 1080p if you tune down the settings. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 7 points 9 months ago* Yeah I have a backlog of games going back 30 years. If they don't want her to spend any money, then I won't. Simple as that. permalink fedilink source parent