Regardless of how the AI bubble will behave, corporations are pushing hard to discourage private hardware ownership in favour of rented cloud-based services. It is very unlikely that availability will ever return to the situation it was prior to the current situation, they will attempt to force cloud services through artificial scarcity and high prices on hardware.

Yes; however, I'm getting the personal vibe that gaming hardware progress is massively plateauing. Still, I may hold off. Tbh, I've kind of been waffling on buying a new PC since 2017. My 1070 is juuuust old enough now that I'm starting to see some games I straight up can't run at 30 fps.

This whole manufacturing crisis in the USA (that's where I live) coupled with depressed wages and aaa games not interesting me... It's all kind of discouraging. I'm tempted to just buy something good enough and sit for another 10 years. Perhaps I'm just being reactionary to the increasing prices and looking for a 'deal.'