how to force millions of gamers to use cloud computing for games? creative artificial demand, make prices on powerful PCs/ components to skyrocket and become unaffordable for most then provide cost effective 'cloud based gaming bullshit' as a solution.

I ran my old 3770K machine for 10 years and it got the job done. I'll run my current PC well into the 2030s if I have to. Just gotta hope that nothing dies on it because at this rate it's gonna be worth more than a car shortly...

If things still aren't affordable after that, I guess I'm going back to pen and paper again...

And one of the companies pushing all this AI — Nvidia — will happily sell you cloud gaming for $10 or $20 a month, depending on a couple factors. It's not really a bad deal if you bought a cheap computer (or like, a base Mac) and you have low enough latency. Also, you have to own the games on Steam. They're only renting the hardware to you, not the games. And, it gets "better," they don't support all your games.

Sucks for people who paid thousands for a top-end PC and are riding the upgrade train. I've been there. It was fun 20 years ago.

I'm guessing now would be a good time for me to sell my old PC from 2020?

3900X, 2080 Super, 32 GB of RAM, 1 TB Samsung 970 M.2 storage. What would y'all pay for this right now? 😅

Congratulations gatekeepers, you can get your niche back! Hope it'll worth the cost for you!