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3090 still going strong, think I may crack when the 5 series gen releases
Maybe it's me, but I haven't built a PC in years but its looking like £500-£1000 is the 'norm' for graphics cards where I felt like 10 years ago it was £300 for something in the upper end. Seems a little insane to me!
I just checked my old emails GTX 690 £733.29
Makes me wish I was more into PC gaming at that time, could have had a decent run of going all out, for much fairer prices than now, especially when you factor in the initial outlay, set you up nicely for GPU focused upgrades at the time. Truthfully I'd still be on console if they had ran some more of the games I wanted at 120hz, but eventually I decided I just wanted the all out performance offered on PC again.That's £1010 in today's money for a dual gpu card that was most expensive card at the time, now you get a 4080 Super for that after the price drop of the 4080 at £1200. . Just proving how bad things have got now. BUT BUT inflation.... that is what it costs with inflation in March 2024.
That's £1010 in today's money for a dual gpu card that was most expensive card at the time, now you get a 4080 Super for that after the price drop of the 4080 at £1200. . Just proving how bad things have got now. BUT BUT inflation.... that is what it costs with inflation in March 2024.
Ala prices and inflation.
I paid £400 for a Sega Saturn in 1994. I can get a PS5 for less than that 30 years later.
Inflation has nothing to with it
PS3 vs Xbox 360 best example of that in the console space. Actually helped the Xbox gain a foothold, only for them to lose it with their marketing stupidity.Maybe but also the console crowd will pretty much shun anything above a certain price point or threaten to buy the competitions console meanwhile a lot of people in the PC space will bitch and complain but many will still buy.
PS3 vs Xbox 360 best example of that in the console space. Actually helped the Xbox gain a foothold, only for them to lose it with their marketing stupidity.
360 was a glitch for Sony. They saw off Sega with PS1 and PS2, they never saw the 360 coming. Was a pirates dream. Fact is Sony made it "cool" to say you owned a console.
Sega and Nintendo never had that street cred. Microsoft never will, even if they stick a 5090 in their next machine, Sony will still outsell them with a 7900xtx in theirs .
And I sat this as someone who has owned at least 2 consoles from each generation dating back to the NES/Mastersytem.
I've loved the console wars over the years, maybe the AMD/Nvidia war a bit less. But that kinda turned into a massacre didn't it
Pop in occasionally for deals, I either miss them or they don't exist. I can't get into the marketplace forum either in case there's anyone trustworthy there wanting to flog their old gear.
There are 35 million Steam users online on evenings these days and they all need a GPU.Feels like even the second hand GPUs are affected as well, they hold their value way more, even years out of warranty.
The PS2 is still the most sold console 20+ years later. The console userbase has experienced zero growthAla prices and inflation.
I paid £400 for a Sega Saturn in 1994. I can get a PS5 for less than that 30 years later.
Inflation has nothing to with it
There are 35 million Steam users online on evenings these days and they all need a GPU.
The PS2 is still the most sold console 20+ years later. The console userbase has experienced zero growth
Gaming market segments that have experienced explosive growth such as Mobile and PC gaming, you can see that reflecting on their hardware prices.
You are forgetting the Nintendo DS which sold gangbusters which was what the Switch is these days.To be fair the PS2 was the only game in town. With PS4/5 generation there was XONE at like 60 million and Switch at 140 mill.