• kahjtheundedicated@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      Even in this hardware hellscape you can get some pretty decent handhelds for $200. I think the low end segment can stay pretty strong with devices like those and indie games.

      But yeah I think high end gaming is going to be pretty stagnant for at least the next few years.

      • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip
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        8 days ago

        “High-end” gaming had no future either way, with how larger (in size and power need) GPUs slowly got and most of it being wasted on penny-pinching of developer time (e.g. atrocious performance) of AAA studios.

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      8 days ago

      Ironically, browsers are so fucking bloated these days that any thin client that can run one can also enjoy most of gaming history.

    • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip
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      8 days ago

      Not long-term. No computers, phones, TVs? No consumers of cloud services. Including 90% of businesses. At some point, regulators have no choice (even if they are colluding), if they don’t want to strangle their economy.

      The point with dissidents being on the cloud-rope still stands though. Especially on closed platforms like Apple, Android.