Remember kids: the ram shortage is caused by ai bros and data centers so the reason you won’t be able to afford a console to play GTA or God of War or Halo is because of this loser
Lol there is an interesting thing going on here where modern GPU boxes display the actual card with all the fancy decorative crap. Like going to a modern restaurant and seeing photos of the food on the menu: it has completely flipped. The object's first-order intrinsic property takes priority over its second-order effects: a sign of deteriorating society that caters to the lowest common denominator customers that are incapable of abstract thought.
Something bleak I don't think people realize is that with games becoming more expensive, the only games available to younger people are going to be free mobage stuff. I don't think people are prepared to see the ramifications of they 10 years later down the line.
The price increases absolutely did not help, but another issue is how the entry level consumer market is no longer being catered to. How are kids (who grow up to be lifelong fans) supposed to get connected to a nearly $1k console their parents have to buy? No one is getting that.
Gaming is about to have its 2nd crash because no one can afford consoles thanks to people generating videos of Love Island contestants as sentient pineapples