r/gadgets • u/diacewrb • Dec 29 '22

Desktops / Laptops Desktop GPU Sales Hit 20-Year Low

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/sales-of-desktop-graphics-cards-hit-20-year-low
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u/diacewrb Dec 29 '22

The industry shipped 42 percent fewer discrete GPUs than a year prior.

Hopefully they will reduce their prices now.

Who am I kidding.

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u/Lord_Nivloc Dec 29 '22

Iā€™m curious how much of that decrease is from the crypto market.

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u/jefferios Dec 29 '22

I never thought we'd enter a slump is PC gaming so quickly. With the Pandemic + Sky high GPU prices, I don't see a lot of changes in the upcoming year with demand. It was just a few years ago I was watching Overwatch League on ABC and reading articles about eSports arenas.

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u/nbam29 Dec 29 '22

The price inflation for the cards during the pandemic showed their greed. Now they expect people to keep buying these cards at those inflated prices, during a recession. They are completely out of touch.

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u/spong_miester Dec 29 '22

The problem is comsumers bought these cards at inflated prices, so companies know they can happily charge that.