Re: I hate AI!
By: Accession to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Dec 19 2025 05:48 pm

I'm kinda doubting whether prices are ever going to go back down, too. The only way to force prices down (on anything, really) is if the majority of people would stop buying it. That would never happen, though.

For a change, I am optimistic in this regard.

Regular Joes are a paycheck away from homelessness these days. On the other hand, nobody is buying hardware demanding games as of late because they outright suck and they are so expensive. I don't think people is going to buy new computers in spades next year because a combination of not having a reason to do so and not having the money to do so.

Meanwhile, a lot of the stuff datacenters is buying today is bound to end up in seconday markets in a matter of four to five years.

These (reasonable) predictions combined make it likely for a shart price drop to happen not very far away in the future.


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Hey Arelor!

On Tue, Dec 30 2025 06:26:33 -0600, you wrote:

For a change, I am optimistic in this regard.

I'm glad someone is!

Regular Joes are a paycheck away from homelessness these days. On the
other hand, nobody is buying hardware demanding games as of late
because they outright suck and they are so expensive. I don't think
people is going to buy new computers in spades next year because a combination of not having a reason to do so and not having the money
to do so.

While I guess I've finally worked myself out of the "Regular Joe" category, I completely agree about the games. Nothing that has come out in probably the past few years has intrigued me to buy or play. I jumped back into The Division 2 this past year. Great game, and was definitely ahead of it's time.

Hopefully everyone feels that way, and can hold off on spending stupid amounts of money on this stuff, so the costs come back down to reality.

Meanwhile, a lot of the stuff datacenters is buying today is bound to
end up in seconday markets in a matter of four to five years.

What about the stuff that should be in secondary markets now?

These (reasonable) predictions combined make it likely for a shart
price drop to happen not very far away in the future.

I assumed you meant "short", and while that probably is what will happen, I'd rather it be more of a permanent drop (as in coming back to reality - much like the Nvidia GPU debacle that occurred the last couple years), once they realize their profits are /way/ down.

Either way, I think I can wait this one out as long as they can. ;)

Regards,
Nick

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Re: Re: I hate AI!
By: Accession to Arelor on Tue Dec 30 2025 05:05 pm

What about the stuff that should be in secondary markets now?

I recently sourced some obsolete hardware from a second hand dealer for $job and didn't find many issues. I think people is hyperobsessed with the lattest and newest stuff and old machinery is a non-factor for consumers these days.

This is, people has become so posh that they won't consider old components that are fine and available because they are not new enough or they can't figure out how to make something out of them. Meanwhile I installed a bunch of DDR4 ECC RAM modules on some servers of mine that I got for a reasonable price while everybody was poaching for DDR5 hardware.

Regarding the stabilization of videgame consumption, I think it has been a reality for a couple of years already, it is just that the press has not started covering it until recent times. I read not long ago that the median price customers are paying for videogames is down around 20% despite the fact videogame offer is more expensive. The explanation is simple: people is opting to buy affordable games they can run on their old machines rather than expensive AAA cruft that requires a 2500 USD machine to run.


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