Just save what you would spend on subscribing to tbis dumb shit for a few months and build your own machine so you don’t have to throw money away on a subscription service.
There is the Steamdeck OLED still, Steam Machine and Steamframes on the way early 2026. Also there is enough used machines in the second hand marketplace to tide everyone else over until the AI bubble pops.
I think it will pop. But oh no! Now what do we do with all these data centers equipped with endless GPU power and RAM that we are building? Oh, I know! Cloud gaming! In fact let‘s buy up even more GPUs and RAM then rent the computing power to companies Epic Games, Valve, Apple, Nvidia. Look! Microsoft is already adding it to Gamepass+++! And what‘s that? Is that Google Stadia with a steel chair?! Better be quick folks!
This is the future of mainstream gaming. I wish I was being sarcastic. It will be horrible.
It has to eventually, right? It’s just straight up not sustainable, especially in its current form. But I do think the hype will carry things along for a little bit. No doubt things are gonna be ugly in the meantime
I mean “eventually” yes but for the foreseeable future Trump could continue dumping your and my money into it indefinitely in the name of “national security”.
“Yeah, we’re gonna do this new fangled form of piracy. It’s like the old way, but without the boats and parrots and stuff. We’re just stealing stuff now.”
Just save what you would spend on subscribing to tbis dumb shit for a few months and build your own machine so you don’t have to throw money away on a subscription service.
In a few months there won’t be any affordable equipment.
There is the Steamdeck OLED still, Steam Machine and Steamframes on the way early 2026. Also there is enough used machines in the second hand marketplace to tide everyone else over until the AI bubble pops.
I don’t think it will pop. I think it will continue to gobble up components for the next 5 years.
I think it will pop. But oh no! Now what do we do with all these data centers equipped with endless GPU power and RAM that we are building? Oh, I know! Cloud gaming! In fact let‘s buy up even more GPUs and RAM then rent the computing power to companies Epic Games, Valve, Apple, Nvidia. Look! Microsoft is already adding it to Gamepass+++! And what‘s that? Is that Google Stadia with a steel chair?! Better be quick folks!
This is the future of mainstream gaming. I wish I was being sarcastic. It will be horrible.
It has to eventually, right? It’s just straight up not sustainable, especially in its current form. But I do think the hype will carry things along for a little bit. No doubt things are gonna be ugly in the meantime
I mean “eventually” yes but for the foreseeable future Trump could continue dumping your and my money into it indefinitely in the name of “national security”.
I big game machine that gives money to rich people isn’t going to break until there literally isn’t any more money left.
Take a look at countries with people starving in the streets while rich people live in gated compounds. Still think it “has to pop”?
Pirate 🦜🦜 time
…Pirate hardware?
That was the OG way of piracy. Except the hardware was, like, rum, sugar, and cannons. 🤷♂️
“Yeah, we’re gonna do this new fangled form of piracy. It’s like the old way, but without the boats and parrots and stuff. We’re just stealing stuff now.”
Why can’t we have boats and parrots? 😕
Unfortunately they also come with scurvy 😔
Finally, a programmer that actually knows what he is talking about… PirateHardware…
I’d love to see what kind of gaming PC you’re going to build with $30.
looks like it can run crysis
I paid $200 for ultimate for a year and got borderlands 4 included in it.
You’d be challenged to build a decent gaming PC for 3 times that.
No, no, no. They said save up for a few months. So we’re looking at $75 tops.
Let’s be generous and say $100. That’s 6 months with the most expensive tier.
That should be plenty to get a gaming PC capable of playing latest AAA titles in 4k 60 fps and high settings.
It’s one computer, Michael. What could it cost, 10 dollars?
If they hear you say that they’ll jack up component prices more.