SidewaysFancyPrance t1_jadgygk wrote on February 28, 2023 at 5:26 PM

Reply to comment by ppface in PC GPU Shipments Drop 35% Year-over-Year in Q4 2022: Report by Stiven_Crysis

Unit shipments may have dropped, but based on pricing, I bet their revenues/profits aren't being hammered by 35%.

ppface t1_jadjdiu wrote on February 28, 2023 at 5:41 PM

I don't think its sustainable. Okay fewer units, higher margin, same profits right? But a few years down the road, fewer units meant fewer customers, right?

Fewer customers for them also means fewer customers buying PC games.

Which means less incentive and funding to the publishers and developers of PC games.

Which means a reduction in the quality and/or quantity of PC games.

Which reduces the incentive to pay the bloated prices to stay in PC gaming.

Which means fewer units shipped.

I think that having a drastic reduction in GPU sales should be a cause for alarm for the entire PC gaming industry and beyond. Maybe its just because of the glut of used cards. Maybe its the prices. Probably both and other reasons all together.

I think that if the number of units shipped stays deflated, they're gonna have some major problems.