dont take this seriously
What if all these shortages were artificually engineered shortages to appear real, the demand for Enterprise and Server grade hardware that took off the focus from consumer hardware, it will quite literally be impossible for normal people to buy computers, but whos getting most of the supply? datacenters, what happens when no one has computers? no one can run the new games, but look, oh look theres a new service "for XX.XX$/month Play thousands of games , (limited by XXhours per month)"
when no one can afford pcs what will they resort to? cloud streaming
yes even IF people wont play newer games with their current pcs, and play older games, im talking about years into the future, older games will eventually be outdated, older games will eventually shutdown
jeff bezos himself said he hates the fact that people have their own computers, in an interview he said he wanted people to switch to streaming compute instead of running compute locally for each person, while yes streaming is good because you could have top tier performance, you also do not own it
End of Physical Ownership: Bezos has suggested that the traditional model of purchasing high-end gaming hardware is inefficient and that, in the future, people will not own their gaming PCs.
"Cloud-First" Gaming: He envisions a shift where users rent computing power from the cloud to play games, comparing it to buying electricity.
AI and RAM Constraints: The push toward cloud computing is being accelerated by AI demands and a tightening "RAM crisis," making local, high-powered hardware less sustainable.
Subscription Model: This shift aims to move users toward a model where they pay for monthly subscriptions for high-end gaming rather than owning the equipment.
you know how you could buy music and physically own it back then, yes it was more expensive, but still, you OWNED it, not really in an artists sense where you can sell it, i mean that you own it, you have it, movies too, you actually owned something you bought back then
but now look at music and content, they're all streamed
while it was expensive to buy individual movies and music back then, you still own it
with streaming you can access almost everything, but still never own it, you can download it? yes right now you can, in the future where everyone's devices is streamed? what storage do you have? "5 Terabytes cloud storage for XX.XX$/Month"
yeah you can download it, but when cloud storage becomes the main they will be able to monitor pirated content
and whos to say piracy wont die aswell?, yeah it will always exist someway, but multiple countries are already experimenting with online safety (fuck no that's just control laws) laws, age verification laws wanting your identity, in times where you cant even be anonymous online whos going to risk pirating or sharing anything online when you can easily be identified? no one, well there will always be people who will pirate things, its going to be extremely niche, most people wont be able to just type a site in and access libraries of pirated content anymore
You will own nothing and be happy
Welcome to 1984