Hi, this is a quick post I make to talk about something I keep seeing online everywhere.
A lot of people say that the price increases will force developers to optimize and to work with what hardware they have to make good games and stop using AI gen and DLSS tech as an excuse for poor optimization.
The big problem is that nobody thinks about those people that don’t have the hardware right now.
Those people that were waiting for a discount to buy a PS5 or a PC and now they’re left stranded.
Current-gen consoles are getting really hard to find and a lot of people have been left out, stuck on old-gen and old-games.
playing old-games is not a bad thing but you may have missed the fact that even old consoles are getting reaaally pricey thanks to scalpers and speculators of the market.
This is madness people. Fight AI, don’t embrace it!
It’s not just an AI problem.
You’ve pointed out the scalpers and speculators of the market. Are we going to do anything about them? No? It’s all just AI, right?
What good is it for the developers when they’re whipped by companies with unrealistic demands and people who’re strained from paying top-dollar for the games? It’s all just AI!
It’s a multi-pronged issue.
We know, but the one good thing AI has done is help bring these other issues to light.
However, having no supply of hardware because it’s all been “preordered” is a much larger issue than scalpers.
Some companies have protections against scalping, some dont care, but the biggest issue there is people buying the “scalped” products. They just cant help themselves.
Developers are forming more unions, its picking up pace, so there’s hope there. It’s also partly a customer issue too, buy and support the games made ethically.