NVDIA reportedly plans to end PC gaming as a hobby

[Nebulon_Galaxy]

makes me think you've been living under a rock

Well i just got out of Vault 101, how did you know?

 

[NOTthatHARD]

I think the real concern here isn't that we'll be running out of games to play anytime soon but the fact that hardware will break at one point or another and it will be difficult to replace if it isn't manufactured anymore.

This right here is the real problem.

 

[moonbits]

This right here is the real problem.

You could write compatibility layers, they've done it for 3dfx Voodo cards.

It sort of works, but it's something.

 

[NOTthatHARD]

Shit like this always will

Absolutely!

Even a 5 year old mini Ryzen PC will still play most modern games, even with its built-in GPU...

Maybe not at 1080p or 4K, but you could still play a majority of modern games if you cared for the slop they call games now anyhow, and get them fairly cheap. Hell, I bought a Ryzen 5 mini PC for under 100 bucks, and that little thing can play Cyberpunk 2077 at medium settings fine.

Yes, the mini PCs on the market right now are far more powerful than people think.

 

[Zerpina]

Yes, the mini PCs on the market right now are far more powerful than people think.

One i bought last year
Mind you mine is the Variant with both a HDMI and DP

HP elitedesk 705 mini g4
Specs
CPU - AMD Ryzen PRO APU 2400G
Ram - 32 GB (Maxed) ddr4
GPU - integrated AMD Vega graphics
(You can actually buy a Proprietary 4gb GPU for it but, they cost more than i payed for it so nah)
Storage - Both Sata Connection and M.2

and it plays pretty much anything I have thrown at it...
Yes, I have had to lower settings on a few games, but that's a given. It actually was originally bought to be my Batocera PC, which got moved to a tower I built so I could have a full sized dedicated GPU (ps3 games and whatnot)

Now it's a neat little retro gaming machine (Windows 7, XP, etc. era games) running Linux.

 

[NOTthatHARD]

One i bought last year
Mind you mine is the Variant with both a HDMI and DP

HP elitedesk 705 mini g4
Specs
CPU - AMD Ryzen PRO APU 2400G
Ram - 32 GB (Maxed) ddr4
GPU - integrated AMD Vega graphics
(You can actually buy a Proprietary 4gb GPU for it but, they cost more than i payed for it so nah)
Storage - Both Sata Connection and M.2
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and it plays pretty much anything I have thrown at it...
Yes, I have had to lower settings on a few games, but that's a given. It actually was originally bought to be my Batocera PC, which got moved to a tower I built so I could have a full sized dedicated GPU (ps3 games and whatnot)

Now it's a neat little retro gaming machine (Windows 7, XP, etc. era games) running Linux.

Great choice.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Ill take myths and conjured up rumors design to price hike old games. My old ds games from 2004 still work chief and they dont even have cases

All my NES/Famicom/Genesis/SNES/Gameboy games work like charm, as do my entire Playstation (1-3) and Dreamcast libraries.

But games WILL go bad at some point, it's just that it deeply depends on having us as "accelerators" for it.

We treat them well, they last as long as possible. It's a pretty good deal.

 

[Zerpina]

All my NES/Famicom/Genesis/SNES/Gameboy games work like charm, as do my entire Playstation (1-3) and Dreamcast libraries.

But games WILL go bad at some point, it's just that it deeply depends on having us as "accelerators" for it.

We treat them well, they last as long as possible. It's a pretty good deal.

As it pertains to disc-based games...
If you don't treat them like coasters and keep them stored when not in use, they tend to last nearly indefinitely. Yes, everything will eventually stop working or reading, that's just a given. But like you said, if you treat them badly, they will go bad much faster.

As the search I just did stated, factory-pressed discs can have a 50 - 100 year lifespan if well taken care of. CD-Rs can have 20-50 year lifespans or longer if properly stored. So no, I don't think any of our disc-based games are going anywhere anytime soon..

All it takes is just taking care of them.

But I have seen people just lay the disc DATA SIDE DOWN!!! mind you, on top of their coffee tables, floors, etc. And then they have the audacity to wonder why it stopped working.