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Re: The post-GeForce era: What if Nvidia abandons PC gaming?

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Post by A4ET8a8uTh0_v2 » Sat, Dec 20, 2025, 12:13 PM UTC

newsclues wrote: post #8

pjmlp wrote: post #7

It means people get to enjoy more indie games with good designs, instead of having FOMO for cool graphics without substance.

It means lots of people will give up the hobby. Let's be real, the twitch FPS CoD players aren't going to give that up and play a boring life simulator. This has the potential to harm a lot of businesses from hardware to software companies, and change the lives of millions of people.

Huh? No? It means that the overall platform is already at 'good enough' level. There can always be an improvement, but in terms of pure visuals, we are already past at a point, where some studios choose simple representations ( see some 2d platformers ) as a stylistic choice.

It gonna be ok.

Re: The post-GeForce era: What if Nvidia abandons PC gaming?

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Post by jaapz » Sat, Dec 20, 2025, 12:31 PM UTC

AMD will be very happy when they do. They are already making great cards, currently running an RX7800XT (or something like that), and it's amazing. Linux support is great too

Re: The post-GeForce era: What if Nvidia abandons PC gaming?

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Post by nicolaslem » Sat, Dec 20, 2025, 12:43 PM UTC

Wowfunhappy wrote: post #2

I'm also curious what this could mean for Nintendo.

What goes into a Nintendo console is not prime silicon. When it's time to design the next console, I am sure Nvidia will still be more than happy to give them a design that they have laying around somewhere in a drawer if it means they ship 100M units.

Re: The post-GeForce era: What if Nvidia abandons PC gaming?

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Post by pjmlp » Sat, Dec 20, 2025, 12:45 PM UTC

newsclues wrote: post #8

pjmlp wrote: post #7

It means people get to enjoy more indie games with good designs, instead of having FOMO for cool graphics without substance.

It means lots of people will give up the hobby. Let's be real, the twitch FPS CoD players aren't going to give that up and play a boring life simulator. This has the potential to harm a lot of businesses from hardware to software companies, and change the lives of millions of people.

Let's be real, CoD only appeals to a small community in the whole planet.

Re: The post-GeForce era: What if Nvidia abandons PC gaming?

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Post by coldtea » Sat, Dec 20, 2025, 12:57 PM UTC

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Re: The post-GeForce era: What if Nvidia abandons PC gaming?

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Post by coldtea » Sat, Dec 20, 2025, 12:57 PM UTC

newsclues wrote: post #8

pjmlp wrote: post #7

It means people get to enjoy more indie games with good designs, instead of having FOMO for cool graphics without substance.

It means lots of people will give up the hobby. Let's be real, the twitch FPS CoD players aren't going to give that up and play a boring life simulator. This has the potential to harm a lot of businesses from hardware to software companies, and change the lives of millions of people.

>It means lots of people will give up the hobby.

Oh, we can only hope!

>This has the potential to harm a lot of businesses from hardware to software companies, and change the lives of millions of people.

Including millions of gamers, but for the better.

Re: The post-GeForce era: What if Nvidia abandons PC gaming?

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Post by newsclues » Sat, Dec 20, 2025, 1:09 PM UTC

coldtea wrote: post #16

newsclues wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It means lots of people will give up the hobby. Let's be real, the twitch FPS CoD players aren't going to give that up and play a boring life simulator. This has the potential to harm a lot of businesses from hardware to software companies, and change the lives of millions of people.

> It means lots of people will give up the hobby. Oh, we can only hope! > This has the potential to harm a lot of businesses from hardware to software companies, and change the lives of millions of people. Including millions of gamers, but for the better.

You hate gamers? Why?

Why can’t you let people enjoy their hobby?

Re: The post-GeForce era: What if Nvidia abandons PC gaming?

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Post by newsclues » Sat, Dec 20, 2025, 1:10 PM UTC

pjmlp wrote: post #14

newsclues wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It means lots of people will give up the hobby. Let's be real, the twitch FPS CoD players aren't going to give that up and play a boring life simulator. This has the potential to harm a lot of businesses from hardware to software companies, and change the lives of millions of people.

Let's be real, CoD only appeals to a small community in the whole planet.

Millions of people.

Re: The post-GeForce era: What if Nvidia abandons PC gaming?

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Post by newsclues » Sat, Dec 20, 2025, 1:11 PM UTC

A4ET8a8uTh0_v2 wrote: post #11

newsclues wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It means lots of people will give up the hobby. Let's be real, the twitch FPS CoD players aren't going to give that up and play a boring life simulator. This has the potential to harm a lot of businesses from hardware to software companies, and change the lives of millions of people.

Huh? No? It means that the overall platform is already at 'good enough' level. There can always be an improvement, but in terms of pure visuals, we are already past at a point, where some studios choose simple representations ( see some 2d platformers ) as a stylistic choice. It gonna be ok.

My pc is good enough for now but it’s years old and when it dies, then what? You want me to give up gaming and start hanging out at your local bar?

Re: The post-GeForce era: What if Nvidia abandons PC gaming?

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Post by snvzz » Sat, Dec 20, 2025, 1:46 PM UTC

If NVIDIA exits the market, there is still AMD, Intel and PowerVR (Imagination Technologies is back at making discrete PC GPUs, although currently only in China).