Subj : Re: Intel: Once mighty, now falling?
To   : hollowone
From : Arelor
Date : Tue Jun 03 2025 13:00:58

  Re: Re: Intel: Once mighty, now falling?
  By: hollowone to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Jun 01 2025 12:06 pm

 > I also find it equally interesting to see that dominance of Windows can be
 > tested if non-Intel architectures start gaining more trust.
 >
 > Windows is already on ARM so I don't believe it's huge issue. But if
 > ARM+RISCV would become a nominal future for most and just intel+arm for
 > gamers unless it's reinvented again... you never know.

Honestly, on the gamer front, Microsoft ought to be concerned by other factors. In increasing order of importance:

1) They prety much declared they have lost the console war and they are pulling a SEGA move. This means their objective is not to sell more Xboxes but rather to develop games for the people who won the console war in their niche (which would be Sony).

2) Valve has proven you can do high-end gaming on Linux, and in fact they invested a huge amount of resources in order to develop a hardware package and the supporting software just to ensure they could keep selling games if they ever entered a conflict against Microsoft. So they no longer have the monopolly on high-end gaming because you can buy a canned Linux solution or build your own with readily available software tools.

3) Money is not in the sort of videogames you think it is. It is in crappy mobile games that run on cheap ARM devices. Look at the numbers, proper gaming is but a flea in comparison to the mighty power of the titan made of f2p crappy Android games. Wintel is already a non-player.


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