Subj : Re: Intel: Once mighty, now falling?
To   : Arelor
From : hollowone
Date : Tue Jun 03 2025 12:32 pm

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

Yep, but I think Nintendo won. exactly because they have the niche. (unless steamdeck is considered). Sony also ain't winning this time and push more and more software titles to PC.

I think ultimate winner is PC from highend rigs and expensive games for some to niche indies and pixel karma for a few bucks everybody can afford.

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

And Mac included. for various reasons I'm still on Mac and selection of titles and M4 performance is stunning!

I think if games are the differentiator we have a lot of hardware and software saturation right now that must wait until half of that industry dies, sadly saying without any visible impact on consumers who still will have plenty of choice.

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

Agreed if monetization at scale is the benchmark here.. but if cultural impact is the factor to define value of this entertainment then far from it.

I personally like to find value in games and I'm glad my sons are both raised and influenced and their generation also slowly discovers it.

But I could be in niche with the last point, to be honest.. lot of dumb people with phones still around. 

-h1

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