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>the whole PC gaming market will evaporate. I'm not happy about the current GPU situation, but there's no way this is true. Will PC be impacted? I'm sure. Honestly, it might be for the better. My Steam Deck uses 15W, and the graphics it can put out are good enough for me. Improvement over time is nice, it doesn't have to be so fast. Gaming won't lose anything by slowing down its graphics cycles.

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>Gaming won't lose anything by slowing down its graphics cycles.

It will miss that next generation of would be pc gamers. If the new gen is priced out, then consoles become more attractive, which means less games are made for PC, which then creates a chicken/egg problem.

And actually there’s significant lock-in effect - people don’t want to give up the games and in-game items they’ve bought on consoles, or stop playing with their friends they’ve made, just like pc gamers don’t want to give up their steam library or friends.

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