Is the Gaming PC Dead?

An anonymous reader writes "Rahul Sood, HP's CTO of gaming, argues that the days of a market that wants PCs running three $500 GPUs is history; he argues that it's really a tough or impossible sell. '... let's face it, high-end hardware has delivered diminishing returns in terms of value. This is why you don't see ridiculous offerings like Quad SLI and 2-kilowatt power supplies coming from our company.' But don't the ideas of customization and market pricing for components tend to undercut that? Is the gaming PC dead?"

Comments

Re:Users are branching out - game companies are no

[Drinking Bleach]

Playing games is a very minor issue when it comes to what OS to run.

lame

[Tom]

In other news, FreeBSD is also going to die real soon now. Also, peace talks among the vi and Emacs fanatics are about to conclude with a mutual satisfactory solution.

*yawn*

I know it's a slow news time around this time of the year. And yes, if you repeat a story often enough, you can point at it and say "told you so" if/when it finally comes true. But still: PLEEEEAAAASE! Think of the children! Or whatever else makes you tick. We've had this "PC gaming dead", "PC gaming about to die", "PC gaming might be in peril" about once a month FOR THE PAST FIVE FRIGGING YEARS!

Sorry, console fanboys, us PC dudes are here to stay, too. Now get on your sofa and leave us alone with your doomsaying/wishful thinking.

Re:Dupe,

[Justin Hopewell]

C-C-C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!

Re:Dupe,

[linzeal]

I play Flight Sim X at 1680x1050 with moderate AA and AF and I have not gone below 25 fps. What ungodly setup do you have 2 or 3 monitors? chris