is pc gaming dying?
is pc gaming dying?
The cryptocurrency bubble remains intact, and it's unclear when it will burst. No major graphics card company is ready to boost production due to the ongoing uncertainty. Recently, Nvidia and AMD tried to stabilize prices by telling retailers to limit GPUs per customer, though many people find ways around it. The only realistic path to lower prices would be a sustained increase in supply over the next several years.
Things are slowing down for a year or so and you'll notice the market getting full of used graphics cards. Mining is shrinking rapidly because some people start reading articles and decide to act. There have been many fake coins popping up, making it much tougher to mine the most popular ones. Expect a drop in Ethereum or Zcash before they crash, which will push many away. Right now DDR4 memory and NAND chips are scarce for various reasons, so hold on a few months and things should normalize. As @wonderforest mentioned, PC gaming is booming. Side note: It doesn't seem like everything is dying—checking just one component's availability doesn't mean everyone who owns a PC will stop wanting it. Combining PC gamers and miners together isn't very smart.
RAM issues will be resolved by 2019/2020 within a couple of years. Pascal graphics cards will drop in price significantly once Volta is released in roughly 3 to 7 months, mining difficulty will rise sharply, and a large number of cards will enter the market.