No real effect. They are getting chips directly from manufacturers. Main issue will be RAM prices messing things up.
I would have thought they'd still be affected by an inflation in real-world values for these things? To be completely clear, I mean next gen literally, as in PS5 etc. Existing manufacturing contracts and the RRPs for currently available products will realistically have to stay in place. But if consumer GPUs generally still cost double or triple when the next gen is being finalised, I can't see how that isn't a factor in the manufacturing costs and eventual RRPs ...
This is armchair stuff on my part, I should add.
Neither Nvidia, AMD, nor the partner manufacturers are doing this. These price hikes are due to the sellers being greedy. They aren't content with having a product on their storefronts that sell well. They are price gouging because they know miners will pay it and completely ignoring their core customers.
It's rediculous. Nvidia and AMD should increase the price of their products for retailers that price gouge. As in, charge the retailers extra if they are actively alienating their core userbase and damaging their (Nvidia/AMD) brand.
Ah, this adds useful context for me, thank you.
I'm not on the market for a GPU (or a PS5!) but am curious. I had been hoping to build some kind of sexy rig some day in the not too distant future, so am remotely dismayed by all this.
I just wondered whether the pain of PC builders would eventually be felt by console buyers. But perhaps not, if it's the middle-men hiking the prices (at present)
