• porcoesphino@mander.xyz
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    6 hours ago

    It’s a pretty weak argument using a metric without historical numbers then claiming it means something.

    It seems reasonable less people would be building a rig with the price crunch, but that survey and this article isn’t making much of a case for the argument besides emotional appeal

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      5 hours ago

      If on average a PC gamer build a PC every 5 years (which, IMO, is enough), then roughly 60% will have a PC new enough that they won’t plan to build one in the next two years

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      6 hours ago

      Correct, utterly useless. But people take the bait, look at the response even here on far above critical Lemmy users.