@cm0002@lemmy.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish • 4 days agoGamers Are Reportedly Skipping GPU Upgrades Due to Soaring Prices — Paying Bills Takes Priority Over Chasing NVIDIA’s RTX 5090wccftech.comexternal-linkmessage-square207arrow-up1646file-text
arrow-up1646external-linkGamers Are Reportedly Skipping GPU Upgrades Due to Soaring Prices — Paying Bills Takes Priority Over Chasing NVIDIA’s RTX 5090wccftech.com@cm0002@lemmy.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish • 4 days agomessage-square207file-text
minus-squareAlphane MoonlinkfedilinkEnglish1•4 days agoThat’s why it’s best to focus on absolute unit shipment numbers/POS. If total units increased compared to the previous generation launch, then people are still buying GPUs.
minus-squareAlphane MoonlinkfedilinkEnglish1•4 days agoShipment/POS do not telling you anything about unfulfilled demand or “unrealized supply”. It’s just how unit were shipped into the channel and sales at retail respectively. These are the best data points that we have to understand demand dynamic. Gamers are also a notoriously dramatic demography that often don’t go through on what they say.
That’s why it’s best to focus on absolute unit shipment numbers/POS.
If total units increased compared to the previous generation launch, then people are still buying GPUs.
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Shipment/POS do not telling you anything about unfulfilled demand or “unrealized supply”.
It’s just how unit were shipped into the channel and sales at retail respectively.
These are the best data points that we have to understand demand dynamic.
Gamers are also a notoriously dramatic demography that often don’t go through on what they say.