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The Last of Us Part II Remastered

Five years after their dangerous journey across the post-pandemic United States, Ellie and Joel have settled down in Jackson, Wyoming. Living amongst a thriving community of survivors has allowed them peace and stability, despite the constant threat of the infected and other, more desperate survivors. When a violent event disrupts that peace, Ellie embarks on a relentless journey to carry out justice and find closure.​



South of Midnight

From the creators of Contrast and We Happy Few, South of Midnight is a spellbinding third person action-adventure game set in the American Deep South.

As Hazel, you will explore the mythos and encounter creatures of Southern folklore in a macabre and fantastical world. When disaster strikes her hometown, Hazel is called to become a Weaver: a magical mender of broken bonds and spirits. Imbued with these new abilities, Hazel will confront and subdue dangerous creatures, untangle the webs of her own family's shared past and - if she's lucky - find her way to a place that feels like home.​



Commandos: Origins

ALARM! You have been selected for a mission which will shape the fate of the entire world. Witness the very beginning of the legendary elite WWII force in Commandos: Origins. The long-awaited sequel to the Commandos series brings you right back to the foundation of the real-time tactics genre. And to the days where Jack O’Hara, the Green Beret, and his five companions met to form the infamous unit sent to complete missions which no others would dare to accept.

In the hushed shadows of history’s most pivotal moments, where heroes are born and legends are forged, a new chapter awaits. Whether it is a daring raid, a covert sabotage, or a courageous rescue mission – the Green Beret, the Sapper, the Sniper, the Driver, the Marine and the Spy will need to combine their skills to meet the most challenging tasks. Your mission can only be achieved through well-thought planning and the smart combination of stealth and destruction that come with the unique skillsets of this elite troop.

From the icy plains of the Arctic to the vast deserts of Africa, from the western coastlines of Europe to the Eastern front, it’s up to you to lead your commandos to success in high-risk missions. Guide them in their fight against the growing Nazi occupation which is menacing the free world.​



Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days

Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days is a side-scrolling shelter survival game that tasks you with guiding a desperate group of zombie apocalypse survivors to safety. Craft weapons, scavenge resources, balance your group’s needs, and try to get everyone out of danger alive.

Texas, 1980. Walton City is a sprawling, coastal metropolis in the grip of a scorching heatwave and crippling economic crisis. Everything changes when an unstoppable zombie outbreak reaches US shores. Walton City is soon overrun by hordes of the undead, the few remaining survivors cut off from any chance of outside help. Forced to band together, these everyday people must chase their only chance of survival by escaping the city.​



Hollywood Animal

In Hollywood Animal, you can decide to build a multi-billion-dollar monster that destroys everything in its path, with blockbusters made strictly according to formulas. But this is far from your only option. You might instead create a boutique studio, and conquer the festivals with avant-garde directors. You could build a trash factory, challenging "good taste" at every turn, filling the screens with blood and spit. This game doesn't tell you how to play or limit you in anything. Just have fun making movies while you try to keep the whole thing afloat.

We shouldn't forget the film industry is just one part of a much larger and dynamic world. Wars and social upheaval, censorship and corruption, strained relations with the authorities and criminal disputes. — Some will be buried in an avalanche of problems, while others seize new opportunities. Make your moves behind the scenes, form unexpected alliances, lie and betray. There are no magic formulas in Hollywood Animal. Only those who can adapt and negotiate survive.​



Crashlands 2

Return to Woanope as Flux Dabes, intergalactic trucker and disgruntled corporate employee. After years away from the planet under a lucrative (if morally dubious) spokesperson contract for the Bureau of Shipping, you return to visit some old pals and recover from corporate burnout. But before your vacation can even begin, a mysterious blast from the planet's surface sends you crashing into a new land, far from friends and alone in an alien wilderness.​



Blue Prince

Welcome to Mt. Holly, the mysterious manor with shifting rooms. In Blue Prince, you embark on a genre-defying experience, filled with a unique mix of mystery, strategy, and puzzles that weave together to create an unpredictable journey. Will your explorative steps lead you to the rumored Room 46?

Upon reaching a closed door in Mt. Holly, you decide what room appears behind it and each decision shapes your path as you navigate through the manor. Every door can reveal new and exciting chambers that contain their own unique challenges and secrets. But be careful how you draft, for each day the manor’s floor plan resets and the rooms you saw today may not be the same rooms you see tomorrow.

Your progress each day is shaped by the rooms you select to draft and the tools you find within them. Items in the game can be used in a number of creative ways to fuel your exploration deeper into the house, allowing you to adopt unique strategies to combat the challenges that each day brings. Yet, tread wisely – the house resets each dawn, erasing all but the permanent upgrades to your estate blueprint. That is, if you were clever enough to find one!

As the heir of Mt. Holly, you have been tasked to explore its shifting halls in search of Room 46. Yet as your journey takes you further into the mansion’s depths, you start to discover that there is more lurking under the surface than a missing room. Investigate a past woven with the threads of blackmail, political intrigue, and the mysterious disappearance of a local children’s book author. The deeper you venture, the more you realize that the past is closer than it appears.​



Monaco 2

Monaco is a city overflowing with luxury and greed, which makes it a perfect target for you and your international gang of criminal masterminds. The best of the best have been assembled, and they’ll need to work together using their unique abilities to rob the city blind. Do you and your friends have what it takes to bring the city of Monaco to its knees?

They say there’s no honor among thieves, but they’ve never met your crew! Team up with up to three other players in local or online multiplayer and plan your heist. However, nothing ever goes exactly according to plan in Monaco, so you’ll need to work together and improvise if you want to get away with your haul of riches.

New characters mean all new ways to play! Assemble your team from a selection of eight playable characters, each with their own unique abilities and playstyles. Need to adapt? Switch your character mid-run to overcome whatever obstacles stand between you and untold riches!​



The Talos Principle: Reawakened

Step back into a world of thought-provoking puzzles, philosophical intrigue, and breathtaking visuals with The Talos Principle: Reawakened. This definitive edition revisits the groundbreaking narrative of The Talos Principle, immersing players in an expanded and remastered journey through the world of the Simulation.

The Talos Principle: Reawakened introduces new content, enhanced gameplay, and a gorgeously upgraded presentation. Relive the critically acclaimed expansion Road to Gehenna and dive into an all-new chapter, In the Beginning. Discover the story of Alexandra Drennan as she faces profound existential questions while orchestrating the Simulation's first critical test, challenging players to think deeply about the human condition.​



Wild Assault

Welcome to "Wild Assault".

Whether you're a cool-headed marksman or a brave assault player, in Wild Assault you can always enjoy the most exhilarating shooting experience. All characters in Wild Assault have their unique abilities based on animal instincts. It's more than just shooting combat - help the characters unleash their primal powers to achieve victory! From capturing strongholds to frontline assaults and defenses, utilize characters' high mobility on all fours and unique abilities to secure victory. It's a test of skill and strategy! Unleash your wisdom and creativity to match different classes for the squad. Maximize the team's strength!​



Lunacid - Tears of the Moon

Lunacid: Tears of the Moon is a First Person Dungeon Crawler made with the Sword of Moonlight - King’s Field making tool from 2000. Explore various dungeons for powerful weapons and spells to forestall the previsioned end of the world.

The Kingdom of Lyria rests in darkness, surrounded on all sides by the vast poison sea. In ages long past, brilliant silver moonlight fell upon Lyria, leading to its accession as a great kingdom of magic. But this time of solace may soon end.

Calamis Cerulean was granted a vison of this macabre future, the Great Old One who sleeps beneath the earth will soon awaken from it's slumber and plunge the world into another dark age. He must venture into dangerous lands to gather magics of light and dark. Only then can he coax the silver moonlight to fall upon the Great Old One and lull it back into a deep sleep.​



Night is Coming

Night is Coming is a survival strategy game set in a fantasy world inspired by Slavic mythology and the nature of Eastern Europe.

The Darkness is relentlessly devouring the lands, forcing survivors to hide in the woods, where each new day is a battle against death. You are to lead a group of those humbled by impending dread: build and develop your settlement, gather resources, and protect your people from monsters that lurk in the dark. Take care of the settlers, make them learn crafts and military skills so their next sunset is not their last. Over time, you will have to leave the lands you developed and look for the new ones... Who knows, maybe there you will find out how to repel the inevitable danger and save the world.

Will you be able to do all that is needed before the sunset?​



Stygian: Outer Gods

Set in the universe of Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones, the game lets players witness and influence the events preceding the Black Day. Immerse yourself in a unique world full of dangers, unexplored dark corners, and looming evil beyond mortal comprehension.

Accompany an old friend on her voyage to the foggy settlement of Kingsport to uncover the town's dark secrets and find your missing father. You survive a shipwreck, but soon realize that it was just a prelude to the nightmare that awaits. Using your strength and wits, guided by your friend's knowledge of the occult, can you prevent the coming of the Outer Gods? Or is the descent into madness inevitable?​



Chains of Freedom

Step into a thrilling turn-based tactics game set in a fictional, dystopian Eastern European state. Lead an elite military squad as you navigate perilous missions filled with danger, deceit, and moral dilemmas.

As you delve deeper into a conspiracy threatening your nation, engage in high-stakes tactical combat that demands precision with every move. Arm your team with a variety of weapons and gear, adapt their skills to meet ever-changing challenges, and confront intense missions that push your resolve to its limits. Uncover the truth in a world where the nation’s fate lies in your hands.​



Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree

Create your Inquisitor from one of six unique Classes, and wield blades and magic to battle nightmarish creatures. Craft hundreds of weapons and items, and learn powerful Talents to define your combat style. Explore a vast, interconnected world and unearth its secrets across 60 quests that will push your skills to their limits.

Faelduum teeters on the edge of ruin. Dark forces seep into its reality through tears in the fabric of existence, unleashing monsters upon it.

You are an Inquisitor. Tasked with rooting out heretics and enforcing the King Priest’s will, your devotion has never wavered… until now. One fleeting moment of defiance sets you on an irreversible path that leads to the heart of Faelduum’s unraveling fate.

From the towering majesty of Crimson City, through festering darkness, and into the horrors of Entropy... what will you become at journey’s end?​



LUNAR Remastered Collection

It’s time to journey back to the stars!

Dive into the enchanting worlds of LUNAR: Silver Star Story Complete and LUNAR 2: Eternal Blue Complete, two beloved JRPGs that have captured the hearts of gamers for generations.

LUNAR: Silver Star Story introduces Alex, an aspiring Dragonmaster who bands together with his friends to combat the perilous emergence of the Magic Emperor and stop him from taking over the world.

LUNAR 2: Eternal Blue picks up a thousand years later, and follows Hiro and his friends as they set out in search of the Goddess Althena alongside an enigmatic girl named Lucia. On this grand quest, fend off enemies like Borgan and White Knight Leo, who hunt down the group to eradicate what they deem to be the "Destroyer of Lunar."

This definitive remastered edition features enhanced graphics, audio, and quality-of-life improvements that will satiate that hunger for 90s nostalgia--better than you remember! Embark on these two adventures with updated language support, now available in English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, French, and German.​



The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy-

Takumi Sumino is a totally average teenager living in the Tokyo Residential Complex, a place where every day is much like the last and nothing bad ever happens. All that changes when freakish monsters attack the town and start wreaking havoc. A strange creature calling himself Sirei appears and offers Takumi the power to protect those he holds dear... All he has to do is stab himself in the chest!

The next thing he knows, Takumi is in Last Defense Academy, a school in the middle of nowhere surrounded by a wall of otherworldly flames. He and 14 other students have been drafted into the Special Defense Unit, a team tasked with keeping the school safe for the next 100 days. How much are they willing to sacrifice to take back their normal lives and save the world from the grotesque school invaders?

The curtain rises on 100 days of war and despair...​



Viking Frontiers

A series of unfortunate events has brought you to an unknown shore, and it is your task to transform it into your new home and fortress.

Can you unite the remnants of your clan? Can you withstand the challenges of nature? And most importantly, will you prove worthy of the honorable title of Jarl? The fate of your people rests on your shoulders…​



Dolls Nest

Dolls Nest is a 3D action game where you control a mecha girl as she explores the gigantic factory world of Hod on her journey to uncover the truth.

Hod, the world which you inhabit, is a massive crater crawling with armored units. Broken machines and ruined buildings are strewn across its landscape.

But fate can be cruel. You must scavenge the land for resources if you wish to survive in this ruined world.

Make use of the parts and items you find on your journey, and overcome the trials that lie before you.​



Old Skies

Time Travel is real and history is up for grabs! In this point-and-click, you play Fia Quinn, a time agent for the ChronoZen agency. Your job is to keep close watch on seven travelers who have the desire (and the bank accounts) to sightsee in the past. Some are simply curious. Others have unfinished business to resolve. And they’ve all put down a lot of money for the trip, so it’s vital that you keep them happy while ensuring they follow the rules. But what could go wrong? It's only time travel, after all.​



Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Once a year, the Paintress wakes and paints upon her monolith. Paints her cursed number. And everyone of that age turns to smoke and fades away. Year by year, that number ticks down and more of us are erased. Tomorrow she’ll wake and paint “33.” And tomorrow we depart on our final mission - Destroy the Paintress, so she can never paint death again.

We are Expedition 33.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a ground-breaking turn-based RPG with unique real-time mechanics, making battles more immersive and addictive than ever. Explore a fantasy world inspired by Belle Époque France in which you battle devastating enemies.​



Tempest Rising

Classic RTS action meets modern production and performance in Tempest Rising. Inspired by RTS greats of the 90s and 2000s, Tempest Rising is a classic, base-building real time strategy game set in a modern day alternative history war scenario. It features 3 unique factions, each with its own approach to combat and economy and offering a variety of strategies for players of all stripes, deep and rewarding gameplay that keeps a focus on strategy while rewarding skill, and built-in customization options that allow players to approach the game their way in both single player and multiplayer game modes.

Take on the role of Commander in the highly mobile and advanced peacekeeping corps of the Global Defense Forces or the hard-hitting and desperate Tempest Dynasty in 2 11-mission campaigns that allow the player to customize their army for each mission, as both armies seek to understand and control the mysterious but beneficial Tempest vines that grow unchecked across the war-torn planet Earth. Other dangers wait in the shadows, as the origin of the Tempest is revealed...​



FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves

SNK’s beloved Fatal Fury series first hit the market in 1991, spearheading the fighting game boom of the 1990s that swept the industry thereafter. GAROU: MARK OF THE WOLVES (released in 1999) has, for some time, served as the franchise’s most recent installment. But that is all about to change: 26 years on, a brand-new entry—FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves—is set to arrive on the scene!​



Days Gone - Broken Road DLC

Days Gone – Broken Road DLC is an expansion to Days Gone, an open-world action-adventure game set in a harsh wilderness two years after a devastating global pandemic. Days Gone – Broken Road DLC features all new content and features that will enhance your Days Gone experience as you fight for tomorrow in this brutal relentless world.​



Badlands Crew

As a protector of The Citadel, the last outpost of the surviving innocents, you must journey into the lawless Badlands to conquer crazed factions of marauders and defeat their evil chief, The Orator. To succeed you must construct and customize your ferocious battle wagon to adapt to the lethal threats you will face.

Use deep and dynamic vehicle customization to equip your wagon with a range of components and weapons such as flamethrowers, sniper turrets, gatling guns, lookout towers, medical stations, wheels, suspension, fuel tanks, engines and exhausts. Build your battle wagon, your way…​



Skin Deep

Skin Deep is an immersive first-person shooter. We got sneezing. We got things getting stuck in your feet. Stalk through a vast non-linear starship and sneak, subvert, and sabotage to survive in this stellar sandbox. You're outnumbered, outgunned, and have no shoes.

Welcome to Skin Deep!​



Moroi

Moroi is set within the Cosmic Engine, a personalized hellscape designed to distort any semblance of normalcy. Truth is an illusion, paranoia is constant, and your humanity is an oddity.

You awake to find yourself a prisoner within a living nightmare. Your name, your past: gone, but not the record of your misdeeds. Your crimes: beyond comprehension. Your conviction: incontestable. Your sentence: eternal. The need to escape and set things right: undeniable.

Fight your way out of a living, twisting labyrinth. Hone your skills as you take on dynamic combat encounters and absurd puzzles. Meet the Cosmic Engine’s most disturbing and grotesque inhabitants, all with unique and nonsensical personalities, who are just as likely to aid in your quest as they are to deceive you.

Escape means freedom, and in freedom, the truth.​


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Parsnip i do have a Mac mini and ps5 pro yeah.:) don’t get both at the same time don’t wasn’t like I had one big budget. But sure for 1400 euro one could build a decent PC, that would essentially be on par with I have now.

But yeah the separation of work and play is a thing, I work a lot on the computer, mostly on my game, so to then go play a AAA on the ps5 pro on a big nice tv and comfy couch is pretty nice. I know it can be done with pc too but still easier with dedicated machines for different things.

With that said I still do want a PC! Feel like 5060 is minimum right? But that is alone like 600€ so don’t know how people build decent pcs on the cheap

I suppose it's ultimately the same with PCs too, don't buy it all at the same time. :toucan:
But that's the other side of PCs for sure, do you build your own, whether you are comfortable in doing upgrades yourself, are you willing to give the required blood for the blood god as you build your system.

If you build your own and can do in place upgrades it's easier to recommend to just build something now and keep upgrading it over time. Or if you already have a system, even better. But that's not for everyone for sure.
And to be honest I haven't followed the GPU market at all, and have no idea if inventory and prices have stabilized somewhere or if retailers are still doing scalping because there's no inventory. :rip:
 
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I suppose it's ultimately the same with PCs too, don't buy it all at the same time. :toucan:
But that's the other side of PCs for sure, do you build your own, whether you are comfortable in doing upgrades yourself, are you willing to give the required blood for the blood god as you build your system.

If you build your own and can do in place upgrades it's easier to recommend to just build something now and keep upgrading it over time. Or if you already have a system, even better. But that's not for everyone for sure.
And to be honest I haven't followed the GPU market at all, and have no idea if inventory and prices have stabilized somewhere or if retailers are still doing scalping because there's no inventory. :rip:
Yeah I have always built my own computers, I am confident on that at least.:) well I haven't tried water cooling yet and that scares me lol.

The GPU market is what it always has been, the 5060 is supposed to be 399 but is selling for like 599. And im not even sure it is a worthwhile card, but an entry point at least that doesnt ruin oneself.
 
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The GPU market is what it always has been, the 5060 is supposed to be 399 but is selling for like 599. And im not even sure it is a worthwhile card, but an entry point at least that doesnt ruin oneself.
5060 only has 8GB VRAM. Absolutely don't buy it. It is obsolete even before going into the market. 5060 Ti has 16GB version but I doubt it is worth upgrading to.
 
With a Linux install in mind you'd probably better off going with AMD anyway. I know Nvidia can be a good experience as well but there are still some shortcomings aren't there.
Something like a 7800 XT might be a good get depending on local availability and pricing for example, it's an older card so availability will vary a lot I imagine but at the same time the prices aren't gonna be as inflated.
Or wait and see how RX 9060 XT launch goes (in May?) if you want the latest and greatest.
 
Nvidia cards are a rip off.

I get why you might want one on Windows, because they are very performant, but they are super expensive.

If you're starting a build with the intent of using Linux, you'll save yourself a lot of hassle by just buying AMD.

And whatever you do, don't use Intel GPUs with Linux. I've heard Bad Things, even if their B-series cards are actually decent value right now.
 
I might be close to viewing, wishlisting, following, or ignore every game on Steam because my "New Discovery Queue" is broken and doesn't refresh after 12 hours or clicking the button. I've viewed, wishlisted, followed, and ignored over 85,000 games.

The normal discovery queue and the upcoming discovery queue are still working though.
 
I am 10h into the game and i absolutely love Expedition 33. And this comes from someone that doesn't like turn based combat and never plays games with turn based combat. They really fixed my main issue with it and that is being too passive. Everything else is just top notch. Good and emotional story, great voice acting, amazing soundtrack (they recorded over 8h of music for this damn game and every minute of it is amazing), and visually game looks really good with superb art direction but it has bit of issues on technical side. Overall amazing experience so far and i am not even done with Act 2 and everyone says that game gets even better.
 
With a Linux install in mind you'd probably better off going with AMD anyway. I know Nvidia can be a good experience as well but there are still some shortcomings aren't there.
Something like a 7800 XT might be a good get depending on local availability and pricing for example, it's an older card so availability will vary a lot I imagine but at the same time the prices aren't gonna be as inflated.
Or wait and see how RX 9060 XT launch goes (in May?) if you want the latest and greatest.

Aye, I have the 7800 XT and Im very happy with that GPU :)
 
The GPU market is what it always has been, the 5060 is supposed to be 399 but is selling for like 599. And im not even sure it is a worthwhile card, but an entry point at least that doesnt ruin oneself.
You've been internally rationalizing the insanity too long. I remember when $600 was an utterly insane amount for a graphics card and I swore I'd never even go above that number. Now a high end card is 6 times that amount, and the diminishing returns make that a fraction of the gains one might have experienced within recent memory (let's say, 4+ GPU generations ago) of that $600 beast. To me the recent trends aren't just insane but the literal end days of home computing.
 
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The 8800 Ultra was the equivalent of ~1050 of today's Euros, back in 2007. Its chip size (which is more or less the only meaningful metric to compare over these time spans) was much closer to today's 5080 than a 5090 -- that product category simply did not exist in the consumer market. You can currently get a 5080 for 1169 Euro, which is 11% more than the inflation-adjusted price of the GTX 8800 Ultra.

But all of that isn't even particularly relevant in the grand scheme of things -- this is: "the diminishing returns make that a fraction of the gains one might have experienced within recent memory". Your post seems to imply that this as a bad thing, but what it really means is that you can get a lower-end card and keep it for much longer, while playing games at a level of fidelity that is visually closer to the top end. I remember a time when you could barely even run games with a 4 year old GPU.

So overall, I'd say that calling this "the literal end days of home computing" might just be a tad melodramatic.
 
I mean nvidia's obviously making more bank than ever but for a segment of consumers the beastly (or higher end) gaming PC is out of reach in ways it wasn't in years past because their wages haven't adjusted in the same rapid pace the cost of everything else has (including base necessities like housing, energy & food). I'm not gonna pay those absurd prices for a low end gpu hence I'm still without an upgrade 9 years later. At least CPU costs are still alright enough, thanks AMD. You still have the crazy high end ultra xtreme xpensive edition models but contrary to high end gpus they are far from required for higher end gaming, for now...
 
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So overall, I'd say that calling this "the literal end days of home computing" might just be a tad melodramatic.
I agree, but I think people are complaining about something valid, namely the lack of effective competition. AMD is either not interested or capable of making their own GPUs much cheaper to compete more meaningfully in the lower end, and Intel is still playing catch up and probably won't be viable for another generation (and given the absolute state of Intel these days, who even knows if we will see another generation of GPUs or if Intel just pulls the plug from their discrete GPU business)
 
If high end computing gets too expensive, game developers will need to cater to what people can actually afford in order to sell copies.

Plateauing hardware does come with its concerns. Manufacturers who base their business model on incremental annual upgrades are going to have a hard time.

And the kinds of people who don’t want to play games but look at them are going to be in utter shambles as graphics kind of top out, but if hardware wasn’t going to cap that then the capabilities and budget of game studios was gonna do it anyway.

I don’t really think it’s that bad a thing if the pace of improvements slows down. I’d be pretty happy just buying a computer, knowing it will run all my games, and just replacing components as they break down.
 
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I agree, but I think people are complaining about something valid, namely the lack of effective competition. AMD is either not interested or capable of making their own GPUs much cheaper to compete more meaningfully in the lower end, and Intel is still playing catch up and probably won't be viable for another generation (and given the absolute state of Intel these days, who even knows if we will see another generation of GPUs or if Intel just pulls the plug from their discrete GPU business)
This is true. I really hope Intel doesn't pull out of GPUs (again), but it's not looking great.

If high end computing gets too expensive, game developers will need to cater to what people can actually afford in order to sell copies.

Plateauing hardware does come with its concerns. Manufacturers who base their business model on incremental annual upgrades are going to have a hard time.

And the kinds of people who don’t want to play games but look at them are going to be in utter shambles as graphics kind of top out, but if hardware wasn’t going to cap that then the capabilities and budget of game studios was gonna do it anyway.

I don’t really think it’s that bad a thing if the pace of improvements slows down. I’d be pretty happy just buying a computer, knowing it will run all my games, and just replacing components as they break down.
I think this has already happened for the majority of the industry. Almost everyone outside of a small number of AAA developers makes games that can still be played decently on a Steam Deck, which is around 64 times slower than a 5090. And I'd expect basically everyone to make games that run on Switch 2 for at least the next 5 years, and that's ~32 times slower than a 5090. Or, perhaps in more relevant terms, ~8 times slower than a 4060.

There were times in PC gaming when you actually needed reasonably new and fast hardware to participate in large parts of it. Those are long over.
 
But yeah speaking of building a PC, its mostly just because I want to tinker, but I dont really need it, I have more games that can actually play just fine on my Mac that will last me a long time. So maybe I should just play those and when I actually NEED a PC to play something I should start considering a PC.