Chip shortage to last until 2023

@ghost_of_phobos: Yeah, he’s pretty obvious on his trolling.

As long as the fish is ok.

Somehow, I don't believe that it will last that long - perhaps through Q2 2022 at the latest.

Recent and on-going modifications to the supply chain (domestic chip production, high speed rail, etc.) will ameliorate many of the issues we've seen for the last 16 months, even if the new infrastructure bill is full of pork. What I see actually happening in the short-term is more companies utilizing blank-cheque companies to "MSI" their way to greater profits, even on dated tech. Never before have we seen graphics cards like my 5-year-old 1070 selling for over $500, a price target previously reserved for the xx70 release of the same year.

I do see inflation increasing across the board on virtually everything, but as it stands, current prices on select products (computers, tech with chips) will crash hard within the next year as newer designs roll out in the coming months/few years.

2023 seems far-fetched for a return to 2019's figures. I'm thinking we'll quickly see generational leaps cropping up, mostly with sustainable tech in mind cuz that's just how politics rolls right now. This decade should continue with the exponential gains of prior years rather than the +5-10% margins we've seen for the last several years.

tick TOCK tick tick tick tick ---> tick TOCK tick TOCK tick TOCK (wishful thinking probably, but don't go spending all your hard-earned cash just yet!)

My $0.02

Is it not the least bit scary maybe there's an issue with supplies in resources needed in manufacturing these that isn't being met. Because the growth of the technological markets at large is in demand for the same resources that drives each respective industry. So maybe we will not be able to recover typical console production levels ever again. Maybe this will lead to price inflations consumers may have to absorb. And what would that mean for the viability of gaming as an industry?

I mean, Bitcoin mining was inflating cost of PC gaming even before the pandemic hit and maybe things have still been moving in that direction. It has hurt production of new vehicles because of their computerized systems can't get the resources they need to make new vehicles. Used car prices are going up over this. Recycled computers, smart devices, it's growing. What if drizzle is here to stay, and scalping of scarce inventory. If Covid is playing a factor then we're in for the long haul as anti-vaxxerism seems to be the fastest growing religion right now.

@lamprey263: agreed

@xantufrog: this is temporary

Is that why it's best selling year was recently 28.8 million while PS4's best ever selling year was 20 million and it's clobbering the other two in first party software sales as well?

Sit down. You'll be looking up at Nintendo the king for a while.

If it wasn't for the pandemic the Switch would already be dead in the water. It makes you look like a joke to brag about Switch units being sold to parents for their kids and manbabies working from home.

Cheerleading for a console that doesn't even get GTA and CoD on it is beyond sad.

"If it wasn't for..."

Damage control 🤣

Switch was dominating before the pandemic as well. It's won 30 months of NPD in a row and owns Japan.

Scalpers are literally printing money this year. Until the government deems scalping highly demanded tech illegal, good for them I suppose. 🤷‍♂️

@eoten: you can’t be serious you do know that Nvidia is the king when it comes to gpus, you won’t find an nvidia gpu to match what AMD offers because AMD have been building budget tier gpus, AMD gpus usually fall around the xx60/xx70 models and still can’t keep up with Nvidia counterparts. You have no idea what you’re talking about do you?

Governements should start charging scalpers taxes like any other business, because they work as one.

They organise in groups, get tools to do their work, ... They as much a business like any other business that gets taxed.

The good news... Pretzels are a plenty. lol :P

Again, I hate the time we're living in.