Die Shrink 111: What Caused & Killed the PC Gaming Renaissance? (Patreon)

Die Shrink 111: What Caused, and Killed, the PC Gaming Renaissance?

We discuss the Post-Renaissance Era of PC Gaming, and ask the question: “What ended that "renaissance" era?” And for that matter, what confluence of factors caused it? 00:00 What made us make this episode, black friday not as relevant, Intel GPUs 15:26 PC Gaming Renaissance, system requirements complaints, new vs old standards 33:20 Low-end GPUs back then, what caused the renaissance 45:38 PC vs consoles CPU power gap, peak youtube gaming 53:05 What ended the PC Gaming Renaissance 1:02:38 Are we better or worse than 10 years ago 1:12:44 Tech and the PC space seems to be in a better state nowadays 1:21:08 Quantity and quality of released games https://www.pcworld.com/article/465513/amd_radeon_hd_7970_ghz_edition_review.html https://www.techpowerup.com/review/amd-hd-6670/ https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-titan-gk110-review,3438.html https://www.techspot.com/review/464-modern-warfare-3-performance/page7.html https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/2jwnoa/question_from_a_console_gamer_thinking_about/ https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1735jxe/is_pc_gaming_becoming_unaffordable_relative_to/ https://www.reddit.com/r/XboxSeriesX/comments/j18ff0/switching_to_console_after_8_years_of_pc_gaming/ https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/geforce-gtx-480.c268 https://youtu.be/YHtpEymk89k?si=h3Papv4KVJb6NMPY&t=339 https://youtu.be/Qsoql-gN5EM?si=8_nGzbgs40VAZTOq&t=483 https://www.officialdata.org/us/stocks/s-p-500/2009#:~:text=S%26P%20500%3A%20%24100%20in%202009%20%E2%86%92%20%24677.95%20in%202023&text=This%20is%20a%20return%20on,%2C%20or%2011.30%25%20per%20year.