From scalpers to the corporate caste, and from the corporate caste to the buyers. Along with plenty of bugs upon release along with intentional lack of production. The prices of the Nvidia 5090 video card, along with the 5080, are rising to the skies. But one can ask, why do people even need such cards for gaming, if they only provide negligent amounts of performance? We at Infinite Start will cover an answer to this question.
Its simple, its FOMO
FOMO, also known as fear of missing out, permeates every aspect of our capitalistic lives. Nvidia is at the forefront when it comes to using these tactics to get people to buy more product. Despite the 3090 card being weaker than older generation setups, marking one of the biggest fails by Nvidia, people still flock to buy more slop. But in actuality, gamers seem to be getting smarter, as the video card isn’t being primarily bought by them.
With the rise of AI slop on the internet, grifters wish to have a piece of the pie too. These PC components offer scammers the opportunity to try and pump out more AI slop into the already ruined internet. Nvidia is focused on selling shovels during a gold rush, and those who buy it will be disappointed when the bubble explodes. And in fact, it already did explode, the amount of money going into it is unnecessary. It can be done for free from your house with no internet connection required.
No one would want to be on the side who decided to burn so much money in something without value. Therefore many people just stick to gaming, and they are disillusioned to see that the 5090 provides almost no gaming performance improvements. Seems that the PC master race that Nvidia bots have been posting for a while now finally plateaued.
