Roughly a year ago, I predicted 18 months of awesomeness for the PC. “A rapid-fire product assault is coming from AMD, Intel, and Nvidia, the likes of which we’ve rarely seen,” were my exact words. With the reveals under our belts, it hasn’t worked so well. Am I disappointed? Yup. But let’s keep some perspective.
The five launches are, of course, new CPU families from Intel and AMD respectively, graphics cards from AMD and Nvidia, and Intel’s long-awaited entry into the gaming GPU market. As I write this, it’s been pretty patchy so far.
So, what happened – apart from me simply being wrong? There hasn’t been a single overarching theme. It’s a mix of failure to execute, unrealistic expectations, unusual market conditions, and cynical production planning. It’s just unfortunate…
