It's the laws of physics. Dennard scaling is dead, unless someone discovers new, even smaller atoms and a way of disabling quantum tunnelling.

It's also the fact that faster speeds are unnecessary and nobody wants to pay more for them, so electronics companies have focused on efficiency/reducing power draw instead (which, incidentally, let's you run your computer faster anyway).

Exactly. I haven't bought that many new games or even tried new games in a long ass time. I am still going through a lot of the Hitman (2016 series) since that game has soooooo much content. But the thing is, the game doesnt feel old. I have played newer games and they haven't changed much in my view.

Meanwhile look at our generation... I remember starting with a C64 (i was too young to do much with it though) and then getting a 386 and seeing technology advance at breakneck speeds. A game released in 1991 vs. 1994 had radical differences, and one in 1998 vs. 1994 even more. The 2000s were also rapid-fire advancement. Have you seen how the Medal of Honor games advanced? In 1999 vs. 2004 from the original one to Pacific Assault, and Oblivion in 2004 vs Skyrim in 2011 vs Morrowwind in 2002? Absolutely blowing everyone's minds away in how much change happened?

I get that we are hitting a tech wall, I really do. But the enshittification is ridicules. Holy fuck... again... why internet and cloud for everything? They are literally destroying home computing in such a brazen manner and everyone on top is 'that's just how it is and how it should be'. It isn't an unseen hand. It is as obvious as a hammer smashing your head in.