[andrewmcwatters]

You might want to stretch that estimate out. I'm running an Intel Core i5-3550 from 2012. Furthermore, I foresee no reason to upgrade in the next 4 years. The current i5 on userbenchmark.com's front page is the 9600k, which says it's ~53% faster than my 3550. 7 years later.

CPU performance is barely going anywhere. Developers should instead try to figure out how to do more with less growth.

GPUs are also overpriced, and playing older games and comparing them to new ones doesn't show great payoff. As far as I'm concerned, we've plateaued. Maybe going from a GTX 760 to a 1060 would give me a few more frames, but frankly, more often than not, the games are programmed like utter shit.

[HippoBaro]

This. When you think about it, it's an exciting time to be a dev. We need to be clever at stuff and can't just expect next-generation CPUs to make coffee for us.