With a monitor and the PC acquired, it is time for Phase 2: reasons to have upgraded my PC at all.

• Final Fantasy 7: Remake Intergrade
• Cyberpunk 2077
• Red Dead Redemption 2
• God of War
• Horizon: Zero Dawn Complete
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
• Elden Ring
• Dying Light 2
• Satisfactory
• NeiR: Replicant
• Wildermyth
• Risk of Rain 2

The ones near the bottom did not need an RTX 3080, of course. Arguably, none of these do. But I have it now, so… Capitalism, Ho!

The plan here is to wait for the next Epic Store sale where they offer 50% off + $10 coupon, which could push many of these into the $15-$20 territory. Indeed, Cyberpunk and RDR2 were both $20 this past Winter, so I’m expecting the same thing this Summer. The big question mark will be FF7R with its MSRP of $70. I doubt it hits 50% off, but maybe something like 25%? With the coupon that would bring it “down” to $42ish which… ehh, maybe. There’s a part of me that wants to wait even more out of principle. At the same time, I have already waited so long for something I’ve wanted so much that it becomes a bit ridiculous. I could just, you know, not buy NeiR Replicant or whatever and use that cash.

Or just have bought a RTX 3070 prebuilt and all the games Nope, nah, I make GREAT decisions.

In other news, I’m looking forward to max settings on games where that matters.