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I strongly believe that GPU makers start considering delaying the release of the next series until supply increases.

I honestly think it's very likely we will see a delay just because of the pandemic having the whole lockdown and social distancing. It's really made it hard to get shipments of supplies because one person gets it in a warehouse or the shipping company they can have a two week delay getting supplies. Also it seems that not enough people have the 30XX series yet to really push the envelope on what this generation can do and finally the game ports are still often Xbox One and PS4 compatible titles. When we start to see PS5 and Xbox Series X ports to PC without any backwards compatibility with older consoles then people will see a reason to buy a 40XX series. Not like I feel the PS5 or the Xbox Series X are graphical powerhouse but it just seems like console ports are about the only way a AAA title comes out on the PC because of the huge budget it takes to make a game.

If consumers stop buying like mad, there will be no shortage. It's almost as if people buy just to prove a point. The new status symbol is owning 3 kingpins.
There is no excuse for a shortage. The only thing you can blame is the consumers. There are more video cards manufactured this generation than ever before, enough to offset the estimated 25% sold to miners, yet still the supply is not enough. The problem isn't the supply. The problem is the ridiculous demand. Stop demanding.