We just had a series of articles and sysadmin outcry that major vendors were bringing 8gb laptops back to standard models because of the ram prices. In the short term, we're seeing a reduction.
In terms of demand, anecdotally-speaking I can certainly see this influencing some decisions when other circumstances permit. Many people I know are both excited for new and better games, and equally exited about running LLM/SD/etc models locally with Comfy, LM studio and the like
