I think part of the issue is that consumers have never needed more than 12 GB of VRAM before. Game developers just don't have requirements that high. Crypto min

I think part of the issue is that consumers have never needed more than 12 GB of VRAM before. Game developers just don't have requirements that high. Crypto mining also doesn't require that much. Now that there's clear demand in the hobbiest market for GPUs >100GB of vram, its more likely that manufacturers will step up with cheaper solutions.