Competitive with what, buying your own computer? Because that stuff is expensive too.
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absquatulate@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Holy fuck. How is it even competitive at this price?
Darnton@piefed.zip 3 days ago
absquatulate@lemmy.world 3 days ago
With the switch. Or the asus rog handheld, which as of now is only what, 50€ more? ( wonder how much that one will last tho )
ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 3 days ago
Those both went up in price as well. Everything with computer chips in it has gone up in price.
kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
I just looked and the ROG ally is 599 and 999 at Best Buy with pickup available today.
PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
It isn’t.
ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 3 days ago
All it’s competitors also increased.
SparroHawc@piefed.world 3 days ago
The RAM and SSD have gotten that much more expensive to source. Anyone who sells a product with similar components either raises their price, or takes a loss.
thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
It’s weird that I’m actively rooting for China to do it’s thing and begin to rapidly pump out cheap memory modules in such high volumes that they are able to over-satiate demand and put a downward pressure on pricing.
Before anyone tries to accuse me of copium or some other affliction, I would like to remind you that this is EXACTLY China’s modus operandi for the past 20-something years.
Both Samsung & SK Hynix were just in the news for issuing their DRAM division staff annual bonuses of well over $300K USD from a 10-15% pool of operating profits. The margins are there for China to squeeze once their manufacturing capability catches up - and it’s catching up very quickly.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 3 days ago
The other half is that, at these prices, the manufacturing doesn’t have to be competitive.
They can use a less advanced fab process and still sell it for less than what Micron/SK/Samsung are charging.
imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
A year ago I got 2x SATA cheapo SSDs - 1TB at $56 and 2TB at $106. Today the same listings are over double that price.
Even HDDs are expensiver now. 2.5" 1TB is $60. In January I got 12TB WD HDD for $220. Today it is $460.
FUCK AI!