• SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      Microslop should be the ones instructing everybody else how to murder their fans. “Hey, charge for online!” “Don’t give free stuff!” “Anti-competitive? More like fuck you!”

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      But that’s what they’re all doing, so Nintendo could just as well shoot itself in the face.

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        Might want to add TSMC and the other silicon manufacturers to the ones shooting. The silicon cartel isn’t just a cog in the machine here, they’re also a large part of the ones behind it. That’s why they’re trying to lock in high pricing.

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          TSMC’s market dominance certainly has caused an upward trend in logic chip prices, but they make no RAM, which is the most insane price at the moment.

          RAM is made by Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron.

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      Steam machine pricing maybe? AI caused the shortage of electronics and apparently steam people said they couldnt afford to sell the machine at the price they planned

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      It’s adequately priced in the market and sold out on release. It ain’t dead.

      AI hate bros are pushing this narrative because they don’t like the supply shortage.

      The RAM and semiconductor industry are like a massive container ship. Difficult to get going and all but nimble. But they deliver a product at very low prices. People are asking them to turn on the spot and offended and entitled when they are told that that’s impossible.

      In particular ram and memory are produced at very tight margins and well matched to demand enabling them to be(were) this dirt cheap for a ridiculous product.

      It would take longer to produce more stock than the time to what’s going to happen next.

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        Schrodingers steam machine

        steam machine is dead

        steam machine stock is 100% reserved with a wait-list for future inventory

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          How much of those reserves are from scalpers i wonder.