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GPU shortage of 2018
Pandemic-related supply chain disruptions
NFT craze
And now Altman's bullshit. All I want is to tinker with computers, learning about their inner-workings, the science behind them and play games. Why do profit-driven enterprises always have ruin our hobbies? Just so we can produce slop content to make the internet more bloated than it is already? Is the worth the water depletion and the environmental destruction?
That's not good. There's zero chance they'll just drop a new one before the other stuff is out. Either they can't manufacture them at the current price point any more, or they were caught out by increasing demand, which is likely seven by the current hardware piece increases.
I was just going to buy one of those.
Best gaming purchase I've made in years
They're great!
Because they’re releasing a new one?
Not likely. They're waiting for a bigger leap in tech before putting out a truly new version.
Probably because ram prices have gotten high enough that they cannot price the console at a reasonable price.
ram prices have gotten high enough that they cannot price the console
If that was true, then anything that uses RAM would be following a similar theme.
Well, things like raspberry pi’s are already getting more expensive. Big companies are insulated a little bit longer, but they will get more expensive also.