This is a weird generation of consoles. If you’re an early adopter, you probably saved money. That sorta thing never happens.
Yeah I got a Series S Xbox for $250 about a year after release (literally only got it because of the price). They now go for $400.
Me with the OLED and the original:
Dystopian fucking timeline to be alive, gamer or not
The RAM shortage is only temporary, it will pass. But the popularity of the Steam Deck is opening the floodgates for more mainstream Linux devices.
The RAM shortage is only temporary, it will pass
Just like GPU shortage was temporary… Oh wait.
The shortage was temporary, the price increase was not.
Any reason why it should be different with RAM?
Also the GPU shortage hasn’t gone anywhere as shown by the 50xx cards release and with Nvidia saying it will not even release new GPUs in 2026, it’s only getting worse.
RAM is easier to make and there are way more fabs. It should be better.
Shortage yes, price no.
We still had craphole companies talking about Covid supply chain issues in 2025 despite obviously having surplus stock on their products.
I have 128GB of DDR4 RAM that I’ll sell for $20k
I’ve never seen a shortage not followed by a glut.
I’ve seen people mention headlines that memory producers are intentionally not increasing production in order to not have a post-bubble glut - but also found at least one headline suggesting that they were in fact planning new factories, so… Who knows.
I think with the lead time required for new factories that catching up may be super slow. I’m inclined to lead towards the former still even with new fabs coming.
Time to sell mine! Where can I do that? And if you say Facebook marketplace, that is absolutely a no go.
Craigslist? Kijiji? Dunno where you’re based out of
eBay, but there’s fees of course.
Or find a hardware swap thread
I sell things on ebay, but I am always reluctant to sell electronics there. Seems like it could bite me in the ass and shipping would be pretty rough.
Please don’t profiteer on the back of AI
Your comment kinda sounds like an accusation. If they don’t jack up the price, it’s not profiteering. Hell, even if they sell at the price they paid, it still doesn’t meet the definition.
But, I agree with the sentiment. Scalpers should be drawn and quartered, at minimum!
I have two. I am reluctant to sell the one I never use because selling things is barely worth the hassle. If I made back what I paid I would be happy. If the market is worth it now, I really can’t control or be held responsible for what caused it.
That’s not what profiteering means
“the practice of making or seeking to make an excessive or unfair profit,”. ?
Yep. Exactly how I learned they were out of stock. :)
When do y’all figure manufacturers will realize we don’t want to trade PC gaming for “AI” horseshit?
I had to replace my travel notebook recently and wanted a bit more horsepower, ended up getting a steamdeck OLED because it was half the price of an equivelent laptop.
I mean, true, but I don’t think the Machine and VR headset are competing with the Deck.
Oof.
Scalpers gonna scalp.
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I went over to the Steam Deck website and all models are sold out.
Yup, the article focuses only on OLED, but only because that’s the “news”. They had previously reported the LCD model being out, which I hadn’t heard about yet.
They announced LCD going out of production and once run out, it would not be restocked. This was a few months back I think.
Still in stock in the UK. Who wants to send me some money to buy you one? I’ll only charge 25% markup for my services.
I got 256gb of ddr5 ram combined in the sticks I have laying around my house. I’ll start the bidding at $1M. No low balling, I know what I got.
