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Nvidia RTX 5090 Leaks Eye-Watering Price Tag
These prices are unjustifiable.
We are seeing graphics cards that cost 3x more than they used to 10-15 years ago. Prices have steadily gone higher each generation but went crazy close after the 30 series release.
They may argue it's due to chip shortages but they had time already to expand and build more chip factories.
Truth is only a couple of companies dominate the GPU market. And that allows them to set any price they want. GPUs are the new oil industry. They are essential for AI, crypto and many other technologies these days. And they are taking advantage of that.
As for gamers, these high prices are meant to push them to cloud gaming..
GeForce Now is what NVIDIA wants you to use.
They are making cloud gaming a value proposition. Apparently cheap access to the latest GPUs. In truth over time you'll waste considerably more on that then you ever did on a GPU.
But by then it's too late.
At this point playing video games is becoming simply too expensive. This is a hobby. I've been playing video games since I was a kid but putting this amount of money into a GPU plus games and everything related to it is becoming too much. People want to have stuff. Enjoy life. Not feeling left out. They grew up having access to all kinds of things. But now, I fear many are wasting and never saving. Wasting on overpriced temporary things.