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[–] Ghostie@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 hours ago

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.

[–] JakoJakoJako13@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

I wish I never sold my deck.

[–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 254 points 3 days ago (2 children)

This is a weird generation of consoles. If you're an early adopter, you probably saved money. That sorta thing never happens.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 127 points 3 days ago (3 children)

The old ways are gone, possibly never to return in our lifetime. My PS5, Steam Deck, and mid-range 2021 PC will have to do for the foreseeable future.

[–] Asafum@lemmy.world 123 points 3 days ago (1 children)

All so Sam fucking Altman can cut off supply to his competition, just trying to get even more wealthy... Scumbag...

[–] ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 101 points 3 days ago (2 children)

This kind of shit used to be illegal, you know, back when America was "great." Are we great again President Krasnov?

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I mean it was like reagan they stopped enforcing anti-monopoly laws. That's pretty much when the US gave up on being a real country and switched the trolley back to oligarchy.

[–] cecilkorik@piefed.ca 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Remember when America was great and didn't need to be "great again"? Pepperidge farms remembers...

[–] forrgott@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Ummm...no.

Better than this? Yeah!

But, fuck man, the term banana republic only exists because of us.

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[–] Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The only good side is that devs will have to optimize and do more with less or focus less on graphics.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 21 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (5 children)

Some might, but others will probably make games with ridiculously high requirements so the only way most people can play them is via cloud-based subscription services.

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[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

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.

[–] Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

When do y'all figure manufacturers will realize we don't want to trade PC gaming for "AI" horseshit?

[–] candyman337@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

50% of the wealth in America is now owned by the top 1%, they can effectively ignore what we want and turn a more reliable profit, that is, of course, until the bubble pops.

[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

...of course, until the ~~bubble pops~~ guillotine appears.

FTFY.

[–] Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Generally speaking, people aren't spending right now. The surface tension on that bubble is almost maxed out. I doubt most of these data centers will be built before the paradigm is forced to shift back to a more decentralized model... I hope....

[–] candyman337@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I also hope so

[–] BigPotato@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (3 children)

But your masters do, so you will live without gaming PC. Enjoy subscription streaming gaming from now on.

[–] Ghostie@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 hours ago

Laughs in TTRPG

[–] Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago

Fuck that. I'd rather go outside.

[–] Dazed_Confused@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Well my pc plays great a lot of older games up to 2020. My backlog is big and I bet there is a huge number of games which are unknown to me, that I will enjoy if I discover them. My rx6600 may struggle with 1440p sometimes, but I can always go back to 1080p. Almost all new games are trash anyway, so not a huge loss.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 93 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Me with the OLED and the original:

[–] cobysev@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This is my situation too! I bought the original LCD one when they were on pre-order, then my right bumper button broke (a common issue with the first models) and I took too long to request the free fix/replacement from Valve.

So my wife encouraged me to just buy one of the new OLED ones that had just released and she'd take my old one.

She hardly games on it anyway, and when she does, I showed her how to remap that bumper button to a different button. Almost no games use the trigger buttons on the underside of the Steam Deck, so those are always available.

[–] Aviandelight@mander.xyz 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I have an original model with a bad right bumper as well. I'm too cheap to buy a new one (or fix it) so I just remap that button. Honestly it's more comfortable to play using the back buttons.

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[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

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.

[–] rogsson@piefed.social 75 points 3 days ago

Dystopian fucking timeline to be alive, gamer or not

[–] PlasmaTrout@lemmy.wtf 6 points 2 days ago

Yep. Exactly how I learned they were out of stock. :)

[–] timewarp@lemmy.world 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I have 128GB of DDR4 RAM that I'll sell for $20k

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago

I got 96gb of regular ddr4 and 12gb of GGDR6X video memory, willing to trade for a single family home.

[–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 12 points 3 days ago (10 children)

Time to sell mine! Where can I do that? And if you say Facebook marketplace, that is absolutely a no go.

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[–] rf_@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I’ve never seen a shortage not followed by a glut.

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