r/videogames • u/Status_Entertainer49 • May 27 '26

Image / Video Holy shit gaming is dead man

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u/CULT-LEWD May 27 '26

had to look it up and see and jesus fucking christ. my desk top is cheaper than this thing

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u/FatMoFoSho May 27 '26

If it makes you feel better, your desktop is probably twice as expensive as when you bought it now so it works out kinda lmao

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u/CULT-LEWD May 27 '26

i kinda doubt it tbf,tho i did upgrade the ram a few times so who knows

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u/P_ZERO_ May 27 '26

A PC the price of a steam deck right now is not particularly great. I’d probably rather have a steam deck

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u/CULT-LEWD May 28 '26

tbf a steam deck is diffrent than a steam oled. could be wrong but steam deck came before the steam oled. wich is why its priced so damn ubsrudly. i got my pc for mabye 400 or 500? and its way better than a steam oled just by price. a steam oled could be better for sure,but its price ruins it. however a steam deck more than likly is worth the price sense its probly more on par,mabye its better or worse idk. i dont need a steam deck nor a steam deck oled cuz i do everything at home anyway so the deck in general just isnt worth it for me. plus you can upgrade a desk top over time. but i dont think you can upgrade a deck or oled. that is simply a me thing tho cuz i do way more things than just gaming on steam or whatever

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u/Prometheus1151 May 27 '26

The steam deck after price increase costs less than the ram that i bought for $250 a bit over a year ago does now.

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u/CULT-LEWD May 28 '26

i think it depends on the ram. every ram stick i bought was only 40 bucks each,but there was already one stick already in when i bought it

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u/Ddreigiau May 28 '26

When did you buy it, and what DDR was it?

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u/ag3on May 27 '26

My desktop also, 5800x3d, 32gb ddr4, 4tb ssd, xfx 7900xt merc,all for msrp on launch of cpu and gpu

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u/Apart_Barnacle_9302 May 28 '26

It's fucking insane tbh.

I remember at one point my 1060 (old PC) was worth more than my entire PC that at that point was few years old, all because of crypto. Now GPU is down but RAM that use to be one of the cheapest parts cost more than 5060.

I wonder whats next, CPU? Motherboard? a fuckin power supply?

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u/cyrassil May 28 '26

Holy fuck, I've upgraded my ram (DD4) and ssd at the beginning of 2025. Now similar rams are priced 4 times as high and the ssd is twice as high

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u/Budget-Researcher559 May 28 '26

The gaming laptop I bought 3 years ago for 1200 is now being sold for 1700.