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The death of affordable computing in America.
The death of affordable computing in the US of A.
Not sure if this fits here as while the tariffs situation are primarily causing chaos and price inflations in the US, the redirection of goods might also cause companies to increase costs globally in order to cover the cash flow burdens and payments caused by real time tariff fluctations.
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I hope Canada can get some better prices out of this.
PlayStation punished the world by increasing their console prices to match the adjusted tariff price in the US. I forsee all manufacturers doing the same thing, just like COVID.
The entire world can soon blame every American for their crazy price increases.
If only someone made an example out of them corpos
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We won’t…
Sounds like an American problem tbh. But this is what they wanted, they voted for this.
And many of the ones who didn’t want this didn’t vote against it because they couldn’t be bothered.
PS5 digital edition prices have increased across Europe too. Not even restricted to the Americans.
We’re talking about affordable computing tho, not gaming.
Fair point
except when the american prices become the baseline because capitalism doesn’t like to lose money
My takeaway is start planning trips to Taiwan so you can go buy comp hardware bit by bit at a reasonable price
You still have to declare things in customs. If you don’t and get caught, you could end up far worse than high prices.
“No officer, this fully assembled PC with no boxes or receipts was definitely brought from America, the country I am now returning to.”
You can take a phone and laptop through customs without paying import tax.
50 high end RTX cards might not be so easy.
I just ordered a cheap mini PC from AliExpress for 82€
What would that cost in the US? Double? More?
Let’s be honest. There never has been affordable computing. That’s why I was a console exclusive gamer for so long. because I never had the money to get into console gaming. Even a baseline computer capable of running good games was 3 times the price of a console.
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Yeah, with the exception that is some (a lot) of the laptops, and many pre-builts too. But they are a lot better than consoles nonetheless, no matter which other (Desktop, Laptop, even Tablets if you’re looking for a challenge) you use. I’m still rocking on my Intel Celeron N3060!
Pre-pandemic I was able to build a pc with part 1 generation behind current, including the case and a reasonable cooling system (air) for $500 Canadian. Now you can’t even get a modern graphics card for that much. So no, this is definitely a recent thing.
I built my current desktop at the start of the pandemic, the 20xx series was being bought by more people, the most expensive part was the 1060 I bought second hand for $200. It still came to just over $500 with all the parts. Yes I reused my case, cooling system, storage and power supply.I mainly blame all the morons who kept buying VGAs even though ridiculously overpriced, letting manufacturers know that they could go on like that.
Let’s be honest. You can build a comparable PC for an extra ~$200. Which will very quickly pay for itself when you go to sign up for your annual PlayStation subscription on day 1, not to mention the years following with the massively larger library, lower price of games, and not to mention having a device that can do more than just play games.
Consoles are just DRM e-waste machines.
Nah, maybe in large cities. My pc was 2500, and it was good enough. I could have brought it down to 1500 if I wanted to start replacing parts within a year and play on the lowest graphics setting. Even at 2500 4 years ago, I’ve replaced and upgraded my graphics since then. And need to start upgrading other parts probably next year. I can do that now, but I was quite broke before and console was the cheapest way for me to game. Still console game quite a bit because I just like it better for some games.
Nah, maybe in large cities.
Doesn’t matter the size of your city. Pretty much everywhere has some sort of delivery service…
My pc was 2500
Wait so you paid $2500 for a PC and then still went out and bought a console, and you have the audacity to complain about pricing?
I could have brought it down to 1500 if I wanted to start replacing parts within a year
Nonsense. Unless you just spend your money really poorly, a $1500 PC will outperform any console for years to come.
Even at 2500 4 years ago, I’ve replaced and upgraded my graphics since then.
You say that like it was necessary.
This is the bullshit we always have to deal with. Like all pricing is the same everywhere in the fucking world. News fucking flash, it is not. Computers and parts where I am are fucking expensive.
And now I can afford it so I’m not too worried. Before I could not and pc gaming was just out of my price range.
Don’t know why you think it’s bullshit when you started this conversation without ever mentioning anything about where you live or your local pricing.
For me the only good thing of consoles are the discs and the ability to buy/sell them. Apart of that, they just offer you some convenience, but nothing more.
Usually games for one console are not playable in 1-2 generations, you can’t install mods, you can’t upgrade the GPU or the CPU.
PC offers a lot more flexibility, unfortunately after COVID and now the AI craze, the prices of the GPUs went bananas. Not to mention that you can usually play a lot more games on a PC and the STEAM discounts and prices are much better compared to consoles.
Plus you can always go the pirate way as well. I do for the most expensive games / from companies I dislike / as a trial mode for games I’m interested in buying.
