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Jopojussi t1_iv171zp wrote

Reply to comment by asyrin25 in Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 prices for the European market leaked by MorgrainX

You can see the point when cryptominers started buying every single card, yet when theyre not buying them out anymore the price keeps still increasing, thats why im salty. And yes, as someone who pretty much plays only in vr, the frames are important.

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asyrin25 t1_iv18w1u wrote

I mean...you realize that as someone who plays only in high refresh PC VR you are a niche of a niche of a niche of a rich person's hobby...right?

A niche that didn't exist when flagship GPUs were $500

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Jopojussi t1_iv19gav wrote

Damn first time ive been called rich, im in the bottom 10% of my country wealthwise, thats why that price increase stings quite alot.

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asyrin25 t1_iv19mbl wrote

You're in the bottom 10% of your country but you have a multi thousand dollar VR gaming setup for fun?

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Jopojussi t1_iv1aeva wrote

Yes, also my pc cost about 1,4k so not really a multi thousand. I did save for quite a long time.

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asyrin25 t1_iv1drc9 wrote

The bottom 10% in the US is $8800/yr.

That's $4000 below the federal poverty level.

Don't you need the money for...food? Or education? Or housing?

Or....anything more important than video games when you're cripplingly poor?

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kryst4line t1_iv1regv wrote

I'm amazed of how suddenly you decided to change the topic.

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asyrin25 t1_iv1ski9 wrote

I was responding to his responses.

Here, I'll sum the discussion up:

"PC Gaming is going to become niche if flagship cards are so expensive!"

"Flagship cards are already niche and have always been."

"But flagship cards used to be $400-$500!"

"It's been 12 years since the last $500 flagship card"

"Does that make it okay?"

"Yes, because this isn't a NEEDED product. The market will determine its worth."

"I play exclusively PC VR I need this product!"

"PC VR is sub niche of a sub niche of a rich person's hobby. It's okay for the market to decide the value of that."

"JK, I'm not rich, I'm actually cripplingly poor."

"You're cripplingly poor with a multi thousand dollar gaming setup?"

"It's actually only $1,400"

"Why do you have a $1,400 PC if you're cripplingly poor?"

Alrighty. All caught up?

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