Valve expect component prices to continue getting worse

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Despite almost half of all data centers being cancelled or delayed hardware prices still go up. I suspect it’s no longer about supply contraints. The hardware corporations are colluding and price fixing to maintain their margins despite the lack of demand from data centers.

The same companies were caught doing the same thing over 20 years ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRAM_industry_price_fixing

This time we do not have a government willing to go after these companies so the price increases will continue.

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I’ll piece something together myself with used components before giving in to the prices

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This is what made me depressed when the Steam Machine released. Everyone thought the price was bad and many were mad about it. I saw the price and realised it was probably what will be the correct price for that level of hardware in the coming months. AI price gouging bullshit sucks balls.

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As a customer, I’m not all that interested in how the sausage gets made, so to speak. If something costs X to make but the value to me is X/2, then the manufacturer has a problem, not me.

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Cool well get ready to have a problem with every manufacturer as prices increase to match the crappy price of the Steam Machine.

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The manufacturers have the problem. It’s a luxury good that I don’t need, that’s what I’m saying. If they can’t offer it for a price point that reflects its value to me, that sucks for them, I guess.

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