This is by design imo, to get everyone renting
Or buy now, pay later with high interest.
PC gaming sure ain’t cheap
Never was, but considering I can do significantly more with it, including 240fps gaming, getting free games for my library, and modding (to say nothing of general computing), it’s still a great value if you don’t constantly upgrade.
That said, the buy-in hurdle is getting awfully tall…
It is unattainable to move now to high end pc gaming though
Price of a few individual components of a motherboard: goes up 50%
Price of the entire motherboard: triples
… price of motherboard PCBs alone has increased by between 15% and 50%. Wi-Fi modules are said to have gone up between 10% and 20%, while capacitor prices have also gone up approximately 50% …
… these price increases are likely caused by material shortages resulting from the Strait of Hormuz crisis and the ongoing Iran war …
Damn I’m 0/10Like all things that has a chip in it. Big surprise.
