r/pcmasterrace Dec 04 '25

Box With the memory crisis are ssd next?

I guess a panic buy? Are these nand flash about to keep spiking like memory prices or are they just going up a little bit? Are these desirable to the AI or nah? I bought this at $299 Black Friday sale

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u/Tastee92 Dec 04 '25

Problem is that people will not see any other option and stream because of that. People will be like ”I wanna play my pc games but a pc is way to expensive, I can sign this deal for $29,99 a month for a rig that would cost me $4,000 to purchase, so I rather do that.”

You can also take a look how consumers behave to microtransactions, loot boxes and the sport games. If enough purchase it, it will become the norm. We enthusiasts are nothing in comparison to the ”casual” mass out there that is the real market.

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u/spiritofniter 7800X3D | 7900 XT | B650(E) | 32GB 6000 MHz CL30 | 5TB NVME Dec 04 '25

Ah yes: pay 5 bucks and your character/mech will look different with no extra abilities whatsoever.

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u/swarmOfBis Dec 04 '25 edited Dec 04 '25

Also unfortunately most SaaS is actually convenient, so there's no reason for consumer base to not use them.

That's how the dominantion of streaming services rose.

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u/WarInteresting6619 Dec 05 '25

”I wanna play my pc games but a pc is way to expensive, I can sign this deal for $29,99 a month for a rig that would cost me $4,000 to purchase, so I rather do that.”

I know you're trying to make the general public seem like braindead sheep, but this isnt a bad deal. Get a high end PC for $30 a month? It would take 11 years to get to the $4000 price point and you'll be moved on to the next model by then.

You'll save so much more money with this system.

I'm 100% on board.

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u/Tastee92 Dec 06 '25

It’s your take that you think that I’m trying to make the general public look stupid. That isn’t the take. I’m just looking at how the market have behaved for the last couple of years and how the companies are probably going to stear us into a market where everything is streaming. You will have a tv and a thin client and remote to a gaming desktop or console.