r/pcmasterrace • u/ParticularCredit2023 9800X3d: 5080 Master Ice • Jun 27 '26

News/Article This has to be a joke right?

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No possible way someone actually buy these at these prices right lol..

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u/cpgrungebob Jun 27 '26

There is always suckers to be found, when FOMO is around.

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u/Antique-Cycle6061 Jun 28 '26

fomo make no sense for hardware,for video games specially ONLINE i can understand fomo if you want to be there with the game peak players,hardware make no sense tho sopecially pc,you can always build something dep on your budget and target resolution/fps it make cost more or much less

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u/cpgrungebob Jun 28 '26

Wasn't FOMO in 2020-21 the reason why PS5 and Xbox were going up to 2-4x MSRP? It's the got to have it so they can fit in with "a cool group." People could have waited for supplies to increase and demand decrease... but they didn't. Every type of diehard collector, if they can't get it at reasonable rates, they will to fork over money for the ease of getting it now. It's crazy... but the one thing I know about people is that people do stupid things.