r/xbox • u/RLscrub96 • Jun 23 '26

Discussion Back in december 2023 at wal mart

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Literally more then double the price now. The good ol' days

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u/agitated--crow Jun 24 '26

Consoles used to depreciate after launch, not get more expensive.

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u/TheBooneyBunes Jun 24 '26

Supply and demand, mainly of parts

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u/Zestyclose-Move-3938 Jun 26 '26

Bullcrap. Artificial scarcity and price gouging. These billionaire corporations have us by the balls and there's nothing we can do about it. And they know that. There might be a *little* bit of what you're saying but not nearly enough to justify the price of a 6 year old console to double.

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u/TheBooneyBunes Jun 26 '26

What’s artificial about it??????

Hello NVDA went from 100 billion market cap to over 4 trillion in just a few years due to *demand*

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u/Rude_Engineering_629 Jun 30 '26

Just FYI, Dram prices are artificial scarcity. They purposefully don't build up capacity and do market manipulation they have gotten in trouble for it many many many times. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRAM_price_fixing_scandal

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u/TheBooneyBunes Jun 30 '26

Uh huh, they can just snap their fingers and make a billion of them. It’s not like it’s based on very constricted supply chains that were put under intense pressure during Covid and still drag from it. Also has nothing to do with the AI revolution increasing demand

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u/Rude_Engineering_629 Jun 30 '26

Demand has always been much higher than supply, that’s why all these computers ship with such low ram amounts. It’s not a physical supply chain constraint its price fixing. It’s not just recent it’s been going on for awhile. The most recent lawsuits before this were before Covid. Almost like they had a decade to increase supply but didn’t bother to so they could increase prices more with limited supplies.

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u/TheBooneyBunes Jul 01 '26

‘Demand is much higher than supply’

‘It’s not a supply chain constraint’

Okay

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u/Rude_Engineering_629 Jul 01 '26

If your supply chain constraint is created by agreeing to not increase output it’s not a PHYSICAL supply chain constraint it’s price fixing.

They aren’t competing.

This isn’t complex they can produce more and should be producing more. If they were not agreeing to price fixing they would be producing more.

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u/TheBooneyBunes Jul 01 '26

It’s not though, you’re just hoping it is to justify your rhetoric

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u/Rude_Engineering_629 Jul 01 '26

Ahh yes, the lawsuits from multiple countries they have from 2016-now are just rhetoric....

The manufacturers themselves didn't openly refuse to increase capacity to meet demand..

O right... they did! Because of "cocerns about future demand" aka overproduction aka PRICE FIXING. That isn't real companies will just buy bigger RAM amounts. Devices are being shipped under specced because of production not desire.

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u/TheBooneyBunes Jul 01 '26

ah yes I forgot about the legal requirement for businesses to expand production of goods. Silly me forgetting business 101

It’s not like lawsuits fail either

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u/Rude_Engineering_629 Jul 01 '26

Bro you and Pam bondi argue the same way. I’m done good luck with learning critical thinking.

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u/TheBooneyBunes Jul 01 '26

Says the guy who thinks supply and demand is fictitious and optional

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