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sanitation@lemmy.today Joined: 2026-05-05 Banned

Link: https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/ssds/silicon-motion-says-the-retail-ssd-market-has-almost-disappeared-as-nand-shifts-towards-ai-servers-and-oems-scoop-up-the-drives-that-usually-sit-in-our-gaming-pcs/

HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works Joined: 2023-10-30

thats just because I can't afford it; all modern games require SSDs to even start nowadays.

Z3k3@lemmy.world Joined: 2023-07-01

Iys not dead we just got out priced

Last time I bought a drive ot was out of fear. The price would go up 25% every couple days

wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com Joined: 2023-06-16

Limited supply leading to the same stock being sold at over 300% of the MSRP five years ago. The demand is definitely there. The supply and pricing is the issue, not a lack of interested buyers.

"Market" my ass.

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