PS5 now costs less than 64GB of DDR5 memory. RAM jumps to $600 due to shortage

Re:PS5 now costs less than 64GB of DDR5 memory. RAM jumps to... by j45 on Monday November 24, 2025 @04:28PM (#46039568)

Manufacturing is based on anticipating demand.

Unforseen things like the pandemic hurt profits.

Letting things go this unmanaged with a 3 year run way for AI demand seems a little hard to understand. In this case, not anticipating demand seems to creates more profit.

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Re:PS5 now costs less than 64GB of DDR5 memory. RAM jumps to... by AngryData on Monday November 24, 2025 @07:54PM (#46041176)

I find it hard to believe the pandemic hurt the profits of computing hardware, demand went up from it not down.

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Re:PS5 now costs less than 64GB of DDR5 memory. RAM jumps to... by j45 on Monday November 24, 2025 @07:59PM (#46041216)

I'm not sure if profits were hurt, but the manufacturing did slow and stop and take some time to get going again.

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