It is ’overpriced’ compared to a desktop in the same way laptops are ’overpriced’ compared to desktops. Making things smaller increases cost, especially when there is a lot of heat dissipation needed.
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chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 1 hour agoYeah, the fact that they are using bespoke parts, but still barely come in above the independent build cost tells me that they aren’t raking billions off of this. I’m fine with the price. Expensive, yes, but so is everything else.
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bitjunkie@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Yeah the real money is on the backend when people can now impulse buy games from their couch