Quote from: okidoki on December 19, 2021, 13:48:21
The price is not mini at all, what are they smoking over there?
Nothing, this is pretty standard pricing for anything PC related in Japan.
It's an expensive hobby and there's a reason it's only started slightly catching on in recent years.
These were the launch MSRPs of the RTX 3000 GPUs and Ryzen 5000 CPUs in the US and Japan, no inflated scalper pricing or anything, just the normal MSRP.
RTX 3000 GPUs:
3070 US: $499
3070 JP: ¥88,000 (~$835)
3080 US: $699
3080 JP: ¥121,000 (~$1,050)
3090 US: $1,499
3090 JP: ¥253,000 (~$2,400)
Ryzen 5000X CPUs:
5600X US: $299
5600X JP: ¥39,500 (~$370)
5800X US: $449
5800X JP: ¥59,500 (~$560)
5900X US: $549
5900X JP: ¥71,500 (~$680)
5950X US: $799
5950X JP: ¥106,500 (~$1,010)