Storage Prices have gone insane!!

[Owain Taggart]

SanDisk (Western Digital) must think gamers have big wallets as they've just released a PS5 branded 8GB SSD for $3800 USD ($5000 CAD). That's just insane. Of course, people have pointed out that WD itself released a drive with the same specs in 2024 for $579 USD.

Sandisk unveils 8TB SSD SANDISK Optimus GX PRO, oficially licensed for the PS5 for the low (promotional) price of $2,699.99

https://www.sandisk.com/products/ssd/internal-ssd/sandisk-optimus-gx-pro-850x-internal-nvme-ssd?sku=SDSP81800TAH-000E0

www.resetera.com

SanDisk's New, Officially Licensed 8TB PS5 SSD Costs A Whopping $3800

The end isn't nigh, it's already here

kotaku.com

Of course, I realize after posting this could have easily gone in the RAM crisis and PC Apocalypse thread, so feel free to merge it if you must.

 

[StarCruiser]

Cause - Sam Altman and OpenAI...

 

[Rincewiend]

The 8TB regular WD Black is around 1000 $/€, so double the price it was in 2024...
Making the new one 4 times that is insane...
I'm checking pcpartspicker and there are more for sale between 2000 and 4000 $/€, but still plenty cheaper options(for now)...

 

[Owain Taggart]

Is there even a market for inflated prices like this though? Who'd be likely to buy something like this? Who's their target market? It sounds to me like just based on the price alone they wouldn't be getting very many buyers.

 

[John Clark]

Data centers are buying them all?
This is yet another reason most of my computers are getting older. I did get a 2tb SSD 2.5 inch for my laptop last year for about GBP100 if I recall, but upgrading my desktop, especially if it doesn't use old style connectors i going to be pricy

 

[Owain Taggart]

Data centers buying up the regular drives are one thing, but we're talking some specfic PS5 branded drives. If they are, that would just add salt to the wound over the fact that gaming has become very expensive within the last few years.

 

[StarCruiser]

It's not just high-end SSDs - they are buying up the high-end CPUs, GPUs, and memory as well.

OpenAI racked up $1.85 BILLION in debt by the end of 2025 because of Altman's obsession with cornering the market on parts that haven't even been made yet.