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A thread that started from the classic nanJ joke — every time someone says “I want a PC,” someone replies “the timing’s bad” — before turning into a real discussion about GPU prices. Some users say the RTX 5070 Ti has gone from ¥150,000 to over ¥200,000, while others report buying one for ¥80,000–¥100,000-something, highlighting just how much price varies depending on when you bought. The talk also turned to people who built new PCs to play Monster Hunter Wilds at launch — at the time they were mocked for “wasting money on a trash game,” but in hindsight many say the timing worked out great. Posters also pointed to AI-driven demand pushing up parts prices and the used market collapsing after Windows 10 support ended, with opinions split on whether prices will come back down.
What people said
Seriously, everything was cheap back then.
Nah, GPUs were scarce and pricey around then. It was more like six months after that.
Why'd they get clowned for it?
I got mine for like ¥100,000-something 🤗
I got mine for ¥80,000.
China's just going all-in on AI demand too, you know.
Isn't it the opposite? Both Intel and AMD are moving into unified memory, so it's probably going to get more expensive.
Because Wilds turned out to be trash — people got mocked with "lol you dropped big money on a PC for a trash game," but it actually turned out to be the best possible timing.
I thought Wilds was supposed to be this super demanding, spec-hungry game — and it's still not fun? lol
Does it actually feel like prices are heading down?
Guess I'll keep using what I've got for a while longer (bought it for ¥3,980, basically junk — spent more on mods than the machine itself).
Used ones that can't run Win11 are still cheap.
Phones too — the cheap Xperia model is ¥80,000 now, but the next model, which has identical specs and is only different in color, is going for ¥120,000.
Prices are climbing at an insane rate.
No way an average person can afford that.
Isn't it like a million yen or something? 🙄
You can resell it for what you paid, so it's fine.
This is basically Skynet already.
AI is a bubble.
It'll pop eventually.
But consumer product manufacturing has already shrunk, so even after it pops, prices will probably only dip slightly and stay high.
There were plenty of "the timing's great, buy now" guys around this time last year too.
Core 2 Duo E6600 → i7 2600K → now Ryzen 5 3600 / RX 3060 12GB / 32GB DDR4
I have a bad feeling there won't be a "next" upgrade, and it's terrifying.
Just get a 5700X already.
Yeah, people said the better your specs, the more it tries to needlessly push your hardware.
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PC threads are full of these self-narrating posts. Why is that?
Because there's nothing else to talk about.
I just need it to run Word and Excel for now.
The price is ¥17,500.
My PC eats up about 4.5GB of RAM just from booting up, so that might not cut it…
That CPU isn't even officially supported for Windows 11 — it's been forced on there — so there's no guarantee it'll keep getting updates.
It used to be "load up on more RAM than you need, just in case," but now it's at the point where there's no such thing as too much 🙄
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
The continued rise in GPU prices stems from a semiconductor and memory crunch driven by surging demand for generative AI. Posters in the thread floated theories like “AI companies have bought up huge numbers of Macs for AI use” and “AI is a bubble, but since production itself has already shrunk, prices will stay high even after it pops” — opinions were split between optimism and pessimism about a future price drop. Windows 10 support also ended in October 2025, and the thread’s comment that “the dirt-cheap used PCs disappeared once Win10 support ended” reflects that. The bottom falling out of the used market is one reason people keep saying “the timing is bad” right now. One thing readers might easily misread is that this talk of prices and shortages is based on individual anecdotes and gut feelings about the market, not official statistics. Still, the recurring story that “people who bought PCs for the Monster Hunter Wilds launch ended up coming out ahead” keeps getting repeated as a reminder that waiting longer doesn’t always pay off — making it a nice provocation for the ongoing debate about when to buy a PC.
※This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Nanidemo Jikkyo G) thread “Me: “I want a PC…” Bad-timing guy: “The timing’s bad” ← this.”
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