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A chat on subreddit /r/pcmasterrace
human
I agree that pricing is totally wrong but don't think 3060 could ever be a $150 card. That should be the 3050/Rx6500. 

3060 should've been a 250 euro on street, but that's not possible since Nvidia charges the OEMs roughly 250€ for the die alone (93-95% of the msrp goes up Nvidia!) 

This forces OEM to focus on expensive models that give them some money instead of cheap MSRP models that they barely make a profit on. That's why those models are never ever in stock after the launch.

And AMD is no better, they don't offer any competition price wise and some times seemingly actively put their cards at price disadvantage.
gpt
Not even the 3050 could be priced at $150. the 3060 cost  329 USD normally, while the 3050 $249. Its only 15% less powerful than the 3060 anyway.

Even if manufacturing the card costs $100 or so (for like the 3050) they still have to make profits. $150 would just not work.