And what bias would that be? I'd love to hear what I'm a shill for this time. Assuming you can name it, that is.
Your argument was that a 4080 launching was DOA because the 4090 existed. You took a lower product in the same stack and applied it to this, which is parts from an OBSOLETE previous gen stack being launched after their replacements have already been on the market. Now you cant refute that so you set up a strawman about different VRAM RTX 3000 series, which has nothing to do with the example you provided.
These sales were common, spread all over the internet, and available on such hard to find sites as newegg and ebay. See, you ASSUMED with no evidence that I was quoting microcenter deals, making an arse of yourself in the process.
Just calm down for a minute and think about it. If that level of performance, at a lower price pre inflation crisis, wasnt enough to upgrade, why would a higher price at a time where spending is being cut back be appealing? Especially that now the 7000 series is out, and AMD isnt getting any newer zen chips. Assuming you were that strapped for cash that you are only now looking at upgrading on AM4, there are a whole host of gently used ryzen 5000 chips for WAY cheaper then this that will provide a nice boost for less $$$. This is targeting a niche of a niche market. It doesnt make a whole lot of sense, especially nearly 2 years after AM4 was EOL'd.
Anyone with interest in a 5000 series X3D chip is not going to be enticed by second hand/low cost non 3D chips when the primary difference and importance is the 3D vcache; theres a stark performance difference between them when looking at the reason they be purchased in the first place.