<< Wasn't there some legal reason for the price jump in the first place? Didn't some big memory company sue some other big memory company? Did that get resolved? Is that what's giving us lower prices? Or is this just a temporary lul? Why do I ask so many questions? >>
No... actually you should be asking why the prices were so low last year. They were actually below the cost that the memory manufactures pay for the materials and manufacturing, which is a bad thing. It was a whole string of things, like a lot of companies had overstock because of the slump in the economy, companies were waiting to buy until that was over. Also, memory manufactures didn't want to run low because a couple years ago when that happened and drove prices sky high because of the earthquake that took out a significatn portion of the worlds memory manufacturing capabilities, they didn't want the supply to get so low again (there were other reasons for that as well) Those are a few of the reasons. Then when the prices were low, and memory makers were running out of money, several of them either closed up shop to wait until the prices went back up again, or reduced the rate at which they were making them. Some of the huge memory companies also merged to avoid bankruptcy. So, that and other things led back around eventually to a reduction in supply and then the prices went back up to something more "normal." I expect prices to fall somewhat in the coming year, but I highly doubt it will get to as low as it was for quite a while.