Yes, this is true that prices are continuing to rise because they're still being bought at that high price, but most of that isn't consumers (and/or "enthusiasts") absolutely needing it no matter the cost.

The price is what it is because ai and cloud compute companies are willing to pay that insanely inflated price, so if you want even the chance to get any dram, you need to be willing to pay more than OpenAI/Microsoft/Google/NVIDIA/etc are, for Samsung/SK Hynix/Micron to even consider you.

Why would they bother selling their dram chips in consumer packages for a fraction of what enterprises are willing to pay. The price is what it is, because that's the price that it becomes worth it for the dram manufacturers to actually care about the consumer market.