They designed it and chose the specs, MSRP, and most importantly decided to use the same name rather than something like RX 9040/9030.
Though even for the 8GB, compare this to criticism around nVidia’s RTX 5050 for its pricing (slightly better performance and lower MSRP than RX 9050 8 GB). nVidia had controversies with same-name cut-down parts as well.
They designed it and chose the specs, MSRP, and most importantly decided to use the same name rather than something like RX 9040/9030.
Though even for the 8GB, compare this to criticism around nVidia’s RTX 5050 for its pricing (slightly better performance and lower MSRP than RX 9050 8 GB). nVidia had controversies with same-name cut-down parts as well.
Ah yeah, they really seem to enjoy confusing the absolute shit out of their customers for some reason.