The AMD Ryzen 7 9700X price is $359, which is a good $40 cheaper than the Ryzen 7 7700X

Sounds good to me

These are cheaper than the last two generations were, seems good

I mean 5600x was like $300 when it came out.

Why is that disappointing?

They just don’t outperform the 7000 series and they are kind of more expensive. I guess you can PBO them and get 15% out of them at similar power consumption but that isn’t great for the price difference.