Valve recently raised the price on the Steam Deck, making the handheld gaming PC cost up to $949 for the 1TB OLED model. While that’s a massive $300 increase over its original price, the Steam Deck is once again sold out.
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- Zarxrax@lemmy.worldEnglish4 months
I can’t imagine paying $1000 to play my backlog of under $5 games.
4 monthsI mean…how big is that backlog and how much are you playing on the go? There’s been no better device for handheld gaming, IMO, though I can see why it isn’t tempting at that price.
- sompreno@lemmy.zipEnglish4 months
While the steam deck is a good device, it and every other modern handheld is designed like the switch which is more of a couch gaming experience rather theb a true portable for playing on the go
If you’re playing basic-ass games, an ARM/Android handheld may be a better bet anyway.
- tidderuuf@lemmy.worldEnglish4 months
Especially considering you could play something like 50k emulated games that span 4 gaming console generations on a handheld that cost $35.
The SteamDeck is now a luxury.
- Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish4 months
The steamdeck was always a luxery.
All video games are a luxery.
It’s just now it’s also expensive.
- 4 months
Did it sell out to actual individuals or did scalpers buy up a bunch?
- mursejoy@lemmy.zipEnglish4 months
I’m not a scalper so idk what is normal, but I wouldn’t think it would be smart to buy something $300 over face value in an attempt to resell it for more? Especially hardware that is already long in the tooth internally. Aaaand from Valve who typically has consistently restocked these over time.
Idk though maybe there is a market for $1300 SD OLED resellers 🤷♂️
- 4 months
Anything to create scarcity in the market. If they can buy high and sell it to some idiot that pays higher, thats all they care about.
- theparadox@lemmy.worldEnglish4 months
Honestly, the way shit is going, get what you can while you can. Gaming is only going to get worse and more expensive by the week.
- cmbabul@slrpnk.netEnglish4 months
This is why I went ahead and bought one last January, It’ll probably last at least 5 years(i hope), and I can pirate and emulate games much more easily than on a console to keep my entertainment budget lower. Just a year early
- AngryPancake@sh.itjust.worksEnglish4 months
I bought one at launch (not OLED though), it’s still going strong. They made a really solid device and if anything breaks (which hasn’t happened yet), it’s easy to replace. I used GeForce now for the first time this month and it was really smooth and it’s great the console doesn’t heat up with it.
That being said, I think it’s too expensive now…
- tidderuuf@lemmy.worldEnglish4 months
A lot of people going to be feeling that way which is why I’m done walking around with my Deck out.
- 4 months
Only if AI continues to ramp up.
We’re seeing a lot of cracks. I don’t know if any bubbles are going to burst, but the hype is far less common than the frustration these days.
What marketing agency wrote this? Dumb fucking idea. No one in the world needs Steam Deck and no company has ever responded to more sales with lower prices. Boycott that shit
- theparadox@lemmy.worldEnglish4 months
Nobody needs any entertainment, but some people enjoy hobbies like gaming.
no company has ever responded to more sales with lower prices
Prices are going up rapidly thanks to AI data centers exploding demand by orders of magnitude more than retail customers. There is no end in sight to the price increases.
If you want a gaming device, buy it sooner rather than later. That’s all I am saying.
- Coldcell@sh.itjust.worksEnglish4 months
Is there not a future in which the AI bubble bursts, and we are in a glut of datacentre memory and storage with no buyers?
There should be a cataclysmic bottoming out of the market that leads to a period of cheap, abundant parts.
People are now conditioned to need INSTANT GRATIFICATION FOR EVERYTHING ALWAYS!
“I want a Steam Deck! I can’t actually afford these new prices! I’m buying it anyways!”
Then retailers see the insane prices people pay for stuff without blinking. Steam Decks sell out after a 40% markup. RAM & SSDs & HDDs sell out at 4x what they sold for a year ago. So the prices never go back down.
And everyone goes full surprised-Pikachu-face when everything is now always goddamn expensive.
Show some fucking restraint for once, people!
Goddamn.
People are now conditioned to need INSTANT GRATIFICATION FOR EVERYTHING ALWAYS!
you haven’t read anything about credit cards and the 20th century, have you? how old are you? like 19?
- KatherinaReichelt@feddit.orgEnglish4 months
People really underestimate how much money other people have. $950 is expensive, but there are so many people out there who can afford that.
