Comment on Asus and Lenovo’s handhelds get price hike as Valve pauses some Steam Deck sales

• SuperSpecialNickname@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  You’re the one enabling those shitty practices

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• localhost443@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  A savings account earns interest, you can pay into it monthly until product release…

  How does paying up front before release spread the cost?

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  • natecox@programming.dev ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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    • Don_alForno@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I genuinely don’t get the “don’t pre order just buy the day it releases” thing.

      Nobody ever said the second part.

      Don’t pre order, wait for reviews a couple weeks after release, buy if reviews are good and no major bullshit is discovered.

      What do you think you’re winning?

      Avoiding the major bullshit.

      Also, even if you did just buy day one: If developers have a lot of pre orders they know they’ll sell anyway they have less of an incentive to deliver the highest possible quality.

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    • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I genuinely don’t get the “don’t pre order just buy the day it releases” thing. What do you think you’re winning?

      It’s about sending a message. A message that pre-ordering is not worth anymore and they (hopefully) stop releasing unfinished beta releases.

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• Railcar8095@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  How does that spread the cost? Does it have some financing for preorders ?

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  • natecox@programming.dev ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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    • Railcar8095@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I advice you to rethink this. You’re paying earlier, the money won’t dissapear if you wait until release. Also, real reviews would help deciding what to skip.

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• echodot@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I would agree normally but it’s Lenovo.

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