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
theparadox@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
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.net 3 weeks ago
AngryPancake@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
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.
PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
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.world 3 weeks ago
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.works 3 weeks ago
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.
theparadox@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
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 is. Unfortunately, not even the chips on the memory used by data centers is compatible with consumer hardware. They use extremely high performance, expensive HBM (High Bandwidth Memory), we use DDR memory. Unless consumers start getting affordable devices that are compatible with such memory, there is not much hope of buying what has been or is in the process of being made for data centers.
There should be a cataclysmic bottoming out of the market that leads to a period of cheap, abundant parts.
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
What is life without entertainment? Do you think all what life is about is to barely make ends meet while making extra profit for the billionaire class? I even got told that I don’t even need healthy food, just be mindful how much I’m eating of the cheap unhealthy stuff, do some intermittent fasting, and eat apples as snack instead of sweets.
artyom@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Or maybe save some money because everything is going to get worse.
pilferjinx@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Is money going to hold its value? I’m debating on just stocking up on non perishable food and decent quality tools while I still can.
Coldcell@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
solid self-repairable or renowned long-lasting tools is my thinking. You can learn lots of basic plumbing and electrics in small doses
theparadox@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Sure. I guess it depends on your anticipated financial situation and your priorities.
blah3166@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
a steal if you consider tomorrow’s prices
Makhno@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Im going to steal because I considered tomorrow prices
tidderuuf@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
A lot of people going to be feeling that way which is why I’m done walking around with my Deck out.
snooggums@piefed.world 3 weeks ago
But what about decks out for Harambe?
urushitan@kakera.kintsugi.moe 3 weeks ago
Put your deck away Waltuh
buedi@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Trade one for a fidget Spinner!
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
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.
DarkMetatron@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
I would say it depends who you ask. Nvidia is all up for the hype. isaiprofitable.com
Dojan@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
Fuck NVidia. Wouldn’t use them with Linux anyway.
sobchak@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
On the other hand, I’ve seen a lot of stories of people getting addicted to the “agentic harnesses” and personally (and happily) blowing through hundreds to thousands of dollars/month. I’ve seen people write articles about how their $200/month subscriptions are such a good deal, lol. Companies are forcing their employees to use AI at insane costs. Nearly every software engineering job posting mentions using AI tools as a requirement. Anthropic’s revenue is set to double this quarter and be its first profitable quarter (likely using a lot of accounting tricks).
I’m really curious if this AI industry can self-perpetuate itself with stupidity and greed indefinitely as everything becomes shittier and unreliable, and civilization slowly crumbles.
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s the beginning of a bubble popping. Addicts and stupid people only have so much money. It runs out quicker than you’d think.