Being a scalper on the internet? It’s more likely than you think
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cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks agoWell, if the Steam Deck hasn’t gone up in price where you’re at, you might wanna buy a couple. Keep them sealed, you can sell them for a profit later. Most places, they’ve gone up quite a bit.
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
The cost of making the Steam Deck has gone up. Valve can't sell them at a massive loss or they'll go out of business. That's not Valve jacking up the price, like I already pointed out:
Go re-read my post, because you clearly missed an important part
Building a PC has skyrocketed in price too, blaming Valve is just ridiculous.
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Yeah, but if you give Valve a pass for jacking up hardware costs, you kinda have to give everyone else a pass. Otherwise it’s just bias.
I’m biased toward Valve over Microsoft and Sony, but I try to argue in good faith. Not saying you’re not, just that I try to hold myself to a standard. RAM, GPU, and storage costs are up so all game consoles are up. I don’t give Valve a pass here.
FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
No, I don't.
I can (and should) look at each one on a case by case basis, compare the parts, the actual costs of said parts, and make a determination from there. In the case of Steam devices, I do not lot believe they are price gouging - you can build a similar device that's going to be on par with or less expensive than their machine, but not by all that much.