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

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Submitted ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨bimbimboy@lemm.ee⁩ to ⁨games@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.theverge.com/pc-gaming/682594/asus-rog-ally-x-price-hike-legion-go-s-steam-deck-oled-supply

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  • natecox@programming.dev ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Price hikes for what, Lenovo? I’m still waiting for them to send me my Legion Go S SteamOS edition that I preordered on day one.

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    • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Stop.
      Pre-Ordering.

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      • Mistic@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Pre-ordering physical goods is fine, especially if you expect a price hike and supply limitations after launch. I wouldn’t, but I can see how it would make sense.

        It’s the digital goods that make no goddamn sense to buy before they’re out. They’re not limited in supply, and their return window is too small.

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      • natecox@programming.dev ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
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      • SuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I never pre-order, and I am not advocating for pre-ordering, but just curious, can’t the item just be returned if the customer is not satisfied?

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      • callouscomic@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I bet you think General Strikes are also possible or effective.

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      • Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Do you even know why you’re saying that? Physical goods that need to be manufactured and delivered are literally exactly what you should be pre-ordering

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      • msage@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I pre-ordered the Steam Deck.

        That is the only thing I did in the last decade.

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  • Nikls94@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Well… the switch2 just came out - what did they expect?

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    • Rooki@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Would still get a 1k steamdeck over a 600€ still overpriced switch 2 with 80€ rereleased crap. With vulnerabilities found in the first week of launch.

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      • LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        These are completely different devices for different use cases for different audiences with wildly different tastes. Nintendo hasn’t been in the “core” gaming space since before the Wii.

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      • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        As if any other OS has no vulnerabilities?

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      • lobut@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I really want to root for Nintendo but they make it hard.

        Opening up my steam library from a console was such a big WTF moment and then being able to suspend games was so mind-blowing.

        It’s still not that beefy for triple-A but I’m considering getting GeForce Now running on it.

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      • CosmoNova@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        You would do that probably because you have a huge Steam library but many Switch users have a huge Switch library and want that performance upgrade. You and me are not their target audience but it remains to be seen if the Switch 2 will flop or exactly what Nintendo fans want right now. There‘s a huge difference between 600€ and 1000€ anyway.

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