How could steam do this to gabe?
Valve raises Steam Deck prices by more than $200
Submitted 2 days ago by commander@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
https://www.theverge.com/games/938340/valve-steam-deck-price-increase
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wpb@lemmy.world 1 day ago
thethrilloftime69@feddit.online 2 days ago
Crazy. I have 2 steam decks from years ago. I guess I should sell one.
Janx@piefed.social 1 day ago
Nintendo is raising the price of the Switch 2 by $50. Do you really believe it costs $50 more, per unit when accounting for ecosystem lock-in? Can Valve justify $200 more, for every single unit, when customers will almost certainly give the company hundreds of dollars more every single year!? Fuck Nintendo, fuck Valve, FUCK BILLIONAIRES…
gl38@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Interesting take. Honestly I don’t think people are ready to entertain the idea that Valve may not the consumer loving, cannot-shoot-themsleves-in-the-face billion dollar tech company their fans seem to paint them as, but to respond to your actual point…
The Steam deck is an open platform so not a guarantee that a new user will result in game sales, it’s possible (but not easy enough imo) to put your weekly free Epic games on there and forego the Steam store. Or pirated games.
Also the Switch 2 sales numbers have been huge and Nintendo have an established reputation among the general population. So they have a better relationship with parts manufacturers (can navigate lower BOMs) and are more guaranteed to make their money back. Valve have no such guarantee.
This price increase is still an obscene amount and I’ll be surprised if people still buy Steam decks going forward. Especially given the state and direction of android gaming.
Iambus@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Fuck billionaires
except for Lord Gaben
0ops@piefed.zip 2 days ago
Ouch. I mean I get it, demand is far outreaching supply right now but damn, I can’t afford that.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
The pricing isn’t even about demand in this case, but the cost of hardware components.
0ops@piefed.zip 1 day ago
Right that’s what I meant, the supply and demand of the hardware components the deck uses
But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 1 day ago
But valve is OUR corporation and Gabe is OUR billionaire, how could they do this!?
-steam boys
Pieisawesome@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
But the cheapest one and then price out SSDs for upgrading the storage.
It’s super easy, undo some screws, pop the back, unscrew SSD, move the EMF shield to the new one, pop it in and then reverse the process.
Easy peasy.
oopsgodisdeadmybad@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
You skipped downloading and installing a recovery ISO, but close enough.
lemmyng@lemmy.world 1 day ago
They also skipped the most important step:
REMOVE THE SD CARD BEFORE UNSCREWING AND REMOVING THE BACK OF THE STEAM DECK!
64bithero@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Wayy B3tt3r d3al then switch 2 guyz …
ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Man, I upgraded my 64gb base model to a 2tb drive years ago & it’s still going strong. An upgrade wasn’t really on the radar, but now it’s definitely not going to happen!
then_three_more@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Can’t get smaller storage than 512gb in the UK either
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
They discontinued the 256GB LCD model late last year. OLED has always been 512GB or 1TB.
then_three_more@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Oh my bad.
artyom@piefed.social 1 day ago
And 64GB before that
FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Bruh, that’s why I will buy refurbished steam decks
atrielienz@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yeah, I wonder if this will lead to a lot of the original Lenovo legion go’s selling out. They’ve basically been on perpetual sale for awhile now.
Hoimo@ani.social 1 day ago
Oh, they’re in stock again? €780 is a lot of money, but I might still go for it. Is “premium anti-glare etched glass” worth the upgrade to the 1TB model? I don’t think I’ll miss the storage upgrade or the “exclusive startup movie”, but the screen is very important to me. I just don’t know what the upgrade means.
tomkatt@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s a matter of preference. The etched glass screen is slightly hazier and seems to have slightly less color saturation, but is better if you’re playing in an environment without controlled lighting.
I bought the 512 GB glossy and the screen is fantastic IMO. I ended up upgrading to 1 TB essentially by accident, as a mini-PC I purchased for server use came with a 1 TB 2230 NVMe but I was swapping the storage from a server that had a hardware failure, so basically free upgrade.
Hoimo@ani.social 1 day ago
Thanks, I like my colors and can manage the light, so I won’t feel bad missing out on the etched glass then. And the storage upgrade was my plan too, if I ever need it. Much easier to execute than a screen upgrade.
artyom@piefed.social 1 day ago
Its just a preference. Personally I absolutely loathe matte displays. Don’t understand why anyone likes them. It doesn’t block reflections, it just smears them across the entire display while dulling the colors. But lots of people like them.