But valve is OUR corporation and Gabe is OUR billionaire, how could they do this!?
-steam boys
Valve raises Steam Deck prices by more than $200
Submitted 1 month ago by commander@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
https://www.theverge.com/games/938340/valve-steam-deck-price-increase
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But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Pieisawesome@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month 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 month ago
You skipped downloading and installing a recovery ISO, but close enough.
lemmyng@lemmy.world 1 month 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 1 month ago
Wayy B3tt3r d3al then switch 2 guyz …
titanicx@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
There goes my chance to own one.
ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 1 month 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!
magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
So the frame is either gonna be two grand or just cancelled I guess lmao.
wpb@lemmy.world 1 month ago
How could steam do this to gabe?
then_three_more@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Can’t get smaller storage than 512gb in the UK either
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
They discontinued the 256GB LCD model late last year. OLED has always been 512GB or 1TB.
then_three_more@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Oh my bad.
artyom@piefed.social 1 month ago
And 64GB before that
zergtoshi@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Aaaaaand it’s sold out again: ign.com/…/the-steam-deck-is-sold-out-again-even-a…
FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Bruh, that’s why I will buy refurbished steam decks
atrielienz@lemmy.world 1 month 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.
Janx@piefed.social 1 month 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 month 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 month ago
Fuck billionaires
except for Lord Gaben