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The Great Steam Deck Crash of 2026: How The New Pricing Slashed Demand by 80%

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨warmaster@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨games@lemmy.world⁩

https://boilingsteam.com/the-great-steam-deck-volume-crash/

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  • noxypaws@pawb.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    damn shame. the Deck remains a wonderful device that’s plenty powerful for the vast, vast majority of games out there.

    I am so damn glad I got the special smoky translucent 1tb OLED when I did. It’s served me and my husband very well for gaming and media PC duties, and if push comes to shove I could sell it for more than I bought it for.

    I don’t envy anyone looking to buy into PC gaming right now, though, that’s for damn sure.

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    • mursejoy@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      My only regret was not getting the white special edition one, but my OLED is fantastic. Especially with the Satisfye grip. Endless comfort playing slay the spire and Pokemon ROMs.

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    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yeah it’s my favorite piece of tech I’ve gotten in so long

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  • mesamunefire@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I coudnt afford my steam deck today. Honestly.

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    • tuckerm@feddit.online ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      During the height of the crypto boom, I couldn’t have afforded my own gaming PC that I built ~4 years earlier. Hardware prices have been such madness lately.

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  • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I got my LCD Steam Deck in April 2025 in reaction to Nintendo’s Switch 2 reveal being so terrible at the time. Times change. Valve charging $300 more for the SD spooked me and I got a Switch 2 while it’s still $450. I figured I won’t getting any more gaming hardware for a long time, so I might as well get the last decently affordable console for the foreseeable future.

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  • craftrabbit@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Hopefully they’ll be able to release half-life 3 at a regular price when the time comes

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    • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      The regular price being $59.99 USD or less.

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  • mp3@lemmy.ca ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’m going to hold off purchasing gaming hardware for as long as possible, the market is simply ridiculous right now.

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  • lemmyng@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    So glad I bought my Deck OLED back in 2022. Might be my first, last and only gaming rig at this point.

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    • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      The OLED released in late 2023.

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    • HubertManne@piefed.social ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I bought right before the oled but im happy.

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  • Angryhumanoid@fedinsfw.app ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I believe it was Plato who once said “Fuck Nintendo”.

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    • NekoKoneko@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Mark Twain. Mark Twain said it.

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      • boydster@sh.itjust.works ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Fuck Nintendo Mark Twain Plato

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      • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Mark Twain actually COULD have said it.

        Nintendo existed during his lifetime.

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    • creamfresh@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You go in there and make it about Nintendo

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      • musubibreakfast@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        And then everybody started clapping

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  • atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I had been waiting to get one until I could afford it… fuck me right?

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    • DempstersBox@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      fukkin saame

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  • filister@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It doesn’t help that the hardware is also quite dated. If they release a more powerful version this at least would justify the price increase to some point, but with the current HW, it is a hard no for me.

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  • thingsiplay@lemmy.ml ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Not really surprising, if the price goes up for an old device. Its not like consoles that the Steam Deck would be the only way to play PC and Steam games, let alone all the competition on the market for handheld PC devices. On top of it, the availability wasn’t guaranteed either.

    It is what it is.

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  • LemmyEntertainYou@piefed.social ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The Steam Deck should already have been undesirable compared to the more capable rivals that have launched since. The OLED has a brilliant screen but the whole package is just far too bulky in my opinion. I bought a 1TB OLED Deck at the start of the year and returned it immediately and bought a used ROG Ally for half the price.

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    • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      The more capable rivals were massively more expensive in my opinion, even with the steam deck being way more underpowered, it was still more valuable on a price per performance level.

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