Valve recently raised the price on the Steam Deck, making the handheld gaming PC cost up to $949 for the 1TB OLED model. While that’s a massive $300 increase over its original price, the Steam Deck is once again sold out.
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- melfie@lemmy.zipEnglish30 days
I got a Steam Deck LCD 64GB for $350 and then put a 1TB SSD in it, so like $430 total. I love the SD, but it’s just not worth double that. A gaming laptop with a 4050 goes for about $800 now, so the current pricing isn’t really that good of a deal even at today’s prices.
- Nibodhika@lemmy.worldEnglish29 days
Can you share a link of that laptop? My sister in law needs a new gaming laptop but everything I’m finding is waaaaay more like expensive than that. Granted, she’s doesn’t live in the US so whatever retail you send me won’t work but if the laptop is cheap the same brand/model would probably be cheaper there.
- melfie@lemmy.zipEnglish29 days
MSI Thin 15 B13VE is the model. The only place I see it for $800 is Amazon at the moment.
- Nibodhika@lemmy.worldEnglish29 days
That’s probably old stock, everyplace here and where she lives has it at 30% more expensive than the Deck. Thanks for the info anyways.
- theparadox@lemmy.worldEnglish1 month
Honestly, the way shit is going, get what you can while you can. Gaming is only going to get worse and more expensive by the week.
1 monthOr maybe save some money because everything is going to get worse.
Is money going to hold its value? I’m debating on just stocking up on non perishable food and decent quality tools while I still can.
- Coldcell@sh.itjust.worksEnglish1 month
solid self-repairable or renowned long-lasting tools is my thinking. You can learn lots of basic plumbing and electrics in small doses
What marketing agency wrote this? Dumb fucking idea. No one in the world needs Steam Deck and no company has ever responded to more sales with lower prices. Boycott that shit
- theparadox@lemmy.worldEnglish1 month
Nobody needs any entertainment, but some people enjoy hobbies like gaming.
no company has ever responded to more sales with lower prices
Prices are going up rapidly thanks to AI data centers exploding demand by orders of magnitude more than retail customers. There is no end in sight to the price increases.
If you want a gaming device, buy it sooner rather than later. That’s all I am saying.
- Coldcell@sh.itjust.worksEnglish1 month
Is there not a future in which the AI bubble bursts, and we are in a glut of datacentre memory and storage with no buyers?
There should be a cataclysmic bottoming out of the market that leads to a period of cheap, abundant parts.
- GeneralEmergency@lemmy.worldEnglish30 days
Well yeah.
It’s got the Steam logo on it.
G*mers have been brainwashed to accept anything with that on it.
- Soup@lemmy.worldEnglish30 days
The Steam Deck is objectively excellent, what the hell are you talking about? Yea, that’s way more expensive that it was only a few years ago and people need to not accept the price, but still.
- Zink@programming.devEnglish30 days
I am as disgusted with consumer marketing and advertising as anybody, but sometimes the logo or the brand on something CAN be a positive sign if it indicates the product comes from a company that has earned the trust they have.
I don’t have a Steam Deck and probably never will. However, I am glad to see it being popular if for no other reason than what Valve and the Deck have contributed to gaming on Linux.
I will probably get their VR headset though, whenever that comes out.
