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Valve raises Steam Deck prices

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Re: Valve raises Steam Deck prices

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Post by bcrosby95 »

idle_zealot wrote: post #19
fzeroracer wrote: post #2

I don't think it's much of a wonder why people are turning to 'anti-tech extremism' as everything around them suddenly is no longer consumer priced. Seeing computing rise anywhere from 1.5x to 2x in pricing while the job market is fucked is enough to make me extremely bitter.

I'm glad at least this happened after consumer electronics plateaued. I don't know about you but in my estimation a 5 year old phone and mid-tier gaming PC are holding up fine. The limiting factor in features is more crappy software than hardware. Unless you're looking to run local AI stuff, I guess? But I don't figure the anti-tech crowd would want to do that. Give us replaceable batteries and the right to update ou…

I'm completely on board with your view, I'm still rocking a 1080ti. But I'd also like to buy my kids a gaming computer someday, and I don't know when that will be, especially with prices being what they are. It took a shockingly long amount of time for a graphics card to come out at 1080 performance that costed less than a 1080.

Re: Valve raises Steam Deck prices

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Post by jauntywundrkind »

malfist wrote: post #28
stuxnet79 wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Don't forget that this is all intentional and by design. If the tech oligarchs have their way we will all have no choice but to rent compute by the token within the next 3-5 years. The era of the personal computer is over. Current supply chains & production capacity can't accomodate both the AI hyperscalers and regular consumers.

Thats one hell of a leap you got there. Things have gotten more expensive before. It won't be the last

8x more expensive? I doubt things have ever gotten anywhere remotely near this crazy this bought out this not for sale this fast.

Re: Valve raises Steam Deck prices

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Post by everdrive »

The only silver lining here is potentially that companies will try to optimize a bit more. I just bought that Marvel Cosmic Invasion game and it's pretty fun. You can can turn the TDP and GPU clock all the way down on an LCD Steam Deck and still hold 60 FPS. I get that it's effectively an indie game, but it's nice to see something with -- dare I say -- appropriate system requirements.

Re: Valve raises Steam Deck prices

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Post by zeeveener »

user_7832 wrote: post #15
branon wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I bought two LCD models before the OLED came out and have constantly bounced between buyer's remorse (I only use one of them) and feeling okay about this decision. Currently, I'm feeling like it was a pretty wise move.

One pro of the LCDs is that I'm moderately sure they don't flicker (PWM) as (bad) as the OLED ones would. Source: 99% of oleds cause terrible eye strain. Flicker affects people even when they don't realise it (studied for office workers during the CFL era iirc.)

That must be a small percentage of the Steam Deck userbase that's impacted by this as I have the OLED model and it does not flicker or cause _me_ eye strain, even when at the absurdly low brightness levels it can reach.

Re: Valve raises Steam Deck prices

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Post by tmtvl »

Andrex wrote: post #17
wnevets wrote: post #12

> The 1TB OLED model got a $300 price increase, and now costs $949. How is it possible for the steam machine to be under $1,000?

...no OLED screen? I'm grasping at very few straws here...

It very specifically says:

> The 1TB OLED model

That said, I thought HN was annoyed at Valve for taking a 30% cut, so that's probably how they can keep the Deck under 1k.

Re: Valve raises Steam Deck prices

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Post by yokoprime »

wnevets wrote: post #12

> The 1TB OLED model got a $300 price increase, and now costs $949. How is it possible for the steam machine to be under $1,000?

Its not unless its subsidised which valve may chose to do given that the enthusiast PC marked is crashing, which in time will eat some of their growth.

Re: Valve raises Steam Deck prices

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Post by cogman10 »

48terry wrote: post #35

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Well hey, at least these systems also consume massive amounts of electricity either raising your electric bill or your gas bill depending on how they decide to power the data center. Nothing like a 30% increase in your power bill because your local county commissioners got a sweet $300k campaign donation from a foreign billionaire.

And of course if they burn natural gas for their power you get polluted air from your neighbors.

Re: Valve raises Steam Deck prices

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Post by ericd »

pesus wrote: post #18
fzeroracer wrote: post #2

I don't think it's much of a wonder why people are turning to 'anti-tech extremism' as everything around them suddenly is no longer consumer priced. Seeing computing rise anywhere from 1.5x to 2x in pricing while the job market is fucked is enough to make me extremely bitter.

Exactly. Not only have the prices gone up, they've gone up for no real reason other than some CEOs are attempting to take over society. The average person isn't even seeing much of the upside of modern technology anymore, just the downsides. Gadgets no longer get cheaper over time, experiences no longer improve over time, and every new startup or innovation seems to be used to make their lives worse, whether directly…

>The average person does not really benefit from recent AI tech

Really? Most people I know seem to have found the chatbots tremendously helpful. It's much faster than researching via a bunch of google searches.

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