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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 SXX »

branon wrote: post #8
npodbielski wrote: post #4

Good thing I bought two already.

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.

There is a good reason not to buy OLED deck. Once you play on OLED screen you will certainly want your laptop and or deaktop screen to also be OLED. That's it.

Never had such issue with a phone, but after Deck started feeling I missing that screen quality elsewhere.

Re: Valve raises Steam Deck prices

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Post by tavavex »

dankben wrote: post #27
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.

You're acting like companies like Apple would simply let "the tech oligarchs" make 20% of their revenue disappear

Trillion dollar companies like Apple will still be able to get their hands on whatever they need, albeit at worse prices. Individual consumers trying to buy those components directly probably won't.

Re: Valve raises Steam Deck prices

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Post by everdrive »

bluescrn wrote: post #24
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 much more concerned by the skyrocketing cost of housing, energy, food, and transport than the cost of tech luxuries. If I never buy another GPU or console again, there’s more than enough quality gaming for several lifetimes available on older hardware and often very inexpensively.

>I’m much more concerned by the skyrocketing cost of housing, energy, food, and transport than the cost of tech luxuries.

I'm with you, but given that I have no control over any of them I wouldn't have minded that my luxury fun was still cheap. About a decade or so ago, I remember saying something like "We're in an odd period historically: if you except housing, healthcare, and education, everything else is _stunningly_ cheap by historical norms." I wasn't trying to discount the importance of those things, but it felt like there was at least some relief among the rising costs there. Now, it seems like "everything else" has caught up and it's simply that everything is expensive.

Re: Valve raises Steam Deck prices

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Post by tavavex »

bluescrn wrote: post #24
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 much more concerned by the skyrocketing cost of housing, energy, food, and transport than the cost of tech luxuries. If I never buy another GPU or console again, there’s more than enough quality gaming for several lifetimes available on older hardware and often very inexpensively.

Those same components are contained in tech everything, not just "luxuries". If you want to stick with your current hardware, you just need to hope that your existing setup will outlast you and never have any part failures.

Re: Valve raises Steam Deck prices

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Post by pocksuppet »

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?

It won't, but that's an arbitrary number, and due to the sudden spike of inflation, $2000 is the new $1000. Yes your wage just got cut in half and you didn't notice.
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