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Re: Valve raises Steam Deck prices

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Post by clipsy »

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.)

I don’t think you quite understand what a “source” is.

Re: Valve raises Steam Deck prices

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Post by malfist »

jauntywundrkind wrote: post #32
malfist wrote: post #28

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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.

Memory used to be worth more than gold by weight, and still every stick was sold.

GPUs, flight controllers, etc went sky high during the pandemic and we still buy them today.

Hard drives got way more expensive during flooding, and we still have local storage.

Re: Valve raises Steam Deck prices

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Post by wnevets »

yokoprime wrote: post #37
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.

> Its not unless its subsidised

I don't see Valve doing it. Unlike an actual console they can't lock down the hardware. People would start buying Steam Machines then replace the OS or even resell the parts.

Re: Valve raises Steam Deck prices

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Post by mrhottakes »

ericd wrote: post #40
pesus wrote: post #18

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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.

Most people I know don't use chatbots and don't find them helpful.

Re: Valve raises Steam Deck prices

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Post by mrhottakes »

babelfish wrote: post #7
coffeeindex wrote: post #5

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Doesn’t help that prices are skyrocketing because of circular investing and spending between companies trying to amass as many data centers as possible to cash in on AI hype. These same companies keep pushing this idea that everything you know and do is worthless in the face of prompt-fu and that you have to use these platforms they’re pushing or you’re NGMI.

What does this have to do with the steam deck?

The insides of the Steam Deck have a lot of the same bits and bobbins and thingamajigs that go inside AI data centers.

Re: Valve raises Steam Deck prices

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Post by eigenspace »

sedatk wrote: post #73
newaccountman2 wrote: post #70

jeez Steam Deck feels like one of the most disappointing pieces of hardware I have purchased. Def not worth at that price. My main problem with it is that it doesn't have a simple clickable on/off switch, and takes FOREVER to turn on holy shit it's awful and feels unusable almost every time I try to use it I have to leave it on sleep because otherwise it will never turn back on, and it brings me so much ire to intera…

Interesting, it's one of my most cherished tech purchases, and I use it extensively, both as a home console and while traveling. It's beautiful.

I don't use mine a ton, but every time I do, it brings me so much joy. Great device.

Re: Valve raises Steam Deck prices

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Post by consp »

e40 wrote: post #79
PacificSpecific wrote: post #20

Never thought I'd be living in a world where my tech hardware purchases INCREASE in value over the years.

Now imagine TSMC being controlled by China. While I think it's fairly low probability, the imagination does create some pretty dystopian scenarios.

In that case my retro hardware collection will be worth even more. (Note: that my current hardware will likely be retro faster than I assume it would have been)

I also found out recently my matched, working 3d hardware from the '90s was worth more than my actual year-old medium-high end video card, so who knows!

/s for obvious reasons, except the rise in prices of 3dfx cards ffs (wtaf).

Re: Valve raises Steam Deck prices

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Post by jdprgm »

I just checked amazon and I paid $350 in Nov 24' for 96GB (2x48GB) 6800MT DDR5 which at the time felt quite expensive and a bit of a splurge but I figured I had my DDR4 kit for almost a decade so probably similar lifespan for DDR5. That same listing is currently $1300!!!

When RAM prices are increasing like a crypto currency we have a real societal problem.

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