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Valve raises Steam Deck prices by more than $200

https://www.theverge.com/games/938340/valve-steam-deck-price-increase
40•droidjj•57m ago

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fzeroracer•39m ago
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.
coffeeindex•25m ago
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.
babelfish•24m ago
What does this have to do with the steam deck?
doubled112•22m ago
PC hardware like the Steam Deck is more expensive due to demand from AI hype.
aquova•21m ago
Where do you think all the supply that the Steam Deck was previously leveraging went?
yieldcrv•15m ago
RAM is expensive and there is scarcity in getting a supply of it = all consumer electronics will cost more
pesus•7m ago
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 or indirectly. The average person does not really benefit from recent AI tech - and the minuscule benefits they may possibly sometimes get are easily outweighed by the negative effects.
idle_zealot•6m ago
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 our own operating systems and I think we can survive unaffordable RAM for decades if it comes to it.

Benanov•3m ago
My thirteen year old PC is holding up fine. I've replaced the disk (condition of me getting it; it was a disused Windows machine), installed Ubuntu, Debian, then Kubuntu, and upgraded the video card, but beyond that...basically as it shipped from Dell. The last BIOS update was 2013.
npodbielski•26m ago
Good thing I bought two already.
branon•23m ago
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.

user_7832•11m ago
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.)

wnevets•14m ago
> 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?

crims0n•10m ago
That was my first thought, there is no way they are going to hit that console price point anytime soon... so they can either release now at a price that reflects the reality of the market, or hold on even longer hoping for a near-term miracle. If they wait too long, they risk not being a good value due to aged hardware.
Andrex•9m ago
...no OLED screen?

I'm grasping at very few straws here...

pesus•5m ago
I really can't see the Steam Machine being a success at this point, if it ever even releases. It seems like they were really banking on hardware steadily getting cheaper like it pretty much always has in the past. A $1000+ Steam Machine makes the PS5 look like a good deal even after the price increases.
dtdynasty•5m ago
The console price point will go up too and set different expectations.
LelouBil•14m ago
Oh no, I was hoping to get the Frame under 1000€
ChrisArchitect•12m ago
Source: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steam_hardware/announcemen...
PacificSpecific•6m ago
Never thought I'd be living in a world where my tech hardware purchases INCREASE in value over the years.

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2•LordAtlas•1m ago•0 comments

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