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.

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.

  • GeneralEmergency@lemmy.worldEnglish
    318·
    20 hours ago

    Well yeah.

    It’s got the Steam logo on it.

    G*mers have been brainwashed to accept anything with that on it.

    • Zink@programming.devEnglish
      61·
      18 hours ago

      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.

    • Soup@lemmy.worldEnglish
      81·
      19 hours ago

      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.