u/samus12345

Gabe Boy

Neat, hope you like it! I was interested in one as an upgrade to my Steam Deck since I mostly use it docked, but even before the RAMpocalypse pricing, when Valve said it would be priced like a PC I knew it would too rich for my blood. I'm guessing it was supposed to be around $750, still too high for me to justify.

Because it's a new thing from Valve.

The RAMpocalypse has widened the price gap between console makers that subsidize their hardware and Valve more than ever. PS5 got a $150 increase, Steam Deck (and presumably Machine) got a $300 one.

*2TB, there's no 1TB model.

I'm hunkering down with the hardware I have (midrange 2021 PC, Steam Deck, base PS5, Switch 2) and hoping I'll be able play the games I really want to for the next 10 years.

Although we now live in a world where hardware can be reasonably priced and still too fucking expensive for what it is at the same time.

Much as I would love an upgrade to my Steam Deck (which I mostly used docked), I can't justify more than $500, much less $1000. Glad I snagged the $400 LCD Steam Deck when I did. The Steam Deck price hikes prompted me to get a Switch 2, as I don't see any other new sub-$500 consoles coming out for a long, long time.

Expensive, but cheaper than I expected. Even at its original price point it probably would have been more than I was willing to pay.

Apparently Valve said to look at the Steam Deck price hike for a clue. So probably around $750 for the base model.

And you can always just pirate them too, of course!

A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one. Alan Wake II ran like crap on the Deck.

Epic Game Store games can be played on Steam Deck via Heroic Launcher.

Not "hints", Alan Wake is right there and is named.

You could almost buy 2 LCD models last year for the price of a single 512 OLED now. Crazy!

The bright side is that Valve partnered with iFixit with the Steam Deck, so if certain parts need replacing, you can do it yourself without it costing too much. If anything happens to the higher end guts, though, yeah, that would be very bad!

My understanding is that Valve was hoping they could wait it out and not have to raise the price. Guess they decided that selling expensive Steam Decks would be better than selling none.



Okay, that one just sounds terrifying!