>512GB $549 -> $789 ($240 increase)>1TB $649 ->$949 ($300 increase)>inb4 "BUH MUH RAM DOE!!!"Nintendo only increased their Switch by $50.
>>739739991Anyone who wanted one already has one. Larping shitters deserve to pay the goy tax for not being real fans
>>739739991Ram, your M.2s, your GPUs.
>>739739991What the fuck is there to justify, asshole? YOU CANNOT EVEN BUY IT BECAUSE THERE IS NO STOCK>YOU CANNOT EVEN BUY IT BECAUSE THERE IS NO STOCKYOU CANNOT EVEN BUY IT BECAUSE THERE IS NO STOCK>YOU CANNOT EVEN BUY IT BECAUSE THERE IS NO STOCKYOU CANNOT EVEN BUY IT BECAUSE THERE IS NO STOCK>YOU CANNOT EVEN BUY IT BECAUSE THERE IS NO STOCKYOU CANNOT EVEN BUY IT BECAUSE THERE IS NO STOCKThat's the justification. The product is selling out in minutes. YOU LOST THE ARGUMENT.
>>739739991Nintendo has a library of overpriced exclusives, consoles have always been sold at a lossDeck doesn't even force you to use steam>BUT BUT BUTI don't care about your culture war. You asked for a justification and this is an obvious one. It sold out instantly anyway so Gabe could probably have raised the price a lot more if he wanted
IT'SOKAYWHENVALVEDOES IT
>>739739991The 1TB oled version costs $300 more to manufacture than it did when it was initially launched three years ago. The Switch 2 is newer than that and Nintendo can just eat some of the costs because they're a loss leader anyway.The three console companies are all far larger than Valve. I think people forget that sometimes.
>>739740123Fat faggot Gabe is going to break all his retarded dickriders.
>>739739991>doesnt say the graphics cardtrash
>>739740106>Deck doesn't even force you to use steamThis. Steam is right to overcharge their 'ecks. Inf act, they should be charging $1000 for their 1TB instead, that's how much Valve is being generous with their 'ecks. I buy my 'eck and don't even use Steam, I buy my games on Epic Game Store.
>>739739991No one can, Valve is retarded and greedy. They're as bad as Microsoft. Glad gaming is returning to just Nintendo and Sony, fuck these greedy bastards.
>>739740138Switch is also sold at retail stores while the Deck is only sold online, its a big part of the market that allows the Switch to be sold only with a 50 buck price increase
How are chinkhelds releasing for like 300$ with miles better screens than the steam deck? I don't get it.
>>739740303sure? If retards are willing to drop 1k on a deck to the point that it gets sold out instantly, then steam is right to overcharge. Cattle deserve to be milked for everything they've got
>>739739991How is 4 year old hardware getting more expensive?It should get cheaper with production optimization and higher yields on established chip lines.
>>739740138>The three console companies are all far larger than ValveAnyway here's Gabe Newell's $500,000,000 yacht https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxY1OJk9sS8He has a few other yachts all worth over 50 million too.Using "Steam is a poor company" is a shit excuse when clearly they're doing well enough for him to waste money on this shit.
>>739740540because every company ever has made a letter of intent for buying ram in the future maybe probably, so ram prices would in theory go up so they made it go up because a lot of people wrote very strongly worded letters saying they might buy ram so ram is worth a lot to people in theory. the chinese factories already have billions of low capacity ram chips sitting in boxes it doesn't really effect them
>>739740616Did you miss the part where consumer chips were being put on the backburner over AI grade chips?
>>739739991Its a handheld with no bs needed Trackpads They are being sued by 2 state entities Ai fuckery has destroyed hardware and they are too niche to afford IMMENSE volume deals like Nintendo or Microsoft or Sony They literally had the price point being basically break even, and even improved the specs for free in later models, with oled, better Bluetooth, better battery, and didn't raise Price then.Tbh the fact they didn't raise prices any til now says a lot. If they raised the price 3 seperate times for the same amount you wouldn't be saying shit.
>>739739991Same as every company. Pretend to be friend to paypigs for some time and then fuck them in the ass, they will take it and even defend you online.
>>739740893They upgraded to oled, stronger Bluetooth, and bigger batteries AND bigger drive for no extra charge. That's not pretending, they care, but they are trying not to ACTIVELY bleed money on it.
Why is every thread some nintendofag seething over valve? I thought that was just a meme
FUCK ME HARDER DADDY VALVE. FUCK ME HAAARDDDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRR. GOD I LOVE BEING A FUCKING GOYPIGGIE.
Nintendo uses components that are years outdated when their hardware launches. No shit they don't need to increase prices as much.
>>739741097>nintendofag seething>just a memei take it you weren't here when Palworld released?
do you really need one, though?and no, i'm not going to buy one
Actually looking up various parts, oled AND 1tb storage costs almost 200 extra dollars, plus Bluetooth and battery. They said the INITIAL price point was painful, so seriously add all this up."Painful" initial price in around 2021 or whatever.Inflation is a bitch, and continued being so (thanks biden)Tarrifs make tech More expensive (thanks trump)They throw in a 200+ $ upgrade on new models regardless for no extra charge because they care for customers anyway.Ram becomes so unaffordable that people are becoming gay for pay to pay for ramAi makes tech in general unaffordable so switch 1 price went up, ps5 went up.Finally cave because losing a lot for every deck, increase price roughly to cost again, people flip.
you don't have to buy it?unlike consoles valve doesn't have anticonsumer practices as an incentive to sell it
>>739740096>>739739991I guess Valve has to raise the price another 300$ huh?
>>739741662>valvenigger shills, how many fucking threads do you need?falseflaggers you mean
>>739741646As said above, inflation AND oled, battery, hard drive improvements ALONE cover that increase. Gabe isn't getting richer off this, I bet they are still breaking even
>>739739991One single guy is the cause of unrestrained AI companies, illogical import tariffs and a war that cuts off a lot of resources to the rest of the world.
>>739739991The switch 2 was already using 8 year old hardware with gimmicks attached and hardware trickery (dlss) to make it look/seem more powerful than it is. It is just a slightly more powerful ps4 pro, which was release a literal decade ago. And because the switch 2 hardware is cheap and old, they were already being sold at a profit even at this "lower" price point compared to other actual next gen consoles like the ps5, so they didn't need to raise the price much. This is a fact.
>>739741662>i am so sick of valvenigger shills, how many fucking threads do you need?did you read the OP of the thread you're in?
>>739741662But this is a consolenigger thread to poke fun at valve
>>739741097>wait, people are asking why Valve is increasing their prices by $300??? why are they seething???How's that dick taste?
>>739741906>the thread making fun of the deck price hike is actually a covert bait to get you interested in valveIs everyone on this website unmedicated?
>>739740540$300 changhelds use phone screens that are available on the market and most other specs are weaker than on the deck.
>>739742002Why would someone need to shill FOR valve?? Anyone who games on pc uses steam. Its a day 1 pc install
>>739741906>the mocking threads and braging about the nintento are valve shilling actualy least deranged shill
>>739740048But they was out of stock for months before the sudden price hike, this is the PS5 all over again, with it being gone - just minus the scalpers...I hope.
remember when consoles went down in price the older they got haha
>>739742270tendies always do this shit.>our annoying faggot calling everyone "evil eric snoys"? HE'S A SNOY ACTUALLY!
>>739740884>with oled, better Bluetooth, better battery, and didn't raise Price then.There no need to lie
>>739739991Gaben needs to buy his 7th megayacht before christmas. Please understand
>>739739991>Nintendo only increased their Switch by $50.$50 so far
>>739742471This isn't a lie whatsoever. If steam deck was 250 and 500 gb models (and enemic 64 gib but nobody wanted that) with lcd screen, worse battery, worse Bluetooth chip, and smaller drives (500gb is now cheapest model) and they didn't increase the price AT ALL til now.
>>739739991I can't. That fucking sucks. Rare Valve L. Good thing I already have two though.But tendies who think this vindicates Nintendo for anything are huffing exhaust fumes.
Is this a good deal? Saw this on fb market place
>>739742742You can buy a new switch 2 with a game for that price
>>739742742Assuming it's not broken af yes. Make them show it running something it should run ok. That price i bet something is fucked
>>739742742do you need it though?
>>739739991Nintendo is swallowing the loss for now. Valve doesn’t seem to be willing to. They don’t seem to subsidize the hardware at all.
>>739739991>Living beyond your meansSounds like a (you) problem
>>739742837Not really but just saw the price and feel like its too good of a deal to pass up
>>739740092the fact that valve simply doesn't have the resources to manufacture at console scale is probably a factor too here, i imagine the likes of ninty and sony must have much better leverage to negotiate prices
>>739742769Nobody wants no gay ass switch 2 with no games, paid online, and self destruction hardware.>>739742879Consoles always do, and sony too. They pulled out exclusives, because nobody is buying PS5. This is a console warfare strategy, sell at a huge loss so you have a sunk cost fallacy to buy more overpriced shit..Steams the opposite. Being on their ecosystem is expensive, and you aren't locked into it either.>>739742903I mean even if its bricked, could probably get it fixed at a repair place for under 150 and its STILL cheaper. I'd go for it.
>>739739991I was always baffled anyone bought this piece of shit
Valve: the creators of loot crates and paid mods
>>739743110Your image is inverted
>>739743110Pads were literally the selling point, hence sc getting scalpedYou are also a fucking retard and probably psudo console pleb
If that's too expensive for you then don't buy it. Price justified. Fucking retard.
>>739743103>Nobody wants no gay ass switch 2Except for the twenty million people who bought one you seething dipshit lmaoHow many "people" bought a dick deck?
My cope is that the increase in deck price is meant to subsidize the cube and keep its price down.
>>739743110>imageThe fuck kind of hands do you have?
>>739743253So the worst ergonomics in gaming is a selling point because Valve did it? Okay bro
>>739742383It's almost like this kind of behavior happens on every board you mouthbreathing retard.
>>739743336Sorry, nobody outside Nintendo fanboys. Also I'm certain they embellished their numbers big time.>>739743459>>739743459How do you mean worst? People love deck and sc. If you want to ignore pads, first of all, ur gay, second, its BASICALLY a fat ps5 controller
>>739739991>already out of stockGaben won
>>739743998Based, BASED! He should've charged $2000 instead. WE ARE BUYING!!!
>>739744058Reminder that 300$ doesn't even cover increased cost of inflation or oled upgrades which are standard now
>Wow! Gave is so generous! Valve is such a philanthropic company! They should be charging me more money, not less!
>>739741097Don't forget, they're specifically dogpiling the price hike alone.Not the reason behind it.Not the adjustments.Not the fact that Sony and others have a bigger bargaining power in regards to Storage and RAM than Valve.Just that Valve increased it and somehow that makes everyone else look better.Never mind how much you pay AFTER the console, never mind how you still pay for online on everything else BUT PC, never mind how none of the support teams for the consoles are as helpful or transparent as Steam's. Just the hyperfixation on the price of the deck, don't bring up the wide support for controllers (Including the ones from competitors), don't bring up the many ways you can personalize your account and settings (While other console systems have statistically reduced the personalization aspect over the years).Are 1000 bucks tops too much for an handheld from a few years ago? Absolutely.Are Nintendo, Sony and others suddenly the heroes because of the Steam deck's price up? Absolutely not (The equivalent of the one spongebob episode where people ate up slop because it looks nice on the outside).Is it shitty to do the price change overnight? 100%But I don't see many talking about the reason for the price increase. How come ever since Valve won that one lawsuit in the UK that there's an fat uptick of detractors focusing primarily on the scale that every other company abides by(But aren't lumped up together even by name through the merit of enforcing it more to the detriment of the customer unlike Valve)?Price-wise, the Steamdeck for 1k is horrendous.Service-wise, Steam is still on top.Genuinely asking, why is everything about Steam getting blindsided because of the price-up? More specifically, why are there so few remarks focusing on the background of the price-up?
price 'ike on the 'ick Am I doing it right sisters????
>>739744396They were charging far less for a long, long time, even upgrades to oled, 1tb drive, better Bluetooth, better battery, all at no additional costs. Seriously try upgrading a 512 to 1tb and all its shit for less than 300 dollars, you basically fucking CAN'T, and that's not even considering inflation and hardware bs
>>739739991If it's too expensive, just get a better job
>>739743110What kind of retarded cripple thumbs do you have? Of all the things to go after about the deck at this point, the ergonomics are not one of them.
>>739741361>TarrifsGot knocked down by the Supreme court so you can thank Biden alone
>>739740096The bot broke.
>>739741097You valvefags attack Nintendo when it only $50(still they shouldn't but whatever I already got it) but soon as fucking valve does it even worse somehow it's fucking Nintendofags? Waste your money on that piece of junk! How come when Nintendo does ANYTHING they're the bad guys, but valve does it's a-ok and even worse(again I don't like it went $50 but I already got it) You subhuman peecee pieces of shit! Vegan trash!
>>739744623Its just console fags coping, especially xbox because they got no gyro and endlessly need to cope about how their controller is better because dpad shaped different>>739744681Fair. >>739744702No, he raises a good point, they were out of stock for a while, just got restocked with price hike, And are already out.And reminder, they added basically 300$ value with oled improvement and never charged more for it, til now. They ATE those additional costs, and inflation, and ai made them reset to equivalent costs of 2021 or so
>>739740123lol
>>739744483>>739741097>Don't forget, they're specifically dogpiling the price hike alone.And why do you think they are doing that after the sheer faggotry that happened over a $50 hike?And it's not just tendies dogpiling on you faggots, it's everyone.If you didn't care for the reasons the price got hiked for any console prior to valve's monstrous $300 bump, you don't suddenly care now.Eat shit contrarian shitlords.
>>739741097nintendofags are the last remnant of the consolefags. They are upset at being reminded that they are a dying breed.
>>739744753Sony actively locks you into ecosystem, valve doesn't. Want to buy on gog and add to steam for steam input?? Go ahead. This is why Sony is now refusing to share exclusives, they hope you dumb fucks will buy it then only buy from them because you have no choice
Got mine years ago. Why didn't you buy one when they were cheap at $500? That's right, because this is a thinly veiled consolewar shitpost
>>739744898>>739744898We need to fucking nuke Nintendo again and make their ips open source. That would improve gaming.
>>739740540Chinkhelds don't have a cult of retards buying everything with a specific logo to be part of le PC goyim race.Also most of them are literal de-googled phones with a controller and a slightly better battery glued into it, and sometimes they even have playstore google support anyway.
>>739744827Cope.That shit is worthless.
>>739744992Those chinkhelds are also often overpriced basically cell phones that barely run anything. Guess if you put on steam os itd be an ok indie pocket gamer though.
>steam deck sold out immediately>steam controller sold out immediately>steam frame and machine will sell out immediately, regardless of price.Keep crying, nintendofags. You're just upset that you're poor.
>>739744876>why do you think they are doing that after the sheer faggotry that happened over a $50 hike?Nintendo is advertised as the family-friendly option, it's verbally recounted as the affordable option, marketing that targets kids and parents (Who will be mindful of pricing).Sony and Xbox aren't the first choice in regards to an family-friendly image.Nintendo, whose IP was built on it, increasing the price is more tricky. Those who will buy it for the kids (And not just the memes) will not be pleased by an price increase, especially with an track record of earlier consoles which supported the games of their predecessors.Simply don't buy the steamdeck after the price hike, Valve actually responds better by boycotting their hardware.
>>739744992The only people who bought a deck were people who wanted one. Of course, something sold on the storefront with a larger install base than Nintendo and Sony combined would sell out instantly. That's not nearly as goyim as defending CCP products you've never even used.>why is this steak so expensive when Mcdoubles cost $2??
>>739744483>Not the reason behind it.>Not the adjustments.Do you want me to bring up instead of taking the loss like how they are supposedly the saviors of gaming and aren't greedy, they are buying yacht companies and doing picrel?Because I can bring up the shotgun instead of just rhetorically stabbing you with the THREE HUNDRED BUCKS price increase.
>>739741097They're still not over that image.
>>739745219Reminder, upgrading a 500gb to oled 1tb equivalent costs more than 300
>>739745219Gaben supported AI because he wanted to give us all our long awaited robot waifus. He had no idea that it would backfire this hard.
>>739744865>Gabe supports AII FUCKING LOVE AI NOW!QUICK GABE PLEASE BUILD DATA CENTERS RIGHT NEXT TO 'ECK OWNERS!
Yep. Nintendo wins again.
>>739745294lmfao no he would happily ban any of his shit being used for waifus like how he bans any jp game he can get away with, even the circumcised ones you need an off-site patch to restore 90% of the game back into it
>>739745307This WAS before ai became a shit fest
>>739745219Oh wow, his investment from eight years ago.Did he continued spending money on it?Does he defend the AIslopfaggotry nowadays?The "was" should have tipped you off about his position on AI by now, you don't see the "was" in articles for other CEOs utilizing AI.
>>739744876It's really funny how every time a company raised the price of their hardware, you'd get droves of console war faggots going "OHNONONO WHAT HAPPENED?!?" but the second their favorite company does it, they tuck their tail between their legs and go "well actually the price hikes make sense". It happened with Sony, it happened with Nintendo and now it's happening with Valve. A lot of these guys love dishing it out but can't handle it when the shoe's on the other foot.
>>739745465Subway also DID pay pedophile jared foggle millions>>739745542Reminder that parts for oled upgrade is already around 300 dollars worth
>20 millions in OpenAI in 2018>OpenAI nowadays loses by their own statements billions on itGaben's investment made no difference lmao, a nothingburger comeback.
>Steamgoyim are ACTUALLY defending the AI investments.
>>739745676I mean they probably couldn't of gotten AS far without it , for better or worse. Especially as an early investor
>>739739991I can't even justify 200 bucks for this. Because there is no reason to have those things.Kid - get a bingbing wahoo machineNeet - just play on a big screen, you are home all the time anywhereWagie - just play on a big screen, the two hours a week you can play vidya you are home anyway.>but I commuteYou can't get these out on a train during rush hourGaming handhelds are either a toy or a larp acessory.
Gaben needs to buy another yacht and the steam cult will fund it for him
>>739745841You literally can't buy JUST the improved parts from oled for 200
>>739745801Brother, 20 millions are literally pennies when compared to the operating costs.And in 2018, expectations for AI was vastly different compared to when it became publicly available in 2022/2023 where it became more bloat rather than useful.And the investment was for OpenAI to train it on playing Dota 2. Now look at what OpenAI produces nowadays. Back then it was a non-profit organization too.Again, why are we scratching off context?
>>739744909>SonyI'm not a snoy...
>>739741097/v/ right now is the opposite of how it should be : i should be the one who is angry at valve for this and i should naturally be making 1000 threads about how when gaben dies it is over and how valve is long gone from its glory days.instead, my ideological enemy is crying and shitting and flinging shit because their enemy is dead. its like some arabs crying when 6 million Js die - its not meant to be this way.
>>739746083>Brother, 20 millions are literally pennies when compared to the operating costs.so why didn't valve eat up those costs to keep up the goodwill?oh right, because they thought their fanbase are literal goycattle that will defend them regardless of how hard they rape said fans in the assand mind you, their assumption is correct
>>739739991>Literally Justify This muh stick drifts
>>739740648>Obviously, Gabe should just spend his own money to make it cheaperI don't suppose you'd ask that anyone at Sony or Nintendo to do the same in order to make their consoles cheaper
>>739746150>so why didn't valve eat up those costs to keep up the goodwill?Why would Gabe eat up costs for another company he stopped supporting once his focus for Dota 2 was done?I am talking about OpenAI (Which was a donation), not Steam.
>>739746324I'm talking about the goydeck price hike you fucking badly trained bot.
>>739739991waitfags btfo
I guess steamcucks were they real slop eaters at the end of the day
Interesting when Sony did it, it was "Sony's greedy!"When Valve does it, everyone's online just says "industry's going to hell!" There's a ton of retarded Valve fanboys out there that can't admit being fanboys. Valve was always a shitty company but it's clear people have wasted tons of money in Steam to act this way
>>739739991Videogames are a luxury, not a right.If you can't afford them then it's entirely your problem.
>>739746308No, but at their scale, and locked in infrastructure, it's less justifiable
>>739739991>yet another price complain threadThe market will justify itself and the price will either stay or fall. You don't have a right to luxury goods at a price you happen you find convenient. Go be a communist somewhere else.
>>739746308he could at least try instead of buying a full yacht companynot another yacht, as in yacht singular, a literal yacht company full of yachts
>>739746812/thread
>>739746812
>>739739991> Nintendo only increased their Switch by $50.That’s because they also increased prices on all their accessories and games. Pokopia and Mario Kart World are way more expensive than the budget would recommend.
>>739746976Pokopia is $60. Star Fox is $50. You really can't do the bare minimum of google gemini before shitposting?
>>739747058I paid $70 on the eshop on launch week.
>>739747058>Star Fox is $50.50 for a thirty year old game with a months work on extra multiplayer, and ugly furry bait
>>739746812>LEAVE THE BILLIONAIRE COMPANY ALONE!!!!So much for Saint Gabe lel
>>739746812I'll be a communist right here and won't buy it for 900 nor 200
>>739747110So standard industry pricing?
Here come the steamcucks defending their precious fat ass for hiking the price $300 but Nintendo bad..fuck off!
>>73974705870 Euros for Pokopia and Star Fox gets heavily marketed or pushed with the Camera, which makes it for a total of 90 to 100 Euros. >>739747208Just because it's the standard pricing doesn't mean they can increase the pricing for virtually everything else.
>>739739991Even the biggest Steam shill OhNoItsAlexx is shitting on Valve.
>>739747271Oled added 300$ of value and they never upchargedSwitch didn't
>>739747190>LEAVE THE BILLIONAIRE COMPANY ALONE!!!!What are you implying? That because their market evaluation is over a certain threshold that they should just sell their products at a price that doesn't get you mad?Graduate High School at least before sounding off like a spoiled brat.
>>739739991I mean I got mine several years ago for $380 why should I give a fuck about this?
>>739739991You can't
>>739747271Like seriously, who the fuck are Steamfaggots trying to fool? Valve just killed itself in the hardware space.
>>739739991>Nintendo only slightly raised the price of their marked up fisher price tabletBravo
>>739739991The real question is, why isn't the screen at least 1080p. Especially for a console that is $1000, and especially in the year 2026?
>>739747182>he thinks Star Fox 26 is furry baitif anything, it's useful for exposing the disgusting "oh shit nigger what are you doing" furfags from the chill ones.I'd tap Adventures Krystal in a heartbeat but the new models are way too realistic and beastly for me to ever find attractive.
>>739747410Pretty much.
>>739747425because then it would cost even more
the steam deck was never good
>>739747410>justValve has never been a hardware competitor. Period.People who want a console don't want to spend anywhere near $1000. Xbox is about to find this out as well
>>739739991Because Nintendo is selling consoles made years ago when prices were still normal, A new Deck was made this year.
>>739747423But enough about they fisher price deck
>>739747425Because it was meant to be a budget tier device.
Who are new Decks even for, now? Who is the Steam Machine going to be for? Seems to me they're going the Apple route of being super-boutique- but the internals aren't anything to write home about.
>>739747425Because Valve has lost a shit ton of money on the Steam deck failure, they lost a ton of money Steam Machine (its going to get cancelled) and are losing money on having to spend millions on lawsuits. This is Valve;s version of the CONCORD TAX. Pay up for Valve's failures Steamfaggots.
>>739747513Sounds like valve are talentless hacks
>>739747301By that logic games on Steam are $120 since they all get heavily pushed with their enhanced editions for bonuses like early access.Come on now, even yoy must realize that's a silly argument.
>>739747589Don't forget steam constantly banning JP games >>739745428It's making all the otaku and even some ironic weebs just go for the switch, especially when the JP eshop is allowing stuff like picrel.And mind you the otaku audience is fucking massive, losing them is what made playstation collapse long term.
>>739747650>By that logic games on Steam are $120>Comparing physical accessories to literally the actual game getting MORE contentAre you daft?
>>739747589>Steam deck failureIts sold out plenty of times, and inspired other handhelds, expanded things for sc, improved proton, ect. In absolutely no way is it a failure. They got what they wanted.Also those lawsuits are big gay
>>739747589>Because Valve has lost a shit ton of money on the Steam deck failureproofs?
>>739747650Oh yeah, cameras are totally on the same level as enhanced editions or DLCs.
>>739747717>to literally the actual game getting MORE contentto think i would live to see the day where the "PC master race" are groveling like cucks defending chopping off base game content and up-selling it for upwards of twice the base game's cost total or more
>>739739991The fucking ROG Ally is around that price.There is no justification.Steamies are just happily eating shit and that is coming from one who doesn't even plan to have a Switch 2.
>>739747739The 40% price hike. That's a bigger tax than the Concord failure tax. Give the fat billionaire more money goyim.
>>739747783>cucks defending chopping off base game content and up-selling it for upwards of twice the base game's cost total or moreWhat, it's the same logic you pulled. You're horrible at gaslighting.
>>739747727>Its sold out plenty of timesSo did the Xbox Series X.
739747717>more cosmetics and early access and p2w items at $120 are better than an accessoryYou have really lost the plot. You claimed Nintendo jacked up prices on all its games, got proven wrong that they are just in line with current industry pricing, and are now throwing a tantrum.No more (you)s seething steamie.
>>739747528$1000the switch 2 is half the cost and has a 1080p screen.
>>739747650>>739747783So now it's chopped off game content? Does that mean by your logic that the camera should've been included with the switch 2 or the Game?
>>739747956Not to mention this is all optional anyways. I bought Pokopia at base price I don't see why you would pay more money if you are so frugal.
>>739739991I won't, it's shit and the Deck is no longer worth it. I'm a Valve fan and say this. Wait for the Deck 2 I guess.
>>739748010As I said he has lost the plot. He didn't do his research and thought Nintendo games were all $100 or something like MKW and is now backpedaling into accessories and dlc and whatever other nonsense.
>>739747956>>739748010Not just it not being relevant for actual gameplay, reminder you can plug most fucking webcams to it and it will use it just fine, you don't need the first party one.Which makes steamgoyim trying to use that as a gotcha even fucking sadder.
>>739748049>Wait for the Deck 2
>>739739991>I'M POOOOOOOOORI'm not even going to use the SteamDeck, I just bought it because I can
>>739747861It's sold out thowhy are you being intellectually dishonest?
>>739747423Steaming pile of shit deck fag can't run shit! Now go ask Lord GAY(trash)bin to hike the price to $2,000, I bet youd find some way to defend that deckfag.
>>739748169Artificial scarcity
>>739747819>The Ally is 600 dollars>The Xbox Ally X is 1000 dollars.Yeah, no. This just shows that the biggest dicksuckers are PCfags, hands down. And I thought it was either Nintendofags of Sonyfags.
>>739748173It's runs every game well that installed on mine. Sounds like a you problem desu
>>739748113better than the fisher price shitch
>>739747956The accessory is also optional and doesn't unlock any exclusive in game content either. Its about as disingenuous as claiming amiibos were necessary.
>>739748235proofs?
>>739748249
>fisher price shitch
>ZEN2 coresimagine buying a piece of shit that uses tech from 7 years ago
>>739748248It's just steamfags. Masterrace don't care about the steam cult.
>>739739991>Nintendo only increased their Switch by $50.they subsidise the hardware cost because they know they'll make it back in software sales. anyone buying the steam deck already has a huge library and likely won't buy more than they otherwise would have without it. not hard to understand.
Tendie thread
>>739748373for double the price of its msrp release lmaogoyim will be goyim and they deserve shit
>>739748297Good for you but I don't play soulslop or AAA slop in general.
>>739747909(Console with no gyro) Fucking lolCan't even play halo with gyroMicrosoft is for complete plebs that don't know better >>739748137Based. But give it to a nephew or something, you will be the coolest uncle on earth.>>739748235Steam wouldn't do that and has no reason too, valve makes money hand over fist
>>739748402the shitch 2 is another low powered piece of shit console that has no games and has tech from 5 years ago
>>739748278To be fair amiibos did unlock actual gameplay dlc in some games. But yeah crying about a fucking webcam is simply pathetic.
>baldy's pissedkek
>>739748248>The 512GB Deck is more expensive than an AllyNotice how nobody in this thread is shitting on you because they know the price is shit in all metrics but they gotta defend Gabe.
>>739739991
>>739748297None of those are mirrors edge or tenchu z
>739748278>necessaryFrom the cuck who brought you "cosmetics" and "sidegrade"Nintenniggers really, actually defend funkopop-locked content.
>>739748643>Defending a 300 dollar instant price increaseSteamies have no right to mock anyone else at this point.
>>739748524>To be fair amiibos did unlock actual gameplay dlc in some games.And also to be fair, you hardly need to buy them, those are just fancy decorations.Amiibo simulators are dirt cheap, work on non-jailbroken hardware, and have pretty much zero ban risk if you don't use them for online play.
I already got mine before the price hike. Maybe you should have Mangione’d more AI slop CEOs if you wanted PC components to stay affordable, nigger.
>>739748662>>739748932
>>739739991Hi Spicy.
>close to $1000>Can't even play PS4 games properlySteamers are weiners.
>>739748402Switch 2 is shit, but the new Deck pricing just makes Valve the Apple of gaming and they deserve to be clowned on for it.
>>739748871Brother, M2 prices went up double and sometimes triple the price this year. How the fuck can you actually blame Valve for that?
I'm just happy I got mine in 2025. It already justified its purchase from those terrible points in my life last year where the deck was the only thing I used on a daily basis for months.Unforunately, I wouldn't reccomend anyone buy one now with these prices. The same can be said for a lot of things though, plenty of hobbyist stuff whether its gaming or outside of gaming, I can't recommend to people because everything is so expensiveLets just hope for a meteor to reset everything atp
>>739744909A digital storefront is an ecosystem, dumbass. If you disagree, then Sony doesn't lock you in either, because the majority of the storefront also works on PS4.
>>739749078> lyingyikes bro
>>739749193Sony increases the price of PS5>ROFLMAO Snoy losersMicrosoft increases the price of Xbox Series>ROFLMAO Micro losersNintendo increases the price of the Switch>ROFLMAO Tendie losesValve increases the price of the Steam Deck>The price of components have increases, please understand.Hypocrites, the lot of you.
>>739749383What does Sony have to do with it? Stop yapping "SONY THIS, NINTENDO THAT" like an Tumblr Feminist being raped with eyes and answer the question. How is the price increase for M2 Valve's fault?
Steamers have become the Apple fags of the video game industry. If you call yourself a PC gamer and aren't actively hardswapping to GOG, you're a fucking normiefag.
>>739749383consoles are the only way you can enter their ecosystemhandheld pcs are not value oriented, you know what you're buying and they're not necessary to actually play any gamesif you're focused on value you can build a pc with something like a 9070 or the xt and rape every single console on value
>>739749383This. Price hikes are the worst and Steam made a 300 dollars increase in one go, the worst price hike in console gaming history and cattle are defending this.
>>739749334RE4 Remake runs like absolute gorilla shit, and that is a PS4 game.
>>739748235There is artificial scarcity (in the sense that the scarcity is deliberate) but it isn't Valve doing it, it is on the RAM level. >>739748454Yeah will probably pass it on as a Christmas present most likely
>>739749383Brother the M2 situation was also brought up in their cases. Acting like a victim over obnoxiously doesn't excuse from discussing things objectively.
>>739749383Difference is ALL 3 the comsoles are loss leaders anyway, always have been Steam decks really aren't as you can make deck a pc and never pau steam for software. Huuuuge Difference
>>739749506>>739749554>>739749616Your arguments would hold if you actually defended the price increase of evey console and PC. M2 is not just the only component that got more expensive.
>>739749590It's literally PS5 generation title lmfao
>>739749383Valve cultists do be like that
>>739739991They're pushing the decks to a higher cost so they can try to sell the gay cube to retards for cheaper, I imagine
I hate how consolewar shitposting faggotry has permeated everything now
>>739749383>Brings up storage pricing going up, also was debated in Sonys and Microsofts case>YOU STEAMIES ARE HYPOCRITES HYPROCIIIIITTTTESSSSCongratulations on actively poisoning the well, faggot. You're gonna kill discussion by yappermouthing injustice that occurred in your head.
>>739749506let's say m2s increased in price by 200 for each goydecknow let's say a 3 million production, and that's being optimistic on the actual demand for the goyim pc handheldsthat's almost a 600 million cost valve would have to eat upfront for not price hikinghey chatgpt can you tell me how much did valve spent buying that yacht company?>Newell purchased the shipyard shortly after they finished building his custom $500 million superyacht, the Leviathan, which he used to upgrade his fleet.>Because the shipyard's corporate acquisition value is strictly private, industry analysts look at the value of its physical assets, ongoing projects, and revenue to calculate an approximate valuation:>Infrastructure & Assets: Oceanco operates massive construction facilities in Alblasserdam, the Netherlands, featuring multi-story climate-controlled construction halls, dry docks, and state-of-the-art engineering hubs. The physical property and equipment are valued at \(\$150\) million to \(\$200\) million.>Order Book (Current Projects): Shipyards are valued heavily based on their active contracts. At the time of the acquisition, Oceanco was managing multiple 80-meter-plus mega-yachts. With custom superyachts routinely costing hundreds of millions to build, their active pipeline likely carried a backlog value of \(\$1\) billion to \(\$1.5\) billion.>Corporate Valuation: Considering its prestige in building vessels for high-profile billionaires, an acquisition price in the range of \(\$400\) million to \(\$600\) million is the general financial estimate for taking full ownership of only the shipyard itself.
>>739749383It's so funny seeing the narrative online over this. Everyone is blaming AI and Trump and the economy and whatever saying it is inevitable. But when Nintendo did it just constant shitpost threads claiming theya re greedy and jews and etc.
>>739749610*demand pumps up, production does not; same amount of work and greater profit.This either means this AI data center shit will blow over, or it means it is intentionally taking hardware off the hands of the common man (by soft power) - which plays into the idea and concepts floating around by companies and governments of tighter control over the citizenry; computing and graphics being streamed from the cloud, and your access to the internet and all else dependent on it - and should you displease companyTM or governmentTM you can be cut off and be effectively silenced
>>739741097Insecurity and inferiority complex. They've been seething hard over the deck the moment it was announced and will jump at literally any opportunity they can. This price increase is dogshit and just made the deck basically worthless, but tendies are only in this to dick suck nintendo and consolewar while they will defend anything nintendo does to the death.
>>739749383steamies did NOT like this post
>>739749787PCfags were poisoning the well on everyone before this and you know that.Pathetic excuses coming from you.
>>739749826consoles literally don't need to exist, they're responsible for price increases
>>739749807This is schizo tier rambling lmfao
>>739749383Valve derangement syndrome becoming a thing fast by immediately making everything about others rather than the argument.I can also cry hypocrisy over shit that happened before, doesn't pardon you acting like a obsessed bitch.
>>739749783Famitsutrannies have been leaking out of their general since its inception and this is the end result
Spending $1k on a 'eck in 2026 is silly.
>>739749383It's unironically different this time
>>739749208What games did you play to justify it
>739749982>Valve derangement syndromeI have Steam, retard. I buy and play games and like the discounts, but that doesn't mean I have to let blatant hypocrisy pass.
>>739749383Actually mindbroken. Just explain how the component price hike is Valve's fault.
>>739749383Look at all the seething Valvedr0ne responses.
>>739749383Mass PC adoption starting in the early 2010's has done more to hurt the industry than help it.
>>739739991Most logical reason - they just don't have the negotiating clout Just remember so far the steam deck has sold between 4 and 5 million units. Nintendo sells that many Switch 2s in a week, same for Sony. They simply do not have the capacity, clout or volume to negotiate favourable deals any more.
>>739750128Have the balls to reply properly >>739749982 instead of dodging that you discuss others more than the actual topic.
>>739749383Unironically this is how people are defending the Steam Deck in social media. They were shitting on consoles for the price hikes but they are defending Valve.Double standards indeed.
>>739739991Gamers are retarded goyim for sucking Steam's dick.
Post YFW you are, in fact, not defending a THREE HUNDRED BUCKS price increase on a device barely stronger than a switch 1 and now costs TWO switch 2s, after trying to mock nintendo on a 50 bucks increase no less.
>>739750194you are in 4chan anon and that anon from >>739750128 is right. you are unironically defending this crap because it finally happened to you
>>739749698>Actually demanding constant whiteknighting every single thingWhat the fuck do you want, a safe space for every system? Jesus fuck you faggots are getting more annoying than the supposed "defence" of the price itself.
>>739750283
extreme goomba fallacy is happening itt
>>739750292Where do I say the price explicitly is fine? Where am I twisting it to come off like that? Holy fuck is literacy also dying with self-serving consolewarfaggotry?
>>739750283>x2 Bitch 2'2's>x2 no gamesfascinating stuff
>>739750194>MF immediately assumes every post not immediately agreeing with it is defending itYep, the next months until the price drops naturally are gonna be a pain by such nonsense. Thanks a lot.
>>739749783PC became part of the console wars like 2 or 3 gens ago. Steamies have only made things worse since they are clearly consolefags who migrated to PC while keeping the consolefag mindset
>>739750292Somehow, every other point made flies over the head and somehow it comes off as "You're defend the 300$ up"?
>>739750283it's stronger than swotch2 tho
>>739750486Valvebros actually play games though, so they're not really in the same bracket.
>>739750292Can't even read the reply chain. Don't butt in if you can't even do that.
>>739739991>justifycurrent memory prices aside they were always taking a loss per unit sold and now they're not, the steam deck was just a hopeful experiment to see if they could recuperate their losses through more software sales on steam, which it obviously didn'tall other console manufacturer's make a large loss per unit because they easily recuperate it through software sales and paid onlinewill this be the end of the deck? probably
>>739749716And the Steam Deck version runs worse than the PS4 port of the game. What part of this do you Steamers not understand?
i must admit, after steamies constantly defending valve banning jp games because their kike overlords said so, it's been delicious to see the same steamies writhe in agony desperately defending the most scummy price increase i have seen thus far in gaming
>>739749902Consumer grade PCs don't either
>>739739991Gabe needs another diddy blud yacht, pay up Mr. Master Race.
>>739749383Look at all these Valvefags sperging out. i have Steam and like the discounts but one thing is liking their enviroment and another thing is letting yourselves be buttfucked and defend them because you got buttufcked.Nice one anon.
>>739750563Valvefags play the same top 10 slop console fags play, except they buy games at $1 they will never touch in their lifetime.
>>739750563The annual wrap-up stats they share implies the opposite.
>>739750292Who is actually defending the price for reals here? As in "I would buy it" without the usual shitposting magnetism? The argument is made for the parts of the system going up and Valve not having the same bargaining might for hardware returns like the other mentioned systems. But no one defends it as "I'll buy it because it's a good price". Fucking think for a single minute before rapid firing every single point that is more about posters than the posts themselves.
>>739750614Concession accepted
>>739750823Agreed. Deckhead destroyed.
>>739750785>>739750806Nah
>>739750864>Stage 1: Denial
>>739749383BASED. I'm so tired of their fucking shit
PC only enthusiasts are the worse individuals in the current industry.
>consolefags trying to console war over valve hardware not realizing 99.99% of steam users don't care about itGotta ask though wtf did deckfags do to piss off tendies so much? The biggest shitposters itt are all tendies.
>>739751054Turbotards realised they can't hit back with the "YOU WERE FINE WITH [X] IN THE PAST" or "YOU SHAT ON US FOR IT" snowflakefaggotry. Shit that discusses that circumstances around the price of all systems get coincidentally drowned out or bend to come off as provoking.Notice how there are more replies on the tier of "You're a cuck for defending the price" or "Lol they're mad" to the average post that isn't even bringing up the price or sugar coating it in the first place.The price up is crap but this behaviour towards makes me question the sincerity behind it.
>>739739991The Steam Deck requires more resources to do some of the same things Switch 2 does. The Deck is like a car that performs better than Switch 2 at any given time but gets worse gas mileage. Since the Switch 2 is more efficient, it does not need as much RAM to do the same stuff. Thus, the cost increase isn't as big a hit for them. That's what I think anyway. Who knows.
>>739751054I've bought into and spent a considerable amount of time on all platforms except the Switch. Steamfag gas up Steam like it's the second coming of Christ, andApple fags. a social media app with a storefront slapped onto it. GOG is literally a better service by comparison. Steamers suffer the same sunk cost brain parasite you see from Applefags, and it's long past time they get called out for it.
>>739751580>GOG is literally a better service by comparison.Not really unless you are crazy about DRM (majority of gamers don't care unless its Denuvo).
Valve bad
>>739751054they stepped on Nintendo's toes by releasing a "handheld" that does everything the Switch can do
>>739751848>You get as close to owning your purchases as you can through a digital marketplaceYes, it is. But go on and keep proving that Steamfags are consumer morons. I'm sure it'll pay off long term.
>>739751969>4M Decks sold>they stepped on Nintendo's toesthey barely felt it
>>739739991I can't. I bought a 14" refurb'ed HP laptop for $450 last year, slapped Arch Linux on it, and it outperforms the deck by a factor of three. I'm also shocked people still fall for the OLED meme in 2026.
>>739751054>wtf did deckfags do to piss off tendies so much?The steam deck brought in droves of console war faggots that shitpost and instigate shit, which infuriates tendies who shitpost and instigate back. It's a feedback loop of pure autism.
>>739739991>Nintendo only increased their Switch by $50.Nintendo literally offers the cheapest online, releases games for $50 and has the cheapest console yet they get all the hate because of snoys who can't even complain about what their own company does to them, don't forget to log in every 30 days to use your games.
>>739750870Yah
>>739752026That's cool anon, it doesn't make it the better service. I know you are hyper autistic and you will interpret my post as some kind of valve dickrider who doesn't care about ownership, but the sheer volume of features steam brings to the table make it objectively the better service. We aren't talking subjectivity as in you don't care about social features therefore steam is le bad but GOG is le good because it sells you the .exe. I'm talking if you listed the sheer volume of shit steam gives you effectively for free by installing it vs GOG. And in the case of the larger market (AKA not you) they do care about that sheer volume of features, if they didn't but they did care about getting a DRM free .exe then GOG would be the top dog on PC.
>>739752084Neither did pallworld but that didn't stop them from seething over it
>>739752289>I know you are hyper autistic and you will interpret my post as some kind of valve dickrider who doesn't care about ownership>because I am.Nothing more to see.
>>739752084The deck could have sold 10 units total and it would still be considered Nintendo haram and a jihad called for the sheer fact that it is a handhold that kinda looks like a switch if you are blind and squint hard enough.
>>739752462Concession accepted
Stop being antisemitic
>>739741097Nintentrannies need that $300 for their HRT
>>739754572Glass houses.
>>739739991My bet is it reflects the current pricing of components and that consoles haven't been fully slammed with them yet because they bought in bulk a good while ago. All it means is prices are going to keep going up.
>>739748049Yeah, wait for the price of components to get EVEN WORSE THAN THEY ARE NOW and spend $1200 MINIMUM for a Steam Deck 2
Even if you hate Nintendo, surely you can admit this is a misstep from Valve and they grossly overplayed their hand? Components are not this expensive and even if they are, Valve could easily subsidize it like they did originally instead of funneling money into GabeN's yacht slush fund.
>>739749189Even Apple is putting out an affordable line of MacBooks. This level of greed from Valve is uniquely unhinged. Even Nintendo at its worst isn't this greedy. Valve has PCfags by the balls with the libraries they've invested into their DRM store, they know it and now they're exploiting it to the hilt.
>>739752240>Nintendo literally offers the cheapest onlineNo, PC offers $0 online.
>>739756772I don't mind the price increases because current supply chains are fucked thanks to Trump and his billionaire fuckbuddies. What I do mind is Valve trying to present itself as Apple for PC gaming and selling grossly underpowered and outdated hardware at an insane premium. It is only working because of all their goodwill accumulated over the decades, sleek and good marketing, and a cult of personality around Gabe that will excuse anything he does no matter how bad.
>>739757265Tell Iran to drop their nukes if you don't like the military getting involved.
>>739740048So almost nobody got it, gotcha
>>739757429>muh boots on the groundNever happening.
>>739748248>the piece of shit that is the Steam Deck costs more than a fucking Ally and almost as much as an Xbox Ally XDon't know what crack Valve is smoking right now.
I find it insane that the most affordable 10 gen hardware will come from Nintendo and Sony. The only two consumer friendly companies, unlike Valve and Microsoft. What a complete shitshow American companies have become. Japan truly was always better than us.
>>739750614You do realize due to the nature of ports, this is normal, and ps4 version was relentlessly optimized because if it wasn't, nobody would buy right?? So comparing it to ps4 here is stupid. Garentee a ps4 emulator would run smoother too.But they don't bother optimizing for pc, best they do is graphics options >>739758927This resets the price to at cost or close. Reminder that oled upgrade was 300$ increase in parts, or very close, and they NEVER raise Prices.Ffs you people sound like youd divorce your wife for not having sex directly after surgery, citing "she never fucks".
>>739754572>>739755235valve literally markets their products to trannies they're probably the only people who buy this crap
>>739746814yacht companies don't own the yachts they build retard-kun. You give them money and they build you a yacht.
>>739751054Lets see. Nintendo hates because emulation is "theft", Microsoft hates them because it absolutely dunks on Microsoft Windows, xbox, and xbox controller especially.Sony....i think sony has way less reasons, besides envy of steam library Which makes the whole "can't run new games" number, as I play just cause 2 on it 60fps locked(maybe the occasional dip to 55) and its fantastic People who obsess over the newest slop are retarded anyway, games really decreasingly NEED more and more processing power.
>>739756915>Valve has PCfags by the balls????How?Steam doesn't require a Deck. How are you this fucking mindbroken? Or just trolling like a spastic retard?
>>739759428I'm extremely transphobic and own a steam deck. Have since gen 1 (maybe 2 because they sold out too fast)>>739759680Its just Nintendo and Microsoft stans / shills Happy to see anything negative about steam. To be fair they've been waiting almost a decade for that so...lol
I don't have either, but I believe Nintendo subsidizes and has economies of scale on their side (plus they're selling old hardware). That's why when you look up other similar handheld devices from non-large companies, prices are super high.At this price though, you really should just an ROG Ally (which also in the position Nintendo is in, since Microsoft is probably eating some costs).
>>739744483I'm guessing this is the price they could secure. They can't expect to sell millions, so they don't have the same discounts as major console manufacturers. They could be more transparent about it though.
>>739739991I voted for this
Why aren't you getting this?
>>739739991>switch 2 has cod but not deck while being a fraction of the priceTop Kek!
>>739759281Then these greedy bastards should have kept the LCD model then.
>>739760246I wouldn't even be surprised if Switch 2 gets GTA6 before Steam. Valve is a retarded company.
>>739760159>The fucking RoG Ally X costs less than the Steam DeckThere is really no way to justify Valve.
>>739740096So they underproduce to drive FOMOWhat a great company
>>739760735Nah, rockstar would need to stop liking money for that. Valve is huge for their market place
>>739760919Drop that goalpost, faggot
>>739748497Stronger than the steaming pile of shit deck
>>739760919This is a cope. Why would they fomo hype a 5 year old handheld???
>>739759680>Valve has PCfags by the balls>How?How is it not the case? You will absolutely refuse to buy games outside of Steam, will cry and pretend the game doesn't exist if it isn't on Steam, you get upset if a game requires accounts outside of Steam, you are willing to generate FOMO and buy garbage just because Valve is making it(Steam controller, GabenCube, the Deck itself, even before the price hike)Why do you suck Valve's dick so hard?
>>739761208Well, why are they doing it?
>>739761392>you get upset if a game requires accounts outside of SteamBecause its gay. You are asking me to sign in twice to play.
>>739761392???The most popular games are like Roblox, Fortnite, and League of Legends. All of them aren't on steam. And they're doing fine?
>>739761147The post I replied to is already moving goalposts, deck being out of stock doesn't justify the abusive price hike
>>739739991Judaism
>>739761574Because oled upgrade from lcd cost about 300$ and they never upcharged. Because inflation is a bitch. Because AI is raping the ALREADY elevated costs of hardware. I'm guessing they were losing way too much money on decks, and they have less connections in hardware production as is, so its more expensive
>>739760159I wonder if these are going to go up too. I can't imagine Asus has much greater sway than valve when it comes to acquiring components, so I wouldn't be surprised if the ROG Ally and other handhelds (besides the switch) go up in price in the future.
>>739761738I mean in a supply and demand way it absolutely does....>>739761903Don't they work closely with Microsoft?
>>739756772Obviously, but modern nintendo is still shit. Valve fucking up doesn't undo nintendo's fuck ups.
>>739761686>Roblox, FortniteThese are popular in mobile
>>739761969Slurp slurp! You like that daddy gabin??? I just gave you $2,000 more!
>>739761585... that's exactly the point he was making? You are locked jnto the Steam ecosystem that you can't go anywhere else, willingly or otherwise. It's similar to how Microsoft forces it's windows OS onto everyone and moving to Linux bricks all your apps or requires work arounds that most people can't be bothered with.
>>739762161kys
>>739759680>How?By holding up to 23 years' worth of your games library hostage behind their DRMware launcher that could shut down someday if they're ever allowed to fail, killing physical games on PC, and cultivating this extreme brand loyalty to freeze out better alternatives like GOG.
>>739762269*Slurp even more and sucks it whole*$2,000??? Sorry Daddy gaybin, I'll give you $3,000? You happy now?
>>739762154And? The argument is that people only buy things on steam when that's clearly not true.
Just get a like-new one a few years ago.
>>739749383this. its so fucking funnyimagine paying 1000 dollars for a handheld that runs games worse than the switch 2t. pcbro
>>739756772Valve is eating the full brunt of current component prices here. There's no way they wanted this price. How they fucked up is how they revealed that fact, and arguably by underestimating demand for the deck and not stockpiling more parts. What it says is consoles are definitely not done being price hiked.
POORFAGSBLOWNTHEFUCKOUT
>>739761969The point is that Valve fucking up here has nothing to do with Nintendo. "B-b-b-but nintendo!" Is a weak deflection.
>>739762921It's not a deflection when people are trying to use it to dick suck nintendo. How the argument is initiated matters and you can take that up with fags like op.
>>739762193>You are locked jnto the Steam ecosystemNo you aren't. I can install gog games, flatpaks, mods, windows exe with proton, and more on sd. Absolutely not locked.>>739762652Unfortunately I think a lot of scalpers will seize them now >>739762704Switch 2 has no mods and paid online lul. and switch 2 kills itself if you use unauthorized hardware
>>739747425WAIT... THE SHIT DECK ISN'T A 1080 DEVICE???LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!$100 FOR THAT???HAHAHAHA!!!
>>739763051Pointing out a $50 increase over 4 months is better than an instantaneous $300 one is not dicksucking Nintendo though. If you think it is then go touch grass.
>>739763103just play on a pctheres no way mods on the go are worth an extra 500
>>739750283I'm not defending it. But modern Nintendo is still trash and trying to use this to defend them is pathetic.
>>739739991SSD prices also went upIt is kind of retarded they sold out of the 1TB version. $150 extra dollars would get you like 2TB of memory
>>739763189It should be shat on and argued against on its own, not turned into flagrant fanboy consolewar shitposting by disingenuous retards getting bent over by a different corporation they worship.
>>739740540>releasing for like 300$they arent, you're mistaking retro handhelds for pc handhelds, the pc handhelds are still $1000 dollars.
>>739760159BECAUSE GABEN IS INVOLVED IN A LAWSUIT!!! WE NEED TO SUPPORT HIM AND STEAM!!! SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, EVERYBODY, DONATE TO HIS GOFUNDME ACCOUNT!!!
>>739740540They aren't. As far as actual pc handhelds go, the deck is still technically among the budget options.
>Personally think it's a bad value for a good device>Faggots running this board make thirty threads screaming at people not to buy them because they're nintendorks>Sells out anyway
>>739759428>valve literally markets their products to trannies they're probably the only people who buy this crapso the go woke go broke legends are true.
>>739763051Nintendo warned you unlike GAYbin where it just happened. YOU valvecucks need to be lined up and shot!
>>739764006>nintendo warned me they were going to fuck me so i turned right around and choked on their cockGay story bro
Rog Ally X 7>$900>1920x1080>AMD 8 cores 16 threads>24GB RAM>120Hz>80Wh battery>supports ChinaSteam Deck:>$950>1280x900>AMD 4 cores 8 threads>16GB RAM>90Hz>50Wh battery>supports AmericaLiterally WHY would you get a Steam Deck over a ROG Ally X 7???
Also the funnier thing is this insistence that there was no heads up considering the page (which had them sold out for a year) had warned that there could be price changes and supply issues for like a year because of datacenter faggotry.
>>739763108Why would you want 1080p on that screen?>>739763209Bringing Half-life 2 to the hospital is cool >>739763694Zotac zone looks cool and ACTUALLY has pads, so thats at least competition.
>>739764115Oled and trackpadsThat's it really.
If Valve actually made games maybe I'd defend them. They don't. So Nintendo and their platform wins.
>>739764115>>supports AmericaBecause I like my slave labor coming from people who got a fair trail
Even AI, the slop that Gayfaggotben supports, says his shit deck is a rip off and that you should get a ROG Ally X 7 instead.
>>739763404No the comparison needs to be drawn yo provide context in the same way you can use the PC library as a positive against consoles. That doesn't mean it is dick sucking Nintendo, but rather it is clowning on Valve for being more out of touch than fucking Nintendo who looks reasonable here.
>>739763809They're an extremely loud and autistic minority. It's very unfortunate.
>>739764314Decks are made in China.
>>739739991S2 has no internal memory
>>739764115That makes you realize that when the Rog Ally sells out, they'll put it back on sale at much higher prices (or they'll take it off the market).
>>739764313Steam has more games than Nintendo could dream of.>>739764336I'd probably just get a zotac zone since it has pads. Basically an off brand deck, but I hear its battery is a whore.
THANK YOU GABEYAHOOOOOOOOOOOO
>>739764395Yeah no it doesn't matter that their this supposed "minority" that's just "totally loud and only making us look bad :("When they run the board and do stupid shit like leave up threads crying about the steam deck and shrieking at people to not get one. Not now, when it's currently out of stock and you can't get one, but the last time it was out of stock, and had been for like a year.
>>739764425Its still and American business, and I've seen no evidence of slavery >>739764476This might be very likely, rog isn't Making money outside hardware iirc, I doubt they can sustain that
>>739764592It's unfortunately the only way this board knows how to share news. Everything has to be retarded. Consolewarring is their only real pastime.
>>739739991 But muh Nintendo. Watch those fucker increase the price to the Steam price next year on Switch 2. Lol.
>>739764516Valves doesn't get any Nintendo EPD games. That's a big deal anon. Hate to break it to you but all those indie and AA games don't fill in the hole of no Nintendo EPD.
>>739740106>consoles have always been sold at a losswrong
If you want one, buy it second-hand; don't buy it at that price. Anyway, the reality is that whoever wanted one already bought one, so this price increase is the least of your worries, just like it affects those who bought a PS5 long before, for example.
Enough about ASUS raping Gabe's gaping asshole. ACER is joining the fight as well. Gabe's gonna get a double dicking from China.
>>739739991Did you hear valve is making a crt steam deck :)
>>739743941cope
>>739764839>ooh they're helpless console warriors>They don't know any betterDon't care, no sympathy, you lost your single player game you're pretending is multiplayer.
>>739740048this, fuck the op and his gay thread
>>739765008Valve should make the HRT Deck. It'll sell out in minutes.
>>739765116Interesting perspective on my post, but I am really not the one you should be arguing with.
>>739765276it exists, it's called the nintendo switchhttps://glaad.org/glaad-gaming/2024/1-in-5-active-gamers-are-lgbtq/>The vast majority, 69%, of LGBTQ gamers play 4+ hours per week on PCs or consoles, compared to 64% of non-LGBTQ gamers. LGBTQ and non-LGBTQ gamers report similar percentages regarding which platforms they use and which genres they play. The exceptions are 39% of LGBTQ gamers who play on the Nintendo Switch consoles, compared to 32% of non-LGBTQ gamers. LGBTQ gamers are also more likely than non-LGBTQ gamers to play on a Nintendo Switch Lite (12% versus 9%).
>>739764915Fuck off retard
>>739764915It gets all those games for better and for free.
>>739739991Pcbros will buy it anyway. They will defend it and cite socioeconomic factors too.
>>739764915And nintendo doesn't get hundreds of thousands of pc games. This REALLY isn't an argument you want to have lil bro.>>739764997Reminder that valve always wanted competition. They wanted things to compete with steam deck.>>739765437Ewwww, closed infrastructure, ewwwwwwCan't throw gzdoom And openxcom on it. Gaaaaaaay
>>739743057The custom APU definitely factored in. That thing is gonna cost more to produce en masse than just buying Z1E or Z2A chips in bulk
>>739741097Pcbros were just the last cocky retards left standing after MS, Sony and Nintendo raised prices. It's just the usual blowback for being a retarded drone that thought the cock wasn't coming for his ass eventually.
>>739765798>Reminder that valve always wanted competition. They wanted things to compete with steam deckThank you, Gabe, for being such a selfless hero. Thank you for making shit super fucking expensive and low tech while your competitors can sell it for cheaper with things that have double the processing power, but your followers will buy yours anyways.
>>739740106>consoles have always been sold at a lossMore often than not this is untrue.
>>739739991I'm not a mindless consumer who buys <NEW THING> because it exists, so there's nothing for me to justify.
>>739745542And it's retarded in every case because console wars are retarded.
>>739741097They've been shitting their diapers over steam and pc for several years now because they're scared and know what they champion is worse. Valve fucking up just let them breath a little easier.
>>739765983I wouldn't say lower tech, zotac zone is only comparison I know, and it fucking drains battery like shit.>>739766030Its generally true, or if not, an incredibly small margine. You want people in the door, because THEN they spend way more, from games and online
Well this has been entertaining. What's better is that unlike with HL1, HL2 and the AWOL HL3, Gaben is already working on Shitstorm 2 and 3 with the price reveal of the Steam Machine and Frame. Based!
>>739739991>Literally Justify ThisIt's a luxury product. Luxury product, luxury prices. >Nintendo only increased their Switch by $50.You cannot compare Nintendo's industry, production and supply lines with Steam's. It's just way more expensive to be in that business if you're not a huge corporation like Nintendo. People forget in their stupidity that Steam isn't Monsanto or Apple because they drank the "muh monopoly" koolaid.
>>739766308Sc might be a hard sell, but steam vr i doubt will have issues selling well for vr
>>739765384Maybe don't feign neutrality while crying about there being some supposed quiet majority of good ones and I won't make fun of you.
>>739739991>Nintendo only increased their Switch by $50https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economies_of_scale
>>739745821if anything its probably more about the clout of having Gaben Newell as an Angel Investor
>>739739991Orange pedophile played hard for his jew girlfriend.
>>739766460Your reading comprehension is truly fascinating, but sure, keep making fun of whatever you think I am. I understand the need to vent.
>>739766458The market is flooded with VR sets bought before the RAM price hike and the whole genre is dead in the water. The target audience most likely already has a VR set and a sufficiently high price will mean that they will rather sit on the setup they already have. Besides the Frame has the fundamental issue of being unimpressive; it's close to a PSVR2 which retails in the $350 ballpark due to no internal processing.
>>739766397>Huge corporation like NintendoThey're actually relatively small in comparison to their competitors. The difference is remarkable, really. Both Sony and Microsoft are gigantic corporations with their hands in all kinds of industries. Sony in particular has been directly fucking up issues like copyright law for decades. Despite Nintendo doing much better financially than their competitors' gaming divisions, they seem to have nowhere near the resources and capability of their competitors. Which I think is weird.
>>739761006Not with those prices.
>>739739991>justify the GPU price increase>justify the RAM price increase>justify the SSD price increaseNot enough stock of hardware anymore. Prices going up everywhere.
I bought a spare 1tb old to put into cold storage. Wonder if I should flip it now or just keep it there incase prices go up even higher
>>739766651>I'm not mad, actually you are
>>739766397I think it has more to do with the fact consoles stockpiled way more components whereas what Valve just got slammed with was current pricing. Consoles are trying to more slowly raise prices to reflect that because they have the supply available to spread it out over time, but eventually they're going to end up in the same place.
Reminder that steamdeck prices can go even higher. Ram prices are not going down despite what techtubers are trying to tell you
>>739764557Based, government should have been of done this. Getting tired of these retarded protestings.
>>739766671Quality.. that's the focus. Steams past vr stuff was VERY high quality, and regarded as best.>>739766860What prices??? 30% steam store cut??? Tf you talking about dumbass??>>739766867Not to mention they NEVER raised price for oled despite it costing roughly 300$ more material wise
>>739766948We're both venting here, bro. You interpreted my initial responses to you in the worst possible way when I was agreeing with you and on your side.
Looks like the Steamdeck is back in stock in Canada.
>>739767159>We're both mad and I'm actually agreeing with you
>>739767472Have a semi-relevant, funny image.
>>739767365I'm jealous
>>739766397Nintendo is bigger than Valve, but they are actually tiny since they only focus on games. Sony and Microshit are the real juggernauts with tentacles into tons of industries. Nintendo is simply better at supply chain management, which is a given since Valve has little experience there.
>>739767130They raised those prices now. They should have kept the LCD model, but those bastards are greedy. I can see Sony making the PS6 handheld LCD to hit a lower price.
>>739760735>>739760246Are you retarded?
is there a chance that Valve is raising the price on the Steam Deck to subsidize the Steam Machine?Thats what Sony and Nintendo did. Sony raised prices in Europe and Nintendo initially raised the price of Switch 1
>>739767964Possible, but unlikely. This is likely just tge reality of modern component pricing and because Valve didn't order a huge initial stockpile of parts and decks, they had to eat it all at once.
>>739739991Just buy another portable PC gaming device, there's several, unlike with consoles where you only have one choice of manufacturer
>>739764115>Literally WHY would you get a Steam Deck over a ROG Ally X 7???That's the beauty of it, you don't.It's a PC, you can do the fuck you want with a PC, you can install linux on it, or windows ,or temple OS, or change the bios to boot into an MSX emulator.
>>739767964>is there a chance that Valve is raising the price on the Steam Deck to subsidize the Steam Machine?Not this cope again
>>739767641Wtf does this have to do with gta 6?!?!??,You think Rockstar would be so autistic they wouldn't sell on steam out of offense??!>>739768402Pads are non negotiable for me. I need them. Sc helps but still
arent RAM prices supposed to come down? AI companies are backing out of hyperscaling because they underestimate how fucking hard it is to actually build shit in America so now their RAM contracts are being cute
>>739739991I saw a prebuilt rtx 5080 today for £5000.I built my RTX 5070 ti a few weeks ago for about £2200.https://www.currys.co.uk/products/msi-meg-vision-x-ai-gaming-pc-intel-core-ultra-9-rtx-5080-2-tb-ssd-10275971.html
>>739759820>I'm extremely trans and own a steam deck.Yeah thats what he said
>>739739991How about you justify why you've been spending all your time here posting these threadsThe website would be better off without console war bullshit of any kind
>>739768546>You think Rockstar would be so autistic they wouldn't sell on steam out of offense??!Yes
