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Steam Deck gets a major price bump, more than 40% increase for US buyers

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With very little in the way of announcement, Valve has today increased the price of the Steam Deck but some fairly considerable margins. Both of the available models, the 512GB and 1TB OLED systems, have seen an increase. You can find an overview of these changes below:
  • 512GB OLED
    • UK: £479 ➜ £649 (35% Increase)
    • EU: €569 ➜ €779 (36% Increase)
    • US: $549 ➜ $789 (43% Increase)
  • 1TB OLED
    • UK: £569 ➜ £779 (36% Increase)
    • EU: €679 ➜ €919 (35% Increase)
    • US: $649 ➜ $949 (46% Increase)
Unlike the recently announced changes to the cost of the Switch 2, these prices have already come into effect, delivering a serious blow to the value the Steam Deck previously offered. With the Steam Machine still on the docket for this year, it remains to be seen just how expensive it will end up being.

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Tigran said:
Maybe it's time for devs to go back to "What can we do with what we have." instead of "MAOR POWAH!!!"

Remember.. many Iconic characters wouldn't look like they do if it wasn't for the limitations of the times.
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If the devs dictated the system requirements of most modern games, you wouldn't even need a modern GPU to enjoy gaming.

The suits want the bestest and shiniest graphics for guaranteed sales. Not like a 300 dollar price increase will affect a multi billionaire.
 
How come some of the billionaires in this world not named Musk aren't starting up new memory and flash memory plants? Seems like a great time to start one and make quick cash. I'm sure the existing plants would help with set up and staffing.... Just a thought.
 
ViDeOmAnCiNi said:
How come some of the billionaires in this world not named Musk aren't starting up new memory and flash memory plants? Seems like a great time to start one and make quick cash. I'm sure the existing plants would help with set up and staffing.... Just a thought.
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AFAIK, the answer is kind of the same as "why don't TSMC and Samsung upscale and start producing more than before".

Even before the Iran war started, there was the concept that this all is a bubble, AFAIK upscaling to increase production levels is a very long term decision, it takes a lot of time and money and you cannot convert the infrastructure easily to do something else. If this is a bubble and they try to increase infrastructure (incurring in a lost of cost) and then the demand suddenly drops (because it was a bubble) they assume gigantic costs that may take them out of business, so they don't take the risk easily.

After the Iran war started now there is even shortage of some products required for production, due to them being either a byproduct of oil refinement, or because the strait of Hormuz being pretty closed, not sure what of those two it is or if it is both.

But in short: producing high-end silicon chips needs a lot of investment, a lot of time to get it running, and is a huge risk, so it's not easy like deciding to put a new factory and having it ready to go in less than ten years.
 
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Viri said:
Also, I own 2 Steam Decks, it's not worth 780 dollars, lmao.
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None of the gaming hardware is worth what's on the price tag now, that's the problem. Switch 2 is closest to being worth it before the price goes up, but the library really isn't there yet compared to Switch which can be had for much cheaper.
 
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Xzi said:
None of the gaming hardware is worth what's on the price tag now, that's the problem. Switch 2 is closest to being worth it before the price goes up, but the library really isn't there yet compared to Switch which can be had for much cheaper.
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Funny enough, people were making the same arguments about the Switch during its first year at USD $300 long before the current economic scenario (i.e. "library isn't there", "it's too weak for that price", etc), and it still beat the DS as the #2 best-selling gaming system. I can see the argument if 3D Mario/OoT-style Zelda is literally the only thing you care about, though.
 
ChronosNotashi said:
Funny enough, people were making the same arguments about the Switch during its first year at USD $300 long before the current economic scenario (i.e. "library isn't there", "it's too weak for that price", etc), and it still beat the DS as the #2 best-selling gaming system. I can see the argument if 3D Mario/OoT-style Zelda is literally the only thing you care about, though.
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Iunno, I know it's not factually true, but I still feel the sentiment. I think it's more down to personal taste, but it wasn't until two years ago that I had more games on Switch than my WiiU
 
ChronosNotashi said:
Funny enough, people were making the same arguments about the Switch during its first year at USD $300 long before the current economic scenario (i.e. "library isn't there", "it's too weak for that price", etc), and it still beat the DS as the #2 best-selling gaming system. I can see the argument if 3D Mario/OoT-style Zelda is literally the only thing you care about, though.
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And the Switch didn't have the benefit of playing an existing library like Switch 2 does, and Switch 2 actually helps with Switch 1 games which were bottlenecked in one form or another.
 
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Funny enough, people were making the same arguments about the Switch during its first year at USD $300 long before the current economic scenario (i.e. "library isn't there", "it's too weak for that price", etc), and it still beat the DS as the #2 best-selling gaming system. I can see the argument if 3D Mario/OoT-style Zelda is literally the only thing you care about, though.
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Difference there being that WiiU also had a very lackluster library, and the plan to quickly sunset it was apparent by the time Switch launched. 95% of what the casual audience would want to play will continue to release on Switch over the next five years, so it comes down to a couple killer apps to entice them. OoT remake and Pokemon can be enough to do the trick, as long as Winds&Waves actually do something interesting for mainline titles.
 

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