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More People Are Pre-ordering The $100 Edition Of GTA 6 (insider-gaming.com)
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This is why gamers will continue to be screwed by the industry.

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[-] Soulinyx@piefed.world 1 points 6 hours ago

People were highly anticipating a machine from Valve that was affordable, flexible, versatile and able to give mid-range to higher-mid-range PCs a run for their money that you had to build.

I remember arguing with someone on a discord channel about its pricing. He was adamant that the price was going to be around $500 ~ $600 to keep the competition. I kept arguing back that with the prices about where hardware has gone for PCs that it will be more pricier. He was $400 off and there are people like him out there, who're that gullible to believe Valve is on their side.

Gamers in general are known to be gullible. Buying a Steam Machine at $1,000 because it was made by Valve, proves this. I would argue that Valve should've just have upgraded the Steam Deck and I find that a far more worthwhile device.

[-] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 hours ago

From what I read, the Steam Machine actually was supposed to be that affordable, but they really didn't have much choice to have the current price point without having to sacrifice performance.

The market for PC parts is fucked.

[-] jacksilver@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Yeah, that's what I was getting at. I'm not sure how someone is gullible for buying hardware around market rates. Like yeah, it sucks that everything is so expensive, but unless you're buying used that's just the way things are right now.

[-] Soulinyx@piefed.world 1 points 5 hours ago

I get that part and everyone did speculate that months and weeks before we got the price reveal. It's just, why would someone ignore the market of PC components then expect Valve to be the difference maker? But, that didn't matter because "valve made it, so I buy, just like I do when I buy games I won't play from their holiday sales :B"

[-] raze2012@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

I would argue that Valve should’ve just have upgraded the Steam Deck and I find that a far more worthwhile device.

They still do plan making a Steam Deck 2. But given that the Steam Deck OLED also needed a 300 dollar price hike, it's clear that it would have had a similar fate. IDK how many steam deck players being ready to pay 4 figures for a handheld.

( I say this owning an 800 dollar GPD Win 4).

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