Steam deck portable handheld gaming PC from Valve

Sludig

Sludig

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Needless said:
If this was actually around 750 with a decent amount of hdd space not the joke they offer it would actually be appealing. Unlucky
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Impossible in current environment, I've seen comparisons of DIY and they came up with a roughly $71 premium over if you just built it yourself.
 
spronk

spronk

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Noodleface said:
Who is this actually for at this price
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Sludig

Sludig

Potato del Grande
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oh i know and thats why its goofy as hell to buy this thing lol
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I mean 2 ways of looking at it. Goofy to buy this, but also goofy to buy any other weak machine at these prices. It was always expected to have these components pretty early on, people know it was poors or a 2ndary computer. Just market killed that. But that price disruption does the same thing, a build that was 1800, now can easily run 3k+ (depending whether we are considering 5090's vs compromising) So it's a just sucks to be a PC master race more than I see it as a fail on steams part
 
Fucker

Fucker

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Sludig said:
I mean 2 ways of looking at it. Goofy to buy this, but also goofy to buy any other weak machine at these prices. It was always expected to have these components pretty early on, people know it was poors or a 2ndary computer. Just market killed that. But that price disruption does the same thing, a build that was 1800, now can easily run 3k+ (depending whether we are considering 5090's vs compromising) So it's a just sucks to be a PC master race more than I see it as a fail on steams part
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That's all there is to it. I just did a quick rundown on PCpartspicker, and came up with pretty much the same price as Valve.

What you get with this is a small and mostly silent package that fits under the TV. 4 years ago, this would have been $399.

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Vorph

Vorph

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they say the steam OS can run shockingly efficiently compared to like a windows PC, but i dunno how that will handle stuff.
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The OS being efficient and not bloated can somewhat make up for weak cpu/gpu and low system RAM, but nothing can help you play modern games with only 8GB of VRAM.
 
Furry

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My sister, who has never owned a pc in her life, ordered a steam machine.
 
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Pasteton

Pasteton

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I’m signed up as well tho dunno if how big of a queue there is. But steams consistently been a respectable company and gabe , worth supporting them even with the ripoffs. Shit looks cool too, my diy of this would be an unoptimized trash heap even if cheaper
 
Pasteton

Pasteton

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The ps5 comparisons I don’t get because Sony takes a hit on every ps5 sale to draw people into their system and the subscription services and all that crap. This thing I can use with my tv and also use it like a console
 
Vorph

Vorph

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Pasteton said:
The ps5 comparisons I don’t get because Sony takes a hit on every ps5 sale to draw people into their system and the subscription services and all that crap. This thing I can use with my tv and also use it like a console
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Sony hasn't taken a hit since PS5 launch. Once they could actually meet the demand it's been completely in the black. Only time they had a dip is when the Pro launched they took a hit to non-Pro because the two models share a lot of the same production chain. Pretty sure after all the price hikes which vastly exceeded their actual cost increases both consoles are very profitable now. Especially once you take into account the ridiculous mark up on the Pro's "optional" accessories.
 
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