The RAM and SSD have gotten that much more expensive to source. Anyone who sells a product with similar components either raises their price, or takes a loss.
Even laggy crap DDR4 RAM is at almost $6/GB; DDR5 (like the Deck uses) is double that. The absolute cheapest appropriate-sized 512GB M.2 drive is $100, from a no-name brand. The whole market has gone down the tubes thanks to AI companies buying up absolutely everything.
Holy fuck. How is it even competitive at this price?
Competitive with what, buying your own computer? Because that stuff is expensive too.
With the switch. Or the asus rog handheld, which as of now is only what, 50€ more? ( wonder how much that one will last at that price tho )
Those both went up in price as well. Everything with computer chips in it has gone up in price.
The RAM and SSD have gotten that much more expensive to source. Anyone who sells a product with similar components either raises their price, or takes a loss.
Even laggy crap DDR4 RAM is at almost $6/GB; DDR5 (like the Deck uses) is double that. The absolute cheapest appropriate-sized 512GB M.2 drive is $100, from a no-name brand. The whole market has gone down the tubes thanks to AI companies buying up absolutely everything.
It isn’t.
All it’s competitors also increased.