Valve recently raised the price on the Steam Deck, making the handheld gaming PC cost up to $949 for the 1TB OLED model. While that's a massive $300 increase over its original price, the Steam Deck is once again sold out.

Valve recently raised the price on the Steam Deck, making the handheld gaming PC cost up to $949 for the 1TB OLED model. While that’s a massive $300 increase over its original price, the Steam Deck is once again sold out.

    • Colonel Panic@programming.devEnglish
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      1 hour ago

      at that price point, the R36S clones on Aliexpress, i got one on sale for ~€22. they play everything up to ps1/dreamcast, n64 not so much though. the romsets they come with and their metadata are really bad, and the sd card is prone to die spontaneously, so it requires some tinkering

    • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      13 hours ago

      For $35 I’m guessing whatever on FB marketplace.

      Android phones tend to become pretty worthless after like 5 years, but are still perfectly good for emulation. Hell 10 years ago I was emulating the DS without any issues.

      • minfapper@piefed.socialEnglish
        4·
        11 hours ago

        Just make sure you don’t store any personal data on those devices. They become useless because they slowly turn into a security nightmare

      • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        11 hours ago

        I want to get something with a physical D-pad and buttons off Aliexpress or whatever, but I have no idea how to sort through all the random no-name choices. The only other criteria I have is that I want it to be fully Free Software with no malware and the best value for money I can find.