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.

  • mesa@piefed.social
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    13 hours ago

    I think the difference is that in 10 years when the steam deck is on its final legs, we can still play our games unlike most other consoles.

    It might be a spare laptop, steam machine, or something else entirely. But we will presumibly be able to play.

    • CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works
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      11 hours ago

      I can still play games on my 13 year old PS4, 20 year old Xbox 360, 30 year old N64, etc. What are you talking about? The PS5 is already 6 years old and shows no signs of not being able to play games.

      • kboos1@lemmy.world
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        10 hours ago

        At least until Sony and Microsoft shutdown the servers for the consoles and they can’t validate themselves anymore.

        If Valve ever stops supporting the SD and you still want to use it so some reason, then just install a new clean OS or just leave it in desktop mode and move on with life.

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      11 hours ago

      True, but thats also true for every other modern gaming handheld other then the switch/switch 2 since they all run windows, linux or android

      Either way doesn’t invalidate my point