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  • ampersandrew@lemmy.worldOP
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    10 小时前

    I don’t think there’s a danger of that person accidentally buying this thing, as you can only buy it from Valve and not Walmart. From a casually overheard conversation on the subway last week, I can tell you that someone who is seemingly “the average NBA 2K player” is pissed off at the upcharge for PS+ just to make his game function in multiplayer, and that guy is aware of the Steam Deck.

    • bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works
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      9 小时前

      True. But think of clueless parents getting it for their kids for Christmas…

      “Oh timmy uses that steam thing. Let’s get him this!”

      can’t play fortnite, meltdown ensues

      • ampersandrew@lemmy.worldOP
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        9 小时前

        I think that risk is still reduced because the parent wouldn’t have their own Steam account to reserve one. For at least months, anyone buying one of these is probably going to be someone very intentionally doing so.

      • thiscat@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        9 小时前

        yeah like parents really know what is steam and how big it is when i told my mom i want to create a steam account and buy games from there she genuinely feared it might be a scam most parents dont know about steam at all the only thing they know are the big 3 Xbox PlayStation and Nintendo

        • kossa@feddit.org
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          5 小时前

          That means we came some way already. Back in the 90ies everything you could play on was a “(Super) Nintendo”.

          “Go play your Nintendo” - handwaves in the general direction of the family PC 😅.

        • bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works
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          8 小时前

          Haha likely true. Still, some folks see it as useless if you can’t play the most popular games on it that all your friends play