I got a OLED Steam Deck last year when they were still cheapish. I love it, but now that the prices have gone up I’m thinking “damn I could kinda use that extra money, I could get more than I paid for it if I sold now.”
On the other hand I’d kind of feel like a dirty scalper? You know, taking advantage of a price increase feels like I’d be ripping people off?
I like it and use it a fair amount, but it’s not like it’s much better than my laptop for games outside of having a way better screen (my laptop is not oled in the slightest but I could always buy a monitor if I really want pretty colours).
I’m not sure. Also like, I don’t feel like I should have something that is essentially an expensive treat when the world is like gestures around at everything plus I’m poor and probably should be saving more.
Buuuuut then there is also the thing of AI bubble making anything computer related super expensive for the foreseeable future so maybe I should hold on to it?
I wonder if we’ll be getting 3rd party companies making cheaper steam based hendhelds in the future. But with RAM and stuff being the way it is right now, who knows.
I don’t buy into this whole Protestant Work Ethic/Mandatory Leftist Asceticism dichotomy. Don’t feel like you have to give up your possessions because other people want you to feel that proletarians shouldn’t have access to luxuries.
There absolutely will not be any third party handhelds that undercut the Steam Deck, the only companies with a greater economy of scale than Valve are Sony and Microsoft and neither of them would ever decide to make a loss leader Linux handheld. Smaller manufacturers simply cannot make that financial decision without instantly bankrupting themselves, so continue to expect everything to become much more expensive.
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