Steam Deck

[Dragon Lord]

I wouldn't be surprised if we see the Steam Machine launch at or slightly above $1,500 at this point.

Also I love that people are absolutely adamant on defending Valve for this, saying that it's not their fault and it's the economy/AI increasing cost of RAM so much.

Fair. Problem with that though? These are the same people who were trying to rip Nintendo, PlayStation and Xbox apart for increasing their price of their consoles by $50-$150, endlessly talking about how greedy they were being and how they are anti-consumer. But the moment Valve does it, and by a whole hell of a lot more, they are calmly talking about how Valve had to do it because they were forced to by the market prices and how bad the economy is and yada yada.

It will never not amaze me how far people will go to defend Valve while tearing away at other companies for doing the same thing under the same circumstances. At this point Valve could release the Steam Machine at $5,000 and the fanboys would find a way to defend it and justify how you should be thankful and grateful to give so much of your money to such an amazing company.

Man, I was worried about paying the extra $50 if I didn't buy a PS Portal before the price increase. That seems like nothing now. Though it really is a shame because I did want to pick up a Steam Deck some day because it did seem kind of fun and I'd want it for the same reason I wanted a Portal -- just so I could play games while chilling some where else and not being tethered to my PC/TV. But it looks like that isn't going to be happening unless something happens to allow prices to go back down to their original points. I don't care how much I like using Steam, I am NEVER paying $1,000 for a Steam Deck.