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Steam Deck sells out after price increase. Lol

People that want it are to to pay. I'm not a fan of the price but there has been a pent up demand from the shortages so naturally you would expect a surge.
 
K-shaped economy bro. Millionaires are numerous enough that they have become a dedicated mass market segment. Higher earning workers are thriving while everybody else is stagnating or falling.
 
Hardly justifiable at the prior price and definitely not worth it now. Hardware prices or not, that's an insane increase for OLD, slow, hardware.
 
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Wario must be in Spain...its been in stock (and still is) all day here in the states.

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schaft0620 said:
Wasn't it sold out before the price increase?
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https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steam_hardware/announcements/detail/672869045073085539

Steam Deck OLED is back in stock, with a price increase for both models due to rising memory and storage costs.

New prices (inclusive of VAT where applicable):
  • Steam Deck OLED 512GB: Now $789 USD; CAD 1,129; EUR 779; GBP 649; AUD 1,199; PLN 3,279
  • Steam Deck OLED 1TB: Now $949 USD; CAD 1,349; EUR 919; GBP 779; AUD 1,429; PLN 3,879
Steam Deck itself hasn't changed; these new prices reflect the current state of component costs and other global logistical challenges across the industry as a whole. We'll keep you updated if anything changes.

Read more about Steam Deck on its product page, and follow the Steam Hardware Blog to stay up-to-date on all Steam Hardware news.
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Either they had an insanely tiny restock, or people were just chomping at the bit, prices be damned. Or scalpers, possibly. I do like that they were very clear that this isn't anything new, and that the updated prices were solely due to an increase in component pricing. Not that it softens the blow on that price.
 
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Still up here in Merica. Look the vast majority are not going to buy consoles at this price. Gaming will collapse or we will all be using the cloud

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It is sold out in the US. They even had refurb units for a little bit, but I wasn't able to get past the payment part it kept saying my PayPal was invalid and then it was sold out 30secs later. Sucks I would have loved to have a backup for $280 or $320.
 
Lmao i have been heard about steamdeck being sell out since his inception and yet everytime someone say the total number sold is like a shit number compared to a switch :lollipop_grinning_sweat:
 
I sold my old last weekend just to upgrade to legion go 2. Steam deck really is not worth that price which is insane it sold out. Even here in uk you can still get used ones for around £500 on ebay which is realistically half price now
 
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So in other words, the Steam Machine will release anywhere from $400-500 more than it otherwise would have in a non 'market conditions' economy, and there's enough people around that will buy it.
 
LyricalShrike said:
K-shaped economy bro. Millionaires are numerous enough that they have become a dedicated mass market segment. Higher earning workers are thriving while everybody else is stagnating or falling.
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Instead of crying about being left behind you can start investing into the memory stocks, gpu stocks, AI stocks with 1$.

The problem is financial illiteracy is rampant and that's by design.
 
MarV0 said:
Instead of crying about being left behind you can start investing into the memory stocks, gpu stocks, AI stocks with 1$.

The problem is financial illiteracy is rampant and that's by design.
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The median household in the US only has around a grand or so left after tax each month, bills, and housing. Spending no money on entertainment and dumping everything into index funds would make them a millionaire in about thirty years after accounting for inflation. Thats median btw. Half are doing better half are doing worse.

People on the better end can easily have 12k discretionary per month. They can spend on things they enjoy and invest 6-7 times more per month than the median household. Having more capital to start, they can drive money into low risk stuff like housing since they can afford to finance. Companies are catering to that crowd because it's large enough to be a market segment and rich enough to absorb the price difference.
 
LyricalShrike said:
The median household in the US only has around a grand or so left after tax each month, bills, and housing. Spending no money on entertainment and dumping everything into index funds would make them a millionaire in about thirty years after accounting for inflation. Thats median btw. Half are doing better half are doing worse.

People on the better end can easily have 12k discretionary per month. They can spend on things they enjoy and invest 6-7 times more per month than the median household. Having more capital to start, they can drive money into low risk stuff like housing since they can afford to finance. Companies are catering to that crowd because it's large enough to be a market segment and rich enough to absorb the price difference.
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Don't need to be a millionaire to enjoy life and afford a Steam deck, don't be absurd.

If you dig into the data you will find out people with a lot of disposable income are very risk averse and most underperform the market by putting tons of money into safe assets.

You can definitely take more risks when you are young and become a millionaire by the time you hit mid-life. Every survey points out that young people overwhelmingly prioritize travelling over planning for the future and investing.

I'm not saying that young people don't have it hard but financial illiteracy among them holds them back for life.
 
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