Valve made a mistake making the white steam deck limited

[Husky]

Not sure why they wouldn’t include it as a permanent item, it sold out in 4 minutes here in Australia and support told me they have no plans to restock it. Seems like a poor business decision to me. And of course as someone who missed, I’m a bit frustrated :/

[Broseph Joseph]

Scalpers delight.

[Ric]

You can find lots of cases of all colors for Steam Deck on the net...

[benj]

The Deck is still a young product that they need to figure out the demand for, so selling a new color in anything more than limited quantities is probably too risky. They don't want to manufacture more than they can sell after all. But I can see them offering a white version of the next-gen Deck if this goes well.

[Dobke]

So lucky I got mine then.

[ReBoot]

Limited editions are limited, that's kinda the whole point of limited editions. Speaking of business decisions, ever heard of economy of scale?

The mistake here is IMHO to make a white limited edition to begin with. White plastics look grey & ugly after few years of use no matter how dilligently you may wash your hands but that's just me B)

[Husky]

Limited editions are limited :) I’m saying they shouldn’t have made it limited have a nice day

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by Fairhall:

Limited editions are limited :) I’m saying they shouldn’t have made it limited have a nice day

As I just said, economy of scale. UMPCs is a niche market to begin with and then there's competing products. You don't want too many distinct models in your portfolio to compete with each other for buyers' money unless you got the market size to back permanent effort up.

This reasoning doesn't apply to limited editions because you don't need to scale their production up to begin with.

[Zerorecoil23]

Originally posted by sleepy:

The Deck is still a young product that they need to figure out the demand for, so selling a new color in anything more than limited quantities is probably too risky. They don't want to manufacture more than they can sell after all. But I can see them offering a white version of the next-gen Deck if this goes well.

Maybe soon valve will colaboration like nintendo, who know. valve seem still check wave on market

[Thomastronaut]

Originally posted by Broseph Joseph:

Scalpers delight.

Unlikely as you could only buy one per account.

[metal_hamster]

It's a steam deck but it's white. You're not missing out on anything.

[Punkovich]

So if you had managed to snag one, you would have had no problem with it being limited...

[Husky]

Originally posted by Punkovich:

So if you had managed to snag one, you would have had no problem with it being limited...

I don’t buy into limited edition items holding more value, I don’t buy into I have mine so you shouldn’t get yours. I’m for any product that is limited edition being made widespread available if there is a wanted market for it. maybe I’m in a minority with this mindset. You’re welcome to think what wish about me 🤷‍♂️ clearly know me very well from my 1 comment