Need a steam deck price drop

[76561199281265327]

reason being is after watching some videos of steam deck it has become clear that steam deck is actually being used to steam link and remote play high end games in alot of the videos

this is misrepresenting the actual ability of steam decks hardware

steam deck will run low demanding games great

it can not however run demanding high end titles directly it can only steam link remote play them when a more powerful computer is actually running the game.

for this reason i believe that users deserve a fair price for this piece of hardware

reasonable price

200 dollars for the low end model
300 for the mid range
400 for the expanded range

this is my opinion because if you really want the steam deck to succeed you need to get it to the players you need to not get stuck with hardware that is quickly becoming out dated and you need a player base that can use it.

currently steam deck is not for everyone it is a low grade hand held desktop computer, it is not a gaming pc it does not have the hardware capable of handling high end games.

you might not like it but i don't think customers will like buying something that none of the games they want to play will work on. it will lead to mistrust and misrepresentation to the customer that will ultimately create failure.

best of luck with this to steam marketing i will look foward to your price drop and to possibly owning your hardware.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

引用自 New Login for Fallout76：

Need a steam deck price drop

reason being is after watching some videos of steam deck it has become clear that steam deck is actually being used to steam link and remote play high end games in alot of the videos

this is misrepresenting the actual ability of steam decks hardware

steam deck will run low demanding games great

it can not however run demanding high end titles directly it can only steam link remote play them when a more powerful computer is actually running the game.

for this reason i believe that users deserve a fair price for this piece of hardware

reasonable price

200 dollars for the low end model
300 for the mid range
400 for the expanded range

this is my opinion because if you really want the steam deck to succeed you need to get it to the players you need to not get stuck with hardware that is quickly becoming out dated and you need a player base that can use it.

currently steam deck is not for everyone it is a low grade hand held desktop computer, it is not a gaming pc it does not have the hardware capable of handling high end games.

you might not like it but i don't think customers will like buying something that none of the games they want to play will work on. it will lead to mistrust and misrepresentation to the customer that will ultimately create failure.

best of luck with this to steam marketing i will look foward to your price drop and to possibly owning your hardware.

The price is nearly on par with what they paid to manufacture it.

AND Valve also pays for the shipping. In the EU and UK, they also pay for VAT since that is included in the price.

You can't stop people from being dumb and using it like a streaming device.

[**DeiRowtag]

The price is actually great for what the machine can propose

[Blueberry {JESUS IS LORD}]

steam deck can run gtav and cyberpunk2077 nativly on medium settings at 60 fps thats not streaming thats running nativly

https://steamcommunity.com/app/271590/discussions/0/3278067618875079356/

[Cathulhu]

Tell everyone you have no idea of hardware pricing without saying you have no idea about hardware pricing.

The SteamDeck is already aggressively priced and Valve pretty much makes no money with it.

Your suggestion would make the SteamDeck a colossal money loss.

[76561199281265327]

引用自 Cathulhu：

Tell everyone you have no idea of hardware pricing without saying you have no idea about hardware pricing.

The SteamDeck is already aggressively priced and Valve pretty much makes no money with it.

Your suggestion would make the SteamDeck a colossal money loss.

not selling a steam deck will make it a colossal money loss, just read a few reviews by real users who aren't sitting around steam desks trying to sway public opinion and you will find the cons out weight the pros

[AmsterdamHeavy]

Oh. Look.

Another MBA. That hardware barely breaks even.

[Cathulhu]

This thing right now is constantly in the top seller list on Steam.
It does well enough without a discount.

Just like the Index VR gear, which wasn't discounted even ONCE since its release.

[Boblin the Goblin]

As proven very thouroughly in the other thread, you have no idea what the Deck is or is able to do.

You have shown a great misunderstanding of technology and specifically the Deck itself. You have been corrected and ignored those corrections.

At this point, you are just trying to stir the pot and get responses correcting you that you will ignore drag out this topic.

[Bee🐝]

I’m quite happy with playing games natively on my Deck - Cyberpunk and No Man Sky has been lovely. It’s priced quite competitively.

Also, versatility is a benefit, not a negative. Being able to stream my Xbox copy of RDR2 to my Deck using Greenlight is an absolute bonus. Don’t understand what your issue with streaming is?

This sounds a bit like sour grapes…

[Cathulhu]

Maybe the OP should take a look at Logitech GCloud. That is a streaming only device utilizing Geforce Now.

While it can run android native apps, it struggles in doing so.

[Boblin the Goblin]

For anyone wanting context of OP, here they are in the thread I am referencing in my comment.

[76561199281265327]

with steams multitude of gamers i find it very odd that all the questionable steam representives pop up at the first price drop post, i have see a large amount of you in other steam discussions posts and i have to question, where are all the real users.

i don't think there is one real user on steam that wouldn't welcome seeing a steam deck price drop to make it affordable for them to own a piece of hardware that really isn't needed.

as for valve index VR is very stagnant so i don't think index is selling at all now a days. steam deck might be in somewhat higher demand but every time steam has to RMA one back cause it can't do what it says or reimburse someone its a loss.

it is better to give everyone in the world a steam deck for a good price then a few people get over charged and the device dies.

this is a purely a marketing strategy that big console companies use as well, nintendo switch was not successful because of its hardware or its games, it was successful because its nintendo and people buy nintendo because of the franchise name.

if steam really wants to be successful it has to aquire this same type of branding that says, oh its steam you know its good and you buy it. this will only happen it people willing make the first steps to purchase from steam

selling them a steam deck at a lower price, great price opens the door up to them buying more games, more people to sell games on steam to and to market.


while you all might see a little picture of item cost , i see a big picture of users on steam , sales to be made by delivering the people hardware they currently would like to have.

i am just a gamer that apprently likes the worst game in gaming history fallout 76
maybe the radiation leaked into my brain, maybe i got bit one to many times by a irradiated ghoul.

or maybe my tinfoil hats on straight and i missed the lastest mind control update and now have the ability to control the world around us and offer the people.

HOPE

im not crazy i just really love gaming, steam deck i want to love you too, but i can't love you if your in a box in a warehouse costing to much money.

[Boblin the Goblin]

引用自 New Login for Fallout76：

with steams multitude of gamers i find it very odd that all the questionable steam representives pop up at the first price drop post, i have see a large amount of you in other steam discussions posts and i have to question, where are all the real users.

i don't think there is one real user on steam that wouldn't welcome seeing a steam deck price drop to make it affordable for them to own a piece of hardware that really isn't needed.

as for valve index VR is very stagnant so i don't think index is selling at all now a days. steam deck might be in somewhat higher demand but every time steam has to RMA one back cause it can't do what it says or reimburse someone its a loss.

it is better to give everyone in the world a steam deck for a good price then a few people get over charged and the device dies.

this is a purely a marketing strategy that big console companies use as well, nintendo switch was not successful because of its hardware or its games, it was successful because its nintendo and people buy nintendo because of the franchise name.

if steam really wants to be successful it has to aquire this same type of branding that says, oh its steam you know its good and you buy it. this will only happen it people willing make the first steps to purchase from steam

selling them a steam deck at a lower price, great price opens the door up to them buying more games, more people to sell games on steam to and to market.


while you all might see a little picture of item cost , i see a big picture of users on steam , sales to be made by delivering the people hardware they currently would like to have.

i am just a gamer that apprently likes the worst game in gaming history fallout 76
maybe the radiation leaked into my brain, maybe i got bit one to many times by a irradiated ghoul.

or maybe my tinfoil hats on straight and i missed the lastest mind control update and now have the ability to control the world around us and offer the people.

HOPE

im not crazy i just really love gaming, steam deck i want to love you too, but i can't love you if your in a box in a warehouse costing to much money.

Not a representative, just calling out lies when I see them.

Look at the competitors of the Steam Deck, they are almost twice as much and they perform worse because they just slapped Windows on the device and didn't make a custom OS and custom hardware to work with that OS.

You're wanting the Deck to be priced around the same as a Switch. The Deck can emulate Switch games better than the Switch can naively run them.

There are plenty of people dedicated to reviewing handheld PCs and tech and general that you can look at but refuse to.

[76561199281265327]

I don't want to look at other options of handhelds, i don't want to see what competition wants to offer cause that will make me less passionate about steam deck, Im only doing any of this cause i care not cause i want to see anything fail. if i didn't care i wouldn't bother looking or posting,



honestly steam link via a tablet kinda blew my mind i tried it the other day and was like wow

it was difficult to use with my tablet on the game i was playing, mostly due to small screen high resolution on native computer and tiny X controls on the game screen but it was fun to play around with on my couch down stairs, my PC is upstairs

in all honesty i want a steam deck but price and over all usefulness of the device limits my need,

wanting and needing controls the market, as stated before its a luxury item and items that are luxury take a back seat to items that are needed.

nobody needs a steam deck its a purely want item, that being said i want to see steam deck succeed but that doesn't happen if nobody wants to get it to the users for a fair price.

if i buy steam deck i take a 400 dollar loss, if it breaks i lose my whole 400

if steam doesn't sell a steam deck they will take a 200 or 300 dollar loss, and eventually it will be useless, the fact that as a user i should take a loss for the hardware doesn't sit well with me.

specially when buying a steam deck is supporting steams market and steams user base.

some thoughts on this for everyone interested in steam deck.

[Bee🐝]

引用自 nullable：

Ah yes, people don't agree with me, they must be paid shills for Valve...

Keep trying, I want to see how many foolish tropes you can fall back on to dismiss valid criticisms of your ideas and claims.

Did you get your Valve cheque in the mail this week? I must’ve miss mine.

Hats off for Valve for equally paying off everyone on the Steam Deck Reddit and Discord. They really care about the community.