Steam Deck Ambassador Program

[Flatline]

So have seen discussions about discounts and what not for the OLED Steam Deck. I do think the new Steam Deck looks cool. I do think it would have been nice to see Valve announce it much earlier. I have friends that bought them recently after getting to miss around with mine. In fact my best friends son saved up money and recently bought one. Feel like they didn't get the opportunity they should have.

Despite all this though I had an idea. When Nintendo Launched the Nintendo 3DS it did pretty well but to really try and push up sales they dropped the price a a whopping $80 from $249 to $169.

In order to help lessen the blow to the early adopters they started the Nintendo Ambassador Program for those that paid $249. They gave them 20 games as well as other perks.

If Steam Deck owners aren't going to be offered discounts perhaps Steam could Start an Ambassador Program and do something for those of us that pre-ordered. Even maybe tier it based on what model you purchased. I probably say that as I had a day one $650 model lol.

I think it would be a great way to show customer loyalty. The Steam Deck seemed awesome to a lot of people but it wasn't until they saw what it could do in person that led to a lot of people purchasing them. I know my friends wouldn't of purchased one if they hadn't gotten to use mine.

Just a thought and suggestion but one I think Valve should consider. What are your guys thoughts?

[Boblin the Goblin]

Origineel geplaatst door Mad Scientist:

Origineel geplaatst door Flatline:

Well guess it looks like not that many people wanted to upgrade. I mean hours later you can still buy the limited edition. Valve told Linus Tech Tips they had so few Limited Editions they wouldn't send him one so he visited their headquarters to see it. Yet still available. Maybe the community isn't as thrilled about a slightly upgraded one last minute as Valve expected.

It's also only available in the USA & Canada, "while supplies last" which could be a large number.

Also, LTT isn't a very good source, not giving him stuff for free is actually a good move from a business perspective. He's more trouble than he's worth for hardware companies since he gives bad information to consumers a decent amount of the time.

He never actually apologized fully for that whole ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ with the 3rd party GPU cooler did he?

[Flatline]

Origineel geplaatst door SlowMango:

Origineel geplaatst door Mad Scientist:

It's also only available in the USA & Canada, "while supplies last" which could be a large number.

Also, LTT isn't a very good source, not giving him stuff for free is actually a good move from a business perspective. He's more trouble than he's worth for hardware companies since he gives bad information to consumers a decent amount of the time.

He never actually apologized fully for that whole ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ with the 3rd party GPU cooler did he?

They did a long apology video and took off nearly two weeks of uploading content to try and create a work flow that got things right instead of just getting content out. They also have a new CEO running things that has real world experience doing it. So feel like they have been better since coming back. Still not the best but much better.

I think they paid out the gpu company for the expenses of everything lost plus a bit more if I recall.

They are spending tons of money an pro equipment to do proper testing. While I still prefer channels like Gamers Nexus LTT has definitely at least gotten a bit better.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Origineel geplaatst door Flatline:

Origineel geplaatst door SlowMango:

He never actually apologized fully for that whole ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ with the 3rd party GPU cooler did he?

They did a long apology video and took off nearly two weeks of uploading content to try and create a work flow that got things right instead of just getting content out. They also have a new CEO running things that has real world experience doing it. So feel like they have been better since coming back. Still not the best but much better.

I think they paid out the gpu company for the expenses of everything lost plus a bit more if I recall.

They are spending tons of money an pro equipment to do proper testing. While I still prefer channels like Gamers Nexus LTT has definitely at least gotten a bit better.

His reputation was not worth the investment sending him a free Limited Edition model. That's just how things work.

[Flatline]

Origineel geplaatst door Mad Scientist:

Origineel geplaatst door Flatline:

Well guess it looks like not that many people wanted to upgrade. I mean hours later you can still buy the limited edition. Valve told Linus Tech Tips they had so few Limited Editions they wouldn't send him one so he visited their headquarters to see it. Yet still available. Maybe the community isn't as thrilled about a slightly upgraded one last minute as Valve expected.

It's also only available in the USA & Canada, "while supplies last" which could be a large number.

Also, LTT isn't a very good source, not giving him stuff for free is actually a good move from a business perspective. He's more trouble than he's worth for hardware companies since he gives bad information to consumers a decent amount of the time.

I think they should of just offered limited run on all OLED models with the new limited edition shell. Making you go $30 over the price on the most expensive model with so many competitors out there with faster handhelds pushes it even closer into their territory. Think it would of sold better on the midrange model.

[Boblin the Goblin]

Origineel geplaatst door Flatline:

Origineel geplaatst door Mad Scientist:

It's also only available in the USA & Canada, "while supplies last" which could be a large number.

Also, LTT isn't a very good source, not giving him stuff for free is actually a good move from a business perspective. He's more trouble than he's worth for hardware companies since he gives bad information to consumers a decent amount of the time.

I think they should of just offered limited run on all OLED models with the new limited edition shell. Making you go $30 over the price on the most expensive model with so many competitors out there with faster handhelds pushes it even closer into their territory. Think it would of sold better on the midrange model.

Weird how those others don't perform as well as the Deck when out at the same power draw for near the same price.

[Flatline]

Origineel geplaatst door SlowMango:

Origineel geplaatst door Flatline:

I think they should of just offered limited run on all OLED models with the new limited edition shell. Making you go $30 over the price on the most expensive model with so many competitors out there with faster handhelds pushes it even closer into their territory. Think it would of sold better on the midrange model.

Weird how those others don't perform as well as the Deck when out at the same power draw for near the same price.

Well most if not all of those I have seen are also running higher resolution displays. Not that I mind the Steam Deck's display resolution for the size.