They’ve definitely had new steam decks on sale before. Mine was 20% off just last year.
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rtxn@lemmy.world 2 hours agoI don’t think they’ve ever had any sales for hardware. The only discounted hardware I’ve seen was the refurbished Deck.
TwiddleTwaddle@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 hours ago
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 hour ago
That was before the RAM shortage. It’s going to be at least 1 full year before RAM price start going down and they can offer discounts. Unless the AI bubble pops. And that’ll have huge economic consequences.
PonyOfWar@pawb.social 2 hours ago
The original Steam Controller and Steam link went on sale for about 5€ each.
iamthetot@piefed.ca 1 hour ago
They have absolutely had sales on their hardware. I am pretty sure they’ve put deck on sale every year since it came out.
As for building my own, yeah I know, and I’ve considered it many times. But I absolutely dread working in small form factor, and this thing’s size was one of the main appeals for me.