Comment on Should I say fuck it and buy a steam deck now? Before all the tariffs hit.

Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

I didn’t think valve will change the price due to tariffs. The deck was originally sold at a major loss to reach valve’s target pricing, and they can afford to lose money on it because it drives game sales.

The deck has sold a lot more than expected, which has brought manufacturing costs down. I suspect the Deck fully profitable now, but if tariffs make it unprofitable again I’m pretty sure valve would rather eat a loss on the hardware and keep enjoying the increased software sales per steam deck owner.

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