Comment on Steam Deck sales still going strong over three years later

• MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Fair enough. But that only further confuses me on how you came to the conclusion you did.

  Surely it’s enough for a given product to be worth the price one pays at the time of purchase, and for that product to not lose that value with age. Judge a product for what it is, not what it will be.

  We almost certainly are getting a second controller, but that will in no way take away, nor improve, the value that people who bought and still use the first one got and get out of it.

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  • donuts@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Surely it’s enough for a given product to either be worth the price one pays at the time of purchase, or not be. Judge a product for what it is, not what it will be.

    Yeah, that makes sense. I guess it’s more of a principle thing. I don’t need a Steam Deck so it’s easier to distance myself making a purchase and wait it out. Didn’t feel like only seeing a piece of hardware be continued for a few years (3 years for the Steam Machine and Steam Link, 4 for the Steam Controller) based on track record.

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    • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Again, what do you mean “continued”?

      The only impact the discontinuation of those devices had on the people who bought them, is that they can’t buy another. Aside from that, they still work. You’re talking as if the “end” of sale is a point in time where owning the products somehow stops being worth it, or like the device ceases to exist on that day. But I know you know otherwise.

      If the Deck stops being sold tomorrow, that has zero impact on the one I already have, save for the possible decline in spare parts available.

      There are lots of reasons to wait to buy something, but “they might stop selling them” seems more like a reason to get something you want to have sooner, rather than later. So that when sales stop, you have one you can keep.

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      • donuts@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        If the Deck stops being sold tomorrow, that has zero impact on the one I already have, save for the possible decline in spare parts available.

        Yes, exactly. Getting it repaired (both within and outside of warranty) and spare parts availability.

        Software eventually too, but usually that takes a while longer.

        There are lots of reasons to wait to buy something, but “they might stop selling them” seems more like a reason to get something you want to have sooner, rather than later.

        Would you have bought a Steam Deck if Valve would stop producing them after 3 years? I wouldn’t.

        Not saying you shouldn’t though, each to their own and all that.

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