Comment on Steam Deck LCD 256GB on sale for 20% off ($400 -> $320)
donuts@lemmy.world 1 week agoValve originally expected to lose money on every Steam Deck sold, but thanks to high volume of units sold and other factors this ended up not being the case. Link? I thought they never confirmed whether they were making a profit on hardware or not
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
I’m not sure they ever said it explicitly, but they said that selling the original 64GB LCD deck for $400 was a “painful” price point, and there were hardware pricing estimates that guessed each steam deck cost Valve around $500-550 at launch. It’s been awhile since I looked at it, I’ll see if I can get some of the relevant quotes together.