I’m pretty sure they likely did what they did with the steam LCD, which was order an absolutely insane amount of units that they had stock for years. The semi-custom AMD chip they’re using likely needed a minimum order of millions of units.
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PonyOfWar@pawb.social 14 hours ago
Best case scenario is that they had already secured a RAM deal when the prices went mad, so they can now offer a good price. Even then, it might still be an issue for later batches though.
Zetta@mander.xyz 11 hours ago
Sunshine@piefed.ca 13 hours ago
If they got the deal secured, you bet your table the ordering website is gonna get slammed.
arudesalad@piefed.ca 13 hours ago
A week after it ships ebay will be full of “steam machine bring your own ram”
Telorand@reddthat.com 12 hours ago
Is it upgradeable? I assumed it would be soldered in.
Maybe we’ll see, “Some soldering required,” instead 😂
Soapbox@lemmy.zip 10 hours ago
They explicitly said it has user upgradeable ram. The graphics card is soldered on though. Its basically gaming laptop hardware.
Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 hours ago
It is, using SODIMMs (Laptop form factor)
osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org 12 hours ago
Given the proclivities of Valve and their hardware so far, i woud expect the gabecube to not have soldered ram.
FishFace@piefed.social 10 hours ago
Why would it be soldered? It’s not like it’s in a laptop with space constraints.
arudesalad@piefed.ca 12 hours ago
Considering how repairable the steam deck is, I wouldn’t be surprised if it is upgradable