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Steam Deck OLED is once again available for purchase

Steam Deck OLED 512GB: Now $789 USD; CAD 1,129; EUR 779; GBP 649; AUD 1,199; PLN 3,279

Steam Deck OLED 1TB: Now $949 USD; CAD 1,349; EUR 919; GBP 779; AUD 1,429; PLN 3,879

  • thingsiplay ( thingsiplay@lemmy.ml ) 
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    5 months ago

    Th 512GB OLED model still cost under 800 Dollars. Steam Machine does not include any OLED display, controller or battery. And it does not need to fit in small size. So there are things that help the Steam Machine compared to a handheld. Let’s say you have already a controller and decide to get the cheapest 512GB model of Steam Machine.

      • thingsiplay ( thingsiplay@lemmy.ml ) 
        5·
        5 months ago

        Not having a screen is not going to lower the price much.

        Off course not having a screen will lower the price much, especially if we talk about OLED. It does not affect the price as much as memory, but it helps not having it. And that is not even the only thing. Yes, the Steam Machine has some other stuff going on over the Steam Deck, like 8GB of additional VRAM (oof) and bigger and better CPU. I am aware of that and that was not my point. I was talking about all the other non memory stuff, that combined still has impact on the price.

            • iamthetot ( iamthetot@piefed.ca ) English
              5·
              5 months ago

              The conversation so far has been (paraphrasing) …

              1. Lemmchen: “Wow steam machines are gonna be expensive”, on a thread specifically about a massive price hike on Steam Decks (due to memory pricing)
              2. You: “Well maybe not, machines won’t have OLED screens, battery, and optional controller”
              3. Femtek: “yeah but those things aren’t why steam Decks are having this huge price hike. They are going up because of memory” memory is a shared component between Decks and machines.
              4. You: “yes, those things will impact the price, but these other things that the machine won’t have will also impact the price.”
              5. Femtek: “not by the same amount”
              6. You: “I wasn’t arguing that”

              What point were you trying to make if not that having no screen/optional controller would offset the increased memory prices?

              • thingsiplay ( thingsiplay@lemmy.ml ) 
                1·
                5 months ago

                I think you guys don’t read the context of the message. I was responding to:

                Well, here goes the hope for a sub-1000€ Steam machine.

                In which I tried to explain there is hope for a machine under 1000 Euros, because the machine just don’t add up in price, but there are parts that make it cheaper to produce. So your paraphrasing therefore incomplete and misleading.

                • iamthetot ( iamthetot@piefed.ca ) English
                  1·
                  5 months ago

                  I very much included that context.

                  Lemmchen: “Wow steam machines are gonna be expensive”, on a thread specifically about a massive price hike on Steam Decks (due to memory pricing)

                  Your comment just now once again reaffirms that you were trying to make the case that the machine’s lack of screen, battery, and optional controller will indeed offset the expected price increases of the memory.

                  Everyone here is just trying to tell you that they disagree with your expectation/prediction.

                  But that’s all any of us is doing, after all, is predicting.

                  We think that the memory increases will be more impactful than not having a screen, battery (super negligible because it needs a power supply anyway), and optional controller, leading to a steam machine that will be over €1,000.

                  If you do also believe that, absolutely none of your comments make any sense.

    • Lemmchen ( Lemmchen@feddit.org ) English
      2·
      5 months ago

      Instead of a battery + USB power supply, you have a “normal” power supply. The controller parts of the Deck are basically in the Steam Controller, plus the dock/dongle. The Machine has a huge chunk of metal on the chips to dissipate the additional heat, which also adds to the cost. All of this still needs to fit in an incredibly small form factor and has better, more expensive components plus more RAM in total. Add ~20% VAT because that’s how prices are calculated in the EU.
      I say the cheapest we might see for a variant with included contoller is 900€ and that’s probably if we’re lucky.