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Steam Deck sells out in North America within 24 hours of price hike
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People think americans have no money for anything. This might be true for tens of millions of americans! But there are hundreds of millions of them... and a lot of them have 1k to throw around like it's nothing.
It's just not much money for most of us. Just check our grocery bills, electricity bills, mortgages... a one time 1k is just not much. Especially true for urban areas with millions of inhabitants where rents start around 2k a month and go much, much higher.
Some people are just really into gaming and don't spend money on other stuff.
imagine if your entire fun money budget for years was like... 1k. How many decades would it take you to save up for a used toyota corolla with 100k miles that is about ten years old?
It used to not be that much money for me; it feels like they realized that and they went “oh, you have money huh? Well then you can afford to pay THESE prices!!”
They also have credit cards.