▲ 265 ▼ The Steam Frame Officially Has FCC Certification To Sell In The USA - Steam Deck HQ (steamdeckhq.com) submitted 3 weeks ago by IamSparticles@lemmy.zip to c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz 51 comments fedilink hide all child comments Hopefully a launch/preorder announcement is coming soon.
[–] noyou@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children) The quest 3 is being sold for under €600. Why are we expecting over 1000 for it? permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) Because Valve manufactures hardware for profit, Meta subsidizes the hell out of it and sells it at a loss to get you into their walled garden. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] noyou@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 weeks ago Right. Good point permalink fedilink source parent [–] oatscoop@midwest.social 4 points 3 weeks ago* (1 child) In addition to the other answers: I'm a huge VR fan, but gave away my quest 3 and haven't used VR since. Fuck corporate surveillance, fuck Zuckerberg, and fuck walled gardens. I will gladly pay 3x the cost for a similar device that isn't a locked down, walled garden, surveillance nightmare made by a company owned by an unrepentant fascist. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] noyou@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago Yeah im reluctantly using mine until this comes out. Dont mind if its more expensive permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) Because Valve manufactures hardware for profit, Meta subsidizes the hell out of it and sells it at a loss to get you into their walled garden. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] noyou@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 weeks ago Right. Good point permalink fedilink source parent
[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 4 points 3 weeks ago* (1 child) In addition to the other answers: I'm a huge VR fan, but gave away my quest 3 and haven't used VR since. Fuck corporate surveillance, fuck Zuckerberg, and fuck walled gardens. I will gladly pay 3x the cost for a similar device that isn't a locked down, walled garden, surveillance nightmare made by a company owned by an unrepentant fascist. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] noyou@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago Yeah im reluctantly using mine until this comes out. Dont mind if its more expensive permalink fedilink source parent
[–] noyou@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago Yeah im reluctantly using mine until this comes out. Dont mind if its more expensive permalink fedilink source parent