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[–] 62 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Deck owners are about to be an exclusive club. It's sad.

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  • [+] 36 points 6 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (5 children)
  • [–] 30 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    The controller requires neither large memory nor storage so it shouldn't be affected.

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  • [+] 14 points 6 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)
  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    That's because they want to put it out at the same time as the machine and frame. They'll continue to be quiet until they secure the RAM they need or drop the other hardware due to shitty AI companies buying everything up.

    There's really not a lot to say about the controller until release.

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  • [–] [S] 27 points 6 months ago

    Looks like I got one of the last ones. Just got mine delivered on Wednesday.

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  • [–] 18 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Just use a VPN and buy one in, um, in, ah, let's see... Antarctica?

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  • [–] 14 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I’m glad I got one for one my friend’s birthday. Given the price of computer parts, I figured it was only a matter of time before that either went out of stock or skyrocketed in price.

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  • [–] 14 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    Valve was powerful enough to spearhead good consumer software.

    Could they do the same for hardware?

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  • [–] 33 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    That will be tough. The problem is the chip fabs. The entire auto industry couldn't get them to budge when they needed chips that the fabs didn't want to make, so I don't think Valve has any real chance.

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  • [–] 14 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    This. Building a new supply chain is no small feat and can take years of planning. We are all caught on our back foot by these contracts, unfortunately, even though no money has been spent and the data centers haven't been built.

    We're suffering for the collective delusion of billionaires.

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago

    Let's hope the rage of the gamers can make Sam Altman and the whole goddamn tech bubble get what it deserves. /s

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago

    I think Australia still has stock. They have a warning about intermittent stock outages but all SKUs were showing estimated 3-5 business day delivery time frame when put in the cart. Unless I am misreading something.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago

    I feel very fortunate for my excellent condition purchase off eBay.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    This is unfortunate for Indie Game devs too since I suspect deck owners will be more likely to purchase lesser known titles on the cheap.

    I definitely have been buying more indie games since my deck has been my main gaming rig. I don't have to worry about framerates dropping and many are deck certified which makes it easier to take a chance.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Is it published how many they have sold worldwide?

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    I am really really sad that I didn’t get the chance to upgrade to a OLED one. Had my LCD model since the release waves from the beginning 

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    I've seen them going for 1k on ebay already.

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