Why couldn’t they make it affordable at around 50 bucks?
Because it makes economic sense to get higher profit margins for peripherals to offset the memory costs for Deck, Frame, and Machine. Gabe’s comment regarding 64GB Deck’s price gave me the impression they rather go that route.
There are good and affordable 8bitdo controllers available anyway, so there are alternatives.
Except I saw predictions of 80+ already before the ram crisis.
They sold the original controller at an affordable price, why not do the same now? They make hella margin on the steam store so no need to fleece customers for the peripherals
We know it is wireless, has a gyro, and on top of all basic controller functions has two trackpads with extra haptics, so it’s unlikely that it will be cheap.
Essentially the same as the original controller with just an extra joystick.
The Deck has all that + screen+computer+speakers for as low as 400. The controller part is not 1/4 of the cost there.
Plus the components are essentially the same as for the deck, so less cost for the RnD and the manufacturing.
If it’s priced higher than ~60 it better work perfectly with the system/games, unlike the Deck which has many issues with multiple controllers.
I’ll gladly spend around200 buck for a 4 pack if that means I can reliably play couch games with my friends, but imagine having to spend more than what a used Deck costs for 4 controllers 💀
Why is everyone guessing high prices?
Why couldn’t they make it affordable at around 50 bucks?
Because it makes economic sense to get higher profit margins for peripherals to offset the memory costs for Deck, Frame, and Machine. Gabe’s comment regarding 64GB Deck’s price gave me the impression they rather go that route.
There are good and affordable 8bitdo controllers available anyway, so there are alternatives.
Except I saw predictions of 80+ already before the ram crisis.
They sold the original controller at an affordable price, why not do the same now? They make hella margin on the steam store so no need to fleece customers for the peripherals
Steam isn’t entirely assholes?
We know it is wireless, has a gyro, and on top of all basic controller functions has two trackpads with extra haptics, so it’s unlikely that it will be cheap.
Essentially the same as the original controller with just an extra joystick.
The Deck has all that + screen+computer+speakers for as low as 400. The controller part is not 1/4 of the cost there.
Plus the components are essentially the same as for the deck, so less cost for the RnD and the manufacturing.
If it’s priced higher than ~60 it better work perfectly with the system/games, unlike the Deck which has many issues with multiple controllers.
I’ll gladly spend around200 buck for a 4 pack if that means I can reliably play couch games with my friends, but imagine having to spend more than what a used Deck costs for 4 controllers 💀