Valve recently raised the price on the Steam Deck, making the handheld gaming PC cost up to $949 for the 1TB OLED model. While that’s a massive $300 increase over its original price, the Steam Deck is once again sold out.

  • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    Same reason scalpers struggled to keep stock of cards being sold at 4x the price during covid, which directly lead to nvidia and AMD skyrocketing prices the second stock stabilized.

    The world is full of idiots who have more money than sense, who make terrible decisions with no thought of the consequences or ramifications.

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      9 hours ago

      You can afford to pay more for this like this when you live with your parents and have no plans on moving out