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The $950 Steam Deck Apparently Isn't Too Expensive, As it Sold Out in Under 24 Hours (www.ign.com)
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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.

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[–] 6 points 5 months ago (1 child)

Most games do not need expensive hardware.

Last month I bought a retro handheld for 30 bucks. It can play all the existing catalogue of consoles up to PS1, and also pico8, tic-80, and small pc games via portainer.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

    I love retro gaming so much, and there are way more than enough games out there from decades past to last a lifetime. (This, of course, depends on continued availability of this library via unofficial channels.)

    There also are a vast quantity of newer indie games which don't require high end hardware. I'd love to see a renewed interest in smaller scale projects.

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