There's a reason why they released it before Christmas.
Steam Deck
A place to discuss and support all things Steam Deck.
Replacement for r/steamdeck_linux.
As Lemmy doesn't have flairs yet, you can use these prefixes to indicate what type of post you have made, eg:
[Flair] My post title
The following is a list of suggested flairs:
[Discussion] - General discussion.
[Help] - A request for help or support.
[News] - News about the deck.
[PSA] - Sharing important information.
[Game] - News / info about a game on the deck.
[Update] - An update to a previous post.
[Meta] - Discussion about this community.
Some more Steam Deck specific flairs:
[Boot Screen] - Custom boot screens/videos.
[Selling] - If you are selling your deck.
These are not enforced, but they are encouraged.
Rules:
- Follow the rules of Sopuli
- Posts must be related to the Steam Deck in an obvious way.
- No piracy, there are other communities for that.
- Discussion of emulators are allowed, but no discussion on how to illegally acquire ROMs.
- This is a place of civil discussion, no trolling.
- Have fun.
I had thought about how the new deck would drive sales, but hadn't thought much about how many second hand decks are about to enter the market.
The discounts to the LCD model have already pushed the deck back into the top 10 best sellers on Steam, so a whole bunch of LCD decks are being sold even with the OLED on the horizon.
Exactly. And we are approaching below >300€ prices for the 512gb model in other marketplaces, which is insane.
Mine is for sale, but I doubt it will sale. I'm only willing to sale it for $500 (it was the 512gb model) and if I can't get that for it, I'm keeping it. I really doubt it will sale at that price, but oh well.
Valve is selling brand new 512GB LCD for $450 (while supplies last), so expecting a used one to sell for $500 is definitely a hard sale.
I agree, but if I were to get a new one it would have to be the etched glass version again, and my personal "worth it to do it" value is no more than about another $175 (tax, yo). So if I can't get $500 then I'd be happy to just keep my LCD one.
Of course it will. It is the same reason MS and Sony release new consoles right before Xmass. It's the same tactic here and it works.
Honestly I'm just glad that games work on my PC now. I'm hoping as the deck grows so will interest in Linux and maybe one day we'll see more software support not just games