They’re going to sell dozens of these things.

Compared to other handhelds with similar hardware, the price is not even that bad. And this might be the first Windows with an optimized handheld version, but that’s just a rumor yet. Fun fact: every new handheld is free marketing for Steam Deck.

Why stop there, make it 9999

But can it run SteamOS?

So, they increased the price to buy into their ecosystem with a second price hike this year, now they are asking a grand for a handheld, they must really want out of gaming, I know the tariffs suck but this just comes across as too much.

It’s $999 plus taxes in most places, then you need Game Pass Ultimate to stream games to this thing, something they are using as a selling point, that’s a couple hundred per year and like any streaming service subject to sudden increases. I just don’t understand where they thing people are getting this money, there are signs people have already started pulling back.

The Series S which was under powered according to a lot of devs even on release, is now 400 dollars for 500GB, 450 for 1TB, then the Series X now ranges 600 Digital, 650 Disc, 730 2TB, 800 2TB special color. As someone that has preferred Xbox since the OG, I think they’ve lost it, at least for now the PS Pro is 750 and objectively the better.

I never ever owned a mobile game console, but why should I pay such premium and THEN having to pay games extra too? On the steam deck I would have my thousands of games already “for free”.

Steam already sucks, but even more closed systems? No thank you, I’d rather take a gaming laptop with me, if I wanted to game mobile.