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Steam Deck now the global #1 top seller on Steam | Gaming On Linux (www.gamingonlinux.com)

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[-] slashzero@hakbox.social 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hell, I went for the longest time resisting the urge to get one, as I have a great gaming laptop (RTX 3070ti,) and eventually caved in. The draw of being able to play anywhere, anytime, plus the hype, is what eventually convinced me. The Steam Deck is pretty amazing, and worth every penny.

[-] PenguinTD@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

I am only be able to resist cause I work from home and does not have much time outside and play. But recently I am reevaluate that cause my son is slowly getting better at playing games so I really can have some side device that allows me to play on the side or together with him.

[-] slashzero@hakbox.social 5 points 1 year ago

I also work from home. WFH for life! Never going back.

[-] PenguinTD@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

same, I wonder who paid the price for the stress of commuting and the time wasted? Yep, me, myself. So I am not going back to office even if they offer some rebates for that. Nothing beats that you have time to go pick up your kid casually and talk about their day on the way home. I can always do a bit more later if it eats into my performance check. And I still got pretty good feed backs and got a raise/extra bonus this year, despite they barely know what I looks like. (since I don't usually plug in my webcam even during meeting. I have the habit of still keep working on stuff during not so important meetings.) With important meeting I usually like to share just what I am worked on instead of sharing my boring unshaved face. XD

[-] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

That's the precise reason I wanted one. I'm sitting at my desk for seven hours already, I don't want to spend my lesuire time there too, not I can play 4x games laying on the sofa.

[-] IronDonkey@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I got a deck and a dock, and plugged the dock into my TV. So now I play it lying in the couch in two different ways.

[-] rinzler@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago

If only valve offically sells on my country, i would love to insta buy one

[-] Call_Me_Maple@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Not really surprised tbh, Steam has pushed this thing like crazy. Good for them though. They made a great product that filled a big gap in the gaming industry and pushed others to follow. We'll see a lot of innovations in this space similar to cell phones. I'm excited by the idea that in 10-15 years I'll have a portable computer in my pocket with the same capabilities as my home machine. The future is bright.

[-] b3nsn0w@pricefield.org 9 points 1 year ago

this is amazing news. i love that the incentive to ensure games run well on proton is just getting stronger every day

[-] BlahajEnjoyer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 year ago

Is it measured by $ or amount of purchases? Because if it’s $ then I’m not surprised :)

[-] portalsentinel@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

To be fair, even if it was $, most Steam Decks costs around (or less) than one tenth of a triple A game's price. Selling hardware in this quantity is insanity.

Edit: 10 times. Not one tenth. Oops. I meant that they need to sell less than 1/10th in VOLUME to match the sum of a triple A game. And selling that much hardware is really impressive in my opinion.

[-] soulveil@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Can you clarify, a steam deck is like 400 bucks and a game is like 60-70

[-] portalsentinel@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

See the edit, I was pretty tired when writing the comment. Sorry for the confusion

[-] jayandp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I guess with all the MTX and DLC, some games might come ahead in cost, but that's definitely not the standard.....

[-] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 3 points 1 year ago

He’s right if he’s talking about that fucking train simulator game with $4K of DLCs ;)

[-] BlahajEnjoyer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

I don’t think those are accounted for the Top Sellers list anyway

[-] tiwenty@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Are you by chance confusing Steam Decks with Steam Links?

[-] portalsentinel@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

OMFG I MEANT 10X THE PRICE, NOT ONE TENTH. sorry for the confusion 😅

The message was that the deck has to sell less than 1/10th as many "units" as a triple A game to match the price sum. So imagine hardware selling 1/10th that of a single software. Pretty impressive.

[-] spaduf@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago

As good of news as this is I was literally about to sell mine so this sale hits me just wrong.

[-] vatra@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Hey, if you don't mind me asking, how come you're selling? Any drawbacks of the device itself? Thinking of pulling the trigger this sale, but it's a big purchase at an awkward time of year for me money-wise.

[-] spaduf@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago

Naw just gearing up for a big move cross country and could use the extra cash. It's a great device and I'll certainly miss it. Definitely recommend. Feel free to DM or comment with any specific questions.

[-] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Great news!

[-] echoplex21@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Love to see the adoption. I got an Ally personally (mostly because I already had GamePass) but the more handhelds making waves is gonna be great for competition.

[-] Jamie@jamie.moe 3 points 1 year ago

I'd been waiting to buy one for some time. I pre-ordered on release, but my turn came around the day I was moving, so the move took up enough that I wasn't willing to drop more.

But hey, a sale that lets me pick one up, plus a dock, for less than the price normally? I'm in.

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