I haven’t seen anyone call it a cash grab. Most people saying they’re fine with their current one are still stoked because it shows they listen to customer feedback and it means these upgrades will be reflected in the Steam Deck 2 eventually.
The only people I’ve seen upset are people who recently bought they’re Deck but they’re outside of the return window, since this is a better deal for a better product, which is understandable but they’re upset about the circumstance or the timing, not the better product at a great price.
If you haven’t already check out the Facebook group Steam Deck Community. Most of the comments and Posts on there are people bitching about it being a Cash Grab or that it was not a real upgrade. I get whiplash going from Reddit Community Comments to the Facebook Community comments. One is fairly respectful discourse and the other is less intelligent statements or people insulting each other. But what should I expect, I guess.
I got the 512 in within the first hour preorder and have regrets now that the upgrade is so easy and cheap, but I’ve also played tons on it since around launch.
It’s unlikely I’ll get the new version as Ive already spent enough this year on other things(mostly vr related)and rarely play the deck not connected to a power source, but valve knew these were the issues and I’m glad they didn’t wait until steam deck 2 to address them.
There have been a lot of “this is a slap in the face” type of comments from misguided people who don’t seem to realize that new tech constantly comes out in the PC space
I haven’t seen anyone call it a cash grab. Most people saying they’re fine with their current one are still stoked because it shows they listen to customer feedback and it means these upgrades will be reflected in the Steam Deck 2 eventually.
The only people I’ve seen upset are people who recently bought they’re Deck but they’re outside of the return window, since this is a better deal for a better product, which is understandable but they’re upset about the circumstance or the timing, not the better product at a great price.
If you haven’t already check out the Facebook group Steam Deck Community. Most of the comments and Posts on there are people bitching about it being a Cash Grab or that it was not a real upgrade. I get whiplash going from Reddit Community Comments to the Facebook Community comments. One is fairly respectful discourse and the other is less intelligent statements or people insulting each other. But what should I expect, I guess.
Literally zero.
I don’t really doubt they will have some kind of trade in program later in the future
There’s absolutely no guarantee that is the case.
Yup, this is just a super pro-consumer move.
Like bro, what more could you possibly want from a company?
I have, it’s definitely something a few people are saying
I got the 512 in within the first hour preorder and have regrets now that the upgrade is so easy and cheap, but I’ve also played tons on it since around launch.
It’s unlikely I’ll get the new version as Ive already spent enough this year on other things(mostly vr related)and rarely play the deck not connected to a power source, but valve knew these were the issues and I’m glad they didn’t wait until steam deck 2 to address them.
There have been a lot of “this is a slap in the face” type of comments from misguided people who don’t seem to realize that new tech constantly comes out in the PC space