I’ve been selling some stuff in order to break-even when buying a SD, and that same week they announce the OLED. It’s unfortunate that the base model for the OLED is €569,-. I would have loved it if there was a 256GB, for maybe a €100,- cheaper so I can afford it better and also later upgrade if I would want to.

This is the only reason why I’m still debating whether or not to buy a cheap LCD model, I mean it’s still the steam deck, just not OLED.

Do you guys think they should’ve gone with a cheaper base model?

  • MBJi@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    The original lineup was kind of strange. The top model was $320 CAD more than the entry Deck and the difference is a $50 drive you can replace yourself.

    That’s where they were eating costs. On the low end. Now the premium models add a lot for that higher price. It was pretty awesome to save so much on the 64gb model and it would be cool to have that option for the oled, but I think this way makes a lot more sense.

    • nagarz@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I guess that the increased cost was not directly due to the storage, but also changes in production lines which add a fair amount of cost when you are setting up production for something for the first time.

      That said I wish I went with the 64gb one at first since I ended up going for the sd card storage solution :/