Steam Deck now the global #1 top seller on Steam
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With the Steam Summer Sale 2023 now in full swing, and with a big discount on the Steam Deck, it has risen back up the Steam charts.
  • Open World@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    3 years ago

    I’m not personally in the market for a Steam Deck, but I am still incredibly grateful to Valve for all the work they’ve done to support Linux on the desktop as a byproduct.

  • Maple@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    3 years 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.

    • portalsentinel@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      42·
      3 years 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.

        • portalsentinel@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          3·
          3 years 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.zoneEnglish
    62·
    3 years ago

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

  • echoplex21@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    3 years 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.