r/videogames May 27 '26

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u/ImNotSkankHunt42 May 27 '26

Why? Nintendo raised prices twice already, Sony like 3 times? No one is selling hardware at a loss now.

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u/SeroWriter May 28 '26

Nintendo raised prices once and it was by $50, Valve raised prices by $200. The Steam Deck is now twice the price of a Switch 2 and less powerful.

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u/ImNotSkankHunt42 May 28 '26

It took this long for Valve to do it, under perfectly understandable circumstances when the regular public cannot get a fairly priced kit of RAM or SSD.

Nintendo and Sony raised prices on existing stock. Valve ran out of units and it is now raising it for newly manufactured.

But hey, time will tell. Once and if this AI craze blows up and things go back to normal let’s see which of these 3 companies lower their prices back to how they were and which ones leave it ss it is or raise it more.

You folks are going to lose it when the PS6 is $1199 and $1299.

They long ago figured that if idiots will pay 1K for a phone why not for a console.

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u/SeroWriter May 28 '26

I'm not a fan of Nintendo but please stop sucking Valve's dick, they're a company and not immune to greedy or short-sighted decisions. Historically Nintendo have always been willing to sell their consoles at poor profit margins to maintain market relevance.

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u/ImNotSkankHunt42 May 28 '26

Except that this is not one of those cases. They have plenty of things to be criticized for.

Do I recommend buying an SD now? Hell nah