Buyers who were procrastinating about purchasing a Valve gaming handheld are feeling regretful. The Steam Deck OLED has disappeared from the U.S. storefront, with stock levels sporadic elsewhere. Facing component shortages, the manufacturer may be considering a price increase.
I dunno I remember a time when Japan decided to fuck with America’s boats and then they decided this whole World War 2 thing was getting pretty out of hand and decided to make it stop. They maybe went a little bit too far, but that was still generally pretty great of them.
Oh, well, the fact that we saw it all as “not our problem” until then kinda makes us opportunistic assholes, though. Especially since we exploited the hell out of the post war circumstances. Shit, original concept for the UN gave us the only veto. But we had to bribe the reluctant countries with something.
Oh, don’t forget that the horrible evil enemy everyone was fighting took a LOT of inspiration in the mechanics of how to be so evil directly from American politics.
So, helping end the war? Yeah, that’s generally a pretty cool thing. Everything else? Ummm, yuck.
The myth we were all taught about the nobility of our country was never true. For fucks sake, the founding of our country was upon the genocide of the native population.
I mean it was like reagan they stopped enforcing anti-monopoly laws. That’s pretty much when the US gave up on being a real country and switched the trolley back to oligarchy.
Some might, but others will probably make games with ridiculously high requirements so the only way most people can play them is via cloud-based subscription services.
If we’d had boycott powers like that, we would already use it to prevent this bullshit in the first place. We weren’t able to prevent shit that nobody wants, imagine trying to boycott shit that some people actually want to have.
This is a weird generation of consoles. If you’re an early adopter, you probably saved money. That sorta thing never happens.
Yeah I got a Series S Xbox for $250 about a year after release (literally only got it because of the price). They now go for $400.
The old ways are gone, possibly never to return in our lifetime. My PS5, Steam Deck, and mid-range 2021 PC will have to do for the foreseeable future.
All so Sam fucking Altman can cut off supply to his competition, just trying to get even more wealthy… Scumbag…
This kind of shit used to be illegal, you know, back when America was “great.” Are we great again President Krasnov?
Remember when America was great and didn’t need to be “great again”? Pepperidge farms remembers…
Ummm…no.
Better than this? Yeah!
But, fuck man, the term banana republic only exists because of us.
I dunno I remember a time when Japan decided to fuck with America’s boats and then they decided this whole World War 2 thing was getting pretty out of hand and decided to make it stop. They maybe went a little bit too far, but that was still generally pretty great of them.
Oh, well, the fact that we saw it all as “not our problem” until then kinda makes us opportunistic assholes, though. Especially since we exploited the hell out of the post war circumstances. Shit, original concept for the UN gave us the only veto. But we had to bribe the reluctant countries with something.
Oh, don’t forget that the horrible evil enemy everyone was fighting took a LOT of inspiration in the mechanics of how to be so evil directly from American politics.
So, helping end the war? Yeah, that’s generally a pretty cool thing. Everything else? Ummm, yuck.
The myth we were all taught about the nobility of our country was never true. For fucks sake, the founding of our country was upon the genocide of the native population.
No, we’ve never been great. Sorry.
I mean it was like reagan they stopped enforcing anti-monopoly laws. That’s pretty much when the US gave up on being a real country and switched the trolley back to oligarchy.
The only good side is that devs will have to optimize and do more with less or focus less on graphics.
Some might, but others will probably make games with ridiculously high requirements so the only way most people can play them is via cloud-based subscription services.
Probably, but I guess we should boycott these and choose a model with our wallets.
If we’d had boycott powers like that, we would already use it to prevent this bullshit in the first place. We weren’t able to prevent shit that nobody wants, imagine trying to boycott shit that some people actually want to have.
Yes but most of the Steam Deck owners are probably not into games with really high requirements.
And, for those who are, it’s great to be able to play demanding games with cheap (for now) hardware.
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