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The Steam Deck's budget price tag is the reason I still rate it nearly two years on (www.pcgamer.com)

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[-] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago

A. Yes, that version is extremely popular.

B. It's not remotely close. Selling back physical games is still terrible value compared to discounts on Pc

C. Gamepass gave itself away for a while as a promotional gimmick. That's not what it costs. The literal only possible explanation for habitually renting games is that you're terrible with money. It's by far the worst budget option by a huge margin. It's not a legitimate choice for someone with limited funds. The day you stop paying, your library disappears.

[+] LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world -18 points 1 year ago

Reselling I was getting about 80% back via Amazon within 2 days. There are other options than GameStop.

And I guess we're done since math is too hard. I already showed the value proposition. I'm not sure if you don't know math, but you're going to need to show me what quantum formula you are using that shows in not saving thousands of dollars.

[-] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago

Every number you gave was a lie with no basis in reality. The steam deck isn't $600. Game pass isn't $70 for 1 year, let alone 3. Abusing promos that no longer exist doesn't support your case, even ignoring that the library is terrible.

Then you're comparing it to full retail price ignoring that the entire discussion was that PC games are available heavily discounted with regularity. And again, the fact that as soon as you can't pay $30/month for GameFly and Gamepass, your "library" is gone.

[+] LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world -12 points 1 year ago

You can go buy 3 years of gold and convert it into 3 years of GPU for $70. Even without the discount you are taking about $250. The math still easily works out.

[-] Clasm@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

It doesn't work that way anymore

"you'll now need to purchase around 18 months of Xbox Live Gold to convert it to 12 months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, pushing the price to around $120 instead of the previous $60 "

[-] LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago

Okay. So you have to play 6 games instead of 5. Seems like the majority here are focusing in on details that don't have a large effect on the math.

It could be $500 and it's 7 games to break even.

[-] SmoothIsFast@citizensgaming.com 3 points 1 year ago

How many times do you need to be told, you don't buy games on PC for full price when on a budget you wait for sales that will frequently get you down to 60% of the price if not even lower for a couple year old game. Go for more indie titles and you have an exponentially larger pool of games to pick from than on game pass. Then you are not having your library pulled out from under you when Microsoft decides not to support a title anymore.