CastlevaniaNut18 Posted February 9, 2023 Author Share Posted February 9, 2023 1 minute ago, stepee said: Perfect time to queue up 1tb of downloads! Haha, I’m booting it up to get it ready to start downloading before I hop in the shower. But I can’t download a bunch because my nvme doesn’t arrive til next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 2 minutes ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: Haha, I’m booting it up to get it ready to start downloading before I hop in the shower. But I can’t download a bunch because my nvme doesn’t arrive til next week. ahhhh double damnit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted February 9, 2023 Author Share Posted February 9, 2023 1 minute ago, stepee said: ahhhh double damnit! I’m just going to mess with some indies for the time being. I was thinking Apotheon. I’ve had it for years and barely played it. The nvme is actually a new release and not out yet. Amazon says it arrives Feb 15-16, so hopefully no delays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 18 minutes ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: I’m just going to mess with some indies for the time being. I was thinking Apotheon. I’ve had it for years and barely played it. The nvme is actually a new release and not out yet. Amazon says it arrives Feb 15-16, so hopefully no delays. Is this nvme the actual exact right size so that you don’t need to cut anything or void warranty to use it? If so link please because I could use that! Id definitely download one show off game to check out its power and feel that next gen handheld boost, but there’s like 500 games you can do that with so it’s hard to choose which one :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted February 9, 2023 Author Share Posted February 9, 2023 12 minutes ago, stepee said: Is this nvme the actual exact right size so that you don’t need to cut anything or void warranty to use it? If so link please because I could use that! Id definitely download one show off game to check out its power and feel that next gen handheld boost, but there’s like 500 games you can do that with so it’s hard to choose which one :P According to my more knowledgeable half, it is. Here you go: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BQG6JCRP/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 1 minute ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: According to my more knowledgeable half, it is. Here you go: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BQG6JCRP/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Only $160! Very nice, I’ll likely get one, please let me know how the installation process is! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted February 11, 2023 Author Share Posted February 11, 2023 I came home from work this morning and played a little of the Final Fantasy pixel remaster. I'd forgotten about those. They're perfect for the Deck. 1 and 2 are the only ones of the first 10 games I haven't beaten, so I plan to go through these versions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted February 13, 2023 Author Share Posted February 13, 2023 Got my 1tb nvme in today. Took the husband maybe 15 minutes to install it. Said it's not bad, but there's a plate covering the drive, so watch out and don't drop those tiny screws when you remove it. Yay, I got space now. @stepee 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demut Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 On 2/7/2023 at 12:50 AM, CastlevaniaNut18 said: I ordered the 64gb model, but I also ordered a 1tb nvme for $160, so it comes out cheaper than the most expensive model and I get more storage. What's Valve banking on here? Their customers being too dumb to figure that "loophole" out? Why wouldn't they offer a sensibly priced higher-tier model to get the sales that would otherwise go to whoever produces these SSDs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 5 hours ago, Demut said: What's Valve banking on here? Their customers being too dumb to figure that "loophole" out? Why wouldn't they offer a sensibly priced higher-tier model to get the sales that would otherwise go to whoever produces these SSDs? There weren’t a lot of good cheap options when it originally launched and yeah people typically don’t like opening their equipment up. And yeah, the price increases for the storage on the other models is obviously inflated to get some profit out of something they don’t get a lot of profit out of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 The other ones, the expensive one at least, has a glass screen too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demut Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 1 hour ago, stepee said: they don’t get a lot of profit out of. So what? Neither do console manufacturers historically, they make their money via the video games that get played on their console. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 9 minutes ago, Demut said: So what? Neither do console manufacturers historically, they make their money via the video games that get played on their console. what do you mean so what lol you asked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demut Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 I'm asking why Valve would be so hell-bent on making a killing on the Steam Decks themselves. Their bread and butter is that quasi-monopoly on vidya distribution and selling the Steam Deck for cheap(ish) like other console manufacturers would be a no-brainer if their goal is to get some of that sweet, sweet handheld gaming pie. To that end they could even sell them at a loss, probably, and it'd still be a good idea (let alone simply pricing it fairly or even selling them at-cost). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 They wanted to make a little extra profit and figured that they could do it that way and it seems like it worked okay so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 18 minutes ago, Demut said: I'm asking why Valve would be so hell-bent on making a killing on the Steam Decks themselves. Their bread and butter is that quasi-monopoly on vidya distribution and selling the Steam Deck for cheap(ish) like other console manufacturers would be a no-brainer if their goal is to get some of that sweet, sweet handheld gaming pie. To that end they could even sell them at a loss, probably, and it'd still be a good idea (let alone simply pricing it fairly or even selling them at-cost). I think you're making a big assumption that they would sell substantially more steam decks if they priced their highest end model a little cheaper and that that increased number of sales would also lead to enough additional steam purchases to offset the cost. Steam Deck is amazing, but at this stage it's still going to appeal to a niche audience, so I'm skeptical that it being a little cheaper would have broadened that audience much. Valve probably has much better data to make this decision than we do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demut Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 No doubt. For all I know they might even be selling it at or below cost already and there's more expensive differences than just the storage between those models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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