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  • Steam Deck sales still going strong over three years later

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  • I'd have bought a Deck even if it only lasted a few months, because I got one two months after launch on pre-reservation.

    Well, that might just be where we differ. I don't find it fiscally responsible to drop 400+ on a piece of hardware I'd only use for 2 months.

    I'm not telling you how to live your life, just saying that ain't for me, chief 🤷🏻‍♂️

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  • If the Deck stops being sold tomorrow, that has zero impact on the one I already have, save for the possible decline in spare parts available.

    Yes, exactly. Getting it repaired (both within and outside of warranty) and spare parts availability.

    Software eventually too, but usually that takes a while longer.

    There are lots of reasons to wait to buy something, but "they might stop selling them" seems more like a reason to get something you want to have sooner, rather than later.

    Would you have bought a Steam Deck if Valve would stop producing them after 3 years? I wouldn't.

    Not saying you shouldn't though, each to their own and all that.

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  • Surely it's enough for a given product to either be worth the price one pays at the time of purchase, or not be. Judge a product for what it is, not what it will be.

    Yeah, that makes sense. I guess it's more of a principle thing. I don't need a Steam Deck so it's easier to distance myself making a purchase and wait it out. Didn't feel like only seeing a piece of hardware be continued for a few years (3 years for the Steam Machine and Steam Link, 4 for the Steam Controller) based on track record.

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  • Glad to hear that! I don't really need one so it would be more of a spur of the moment kinda thing. Maybe when it's on offer 😏

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  • I said or, not and.("has been quick to get discontinued or support has stopped")

    Steam Link is kinda obsolete now, but I would have loved another iteration of the controller.

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  • Yeah I don't mind waiting for that. Not very susceptible to FOMO. I do think it's been going better for the SD than the other hardware though, so I'm happy for the userbase.

  • Steam Deck sales still going strong over three years later

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  • I haven't bought it because previous hardware has been quick to get discontinued or support has stopped (steam machine, steam controller, steam link) and I didn't like that.

    Told myself I'd buy a Steam Deck 2 because that would show long term support, though.

  • Removed

    I’m drowning and I don’t know where else to go.

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  • Do they work world wide?

  • Programmers then and now

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  • I've never asked ChatGPT to fix a syntax error because I use Copilot

    If you are going to be this pedantic, I'll have you know Copilot is a ChatGPT model in a Microsoft skin.

  • Is there homelessness in China? Why or why not? What happens in China if someone can't pay rent?

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  • How do you know they are "in their right mind"?

  • A completely useful compulsion I have.

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  • What if you only wanted one egg?

    Me: sorry, that's just not possible.

  • Why the Steam Deck still obliterates the Switch 2 (a response to Nintendo Life)

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  • Their words:

    Those same Joy-Con can also be used for super-accurate, independent motion control, opening up far more possibilities than the Deck’s simple gyro. And in games like Metroid Prime 4: Beyond and Civilization VII, plonking them down on a surface (or thigh!) turns each of them into a fully-functioning computer mouse, far less awkward and clunky than the Deck’s integrated touchpad.

    The versatility, modularity, and ease-of-use of the Joy-Con is something that we’ve come to take for granted, but it’s really hard to beat. When they're not drifting.

    You:

    The next thing: Switch 2 is supposedly better because a joy-con can act as a mouse.

    If that was your whole takeaway from that paragraph, I don't think you'll ever see the appeal. Different strokes and all that.

  • The inconsistent naming for insert row/columns in the German MS Office

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  • Yup, same! Our agents don't make themselves "available", they make themselves "free of charge" (gratis)

    I'll have to check the reorder one, but that's funny too. Billion dollar company!

  • The inconsistent naming for insert row/columns in the German MS Office

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  • Localized Office is a big heaping pile of trash. In my language in Teams you need to toggle "Show number" on, to hide showing your number. Make it make sense.

  • Elder Scrolls Oblivion Remake Screenshots Leak Online

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  • Mentioned in the first paragraph:

    After years of rumors and speculation that Bethesda was working on a remake of the landmark role-playing game, the first screenshots of this brand new version of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion have been found as fans started digging around the developer’s website ahead of a reported release next week.

  • Are Lemmy sorting types just broken?

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  • Thanks! That clears up a lot. Appreciate the paraphrasing too.

    You're making assumptions about how they work based on your intuition

    Small difference: I made the assumption that the simplified version was exactly how it works, as in, taking the comment at face value.

  • Are Lemmy sorting types just broken?

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  • It's starting to make sense, thanks. I'll try to keep scaled to my subscriptions, although I like "All" for the variety.

  • Are Lemmy sorting types just broken?

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  • But 0 upvotes divided by any age is still 0. So Hot = 0, and Scaled would then be 0 divided by community size, and therefore also still 0.

    On hot, I guess you managed to open it with the exact same second?

    It was in response to "Scaled is like Hot", so I wasn't looking at the Hot page at that moment, but I tried to convey how it doesn't make sense that a post with 0 upvotes get to the top of Scaled

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  • But these are 3 posts with 0 upvotes that recently have been posted, how is that "Hot", let alone at the top of "Hot"?