alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 days agoHandheld PC makers are slowly losing touch with Valve's successful Steam Deck template of affordability, and that's very concerningwww.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square101fedilinkarrow-up1311arrow-down16
arrow-up1305arrow-down1external-linkHandheld PC makers are slowly losing touch with Valve's successful Steam Deck template of affordability, and that's very concerningwww.techradar.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square101fedilink
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoI mean there will be customers for those products, I just don’t get why they’re leaving the mass appeal demographic on the table
minus-squareKyrgizion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·2 days agoSell 15K units at 900 a pop, or sell 150K units at 500 a pop… We don’t know the margins on these things but I’d think that higher volume sales would be better. But what do I know.
minus-squareI Cast Fist@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoI suspect they don’t have the means to produce higher volumes, or aren’t willing to take that risk
I mean there will be customers for those products, I just don’t get why they’re leaving the mass appeal demographic on the table
Sell 15K units at 900 a pop, or sell 150K units at 500 a pop…
We don’t know the margins on these things but I’d think that higher volume sales would be better. But what do I know.
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I suspect they don’t have the means to produce higher volumes, or aren’t willing to take that risk