From another pov, those that really wanted to play this game had plenty of time to get the game on Steam. I suspect it didn't sell much more, on Steam. It's just sad for those who paid full price to get mixed with free to play players... I just hope for them that they have some form of bonus, but I doubt it.

Edit:

I think that's what bothers me the most... A priced game that suddenly switch to F2P when it doesn't sell anymore... It feels like: "Let's try to skim our original fanbase again."

There is no way I'm going to support that.

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Quoting: elmapulelden ring relased on 25 feb, and it sold 12 millions by 19.
44% of those were on pc.
https://clutchpoints.com/elden-ring-12-million-sold/
12 millions across 22 days.
1.67 per week
100 milions of dollars

1.7 millions ~2,7 millions
75 dias

steam deck need to sell 793.985 at 399 to get this ammount of money.
or...488.135 at 649.
so it need to sell between 488~794

valve said the best selling model of steam deck was the most expensive one.

Quoting: MohandevirI don't know how reliable it is, but just for the fun of having an approximation... It seems Elden Ring sold 13million copies in its first month...

13 million x 60$ / 649$ (Steam deck 512gb price, being conservative) = Over 1.201 million units...

In its first month? And it did better than Elden Ring? Did I miss something? If I'm not too far from the mark, the sales figure are pretty good.

Source:
https://www.pcgamer.com/elden-ring-sold-over-13m-copies-in-its-first-month/

only 44% of the sales was on pc last time i checked.
pc = steam i guess...

Thanks for the clarification. Didn't know about the 44%. Still, if I apply that 44% on my model, it's about 528K units in the first month. It aligns with your own bracket. With Valve's limited production capabilities (in that same first month), is still quite good, imo. It's just enough to have an idea of how many units they sold.

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Quoting: MohandevirI can definetly tell you that my main PC will become a backup plan for what's not playable on the Steam Deck (Steam streaming).

I never bought a gaming laptop because it's not that portable; I'v got an MSI workstation and I must bring the charger everywhere or the battery lasts for 45mins and I usually end up leaving it on the same table for this reason, thus defeating the purpose of portability. This and the fact that gaming laptops are on the heavy side... Nope the Steam Deck is a much better fit, imo. But that's just my personnal experience.

That’s going to be the other way around for me: the Deck will be a backup plan for when I can’t bring my main PC. The PC is way more practical (screen size, performance, posture, peripherals…) and comfortable for long gaming session. But the Deck is very portable, and have sufficient performances.

I bought it mainly for performance (at that price on top of that! Even the most expensive is a good deal compared to a laptop at the same price), because my current laptop have a big lack of performance.

A gaming laptop would be perfect for my main use case, but three times more expensive, and I wouldn't use it often enough to make it worthwhile.

The battery is a bonus, maybe I’ll start to play in new situations because of that. So it will probably be even more profitable.

In my case, if I ever upgrade my PC, it's going to be with low end gaming GPUs. Streaming in 800p to my Steam Deck doesn't require a 1k$ GPU. In fact, any 250$ latest gen GPU will be overkill for the task and I don't plan on buying a 4k monitor. 1080p 75hz, maybe, eventually. I rarely sit in front of my PC, nowadays. I work all day thus (CAD designer), my couch is much more attractive, in the evening, but I want my PC games (mainly Steam) to follow me. For the moment, I'll wait for an entry level gaming GPU that's better than my GTX 1660 Super, in a gen or two.

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I don't know how reliable it is, but just for the fun of having an approximation... It seems Elden Ring sold 13million copies in its first month...

13 million x 60$ / 649$ (Steam deck 512gb price, being conservative) = Over 1.201 million units...

In its first month? And it did better than Elden Ring? Did I miss something? If I'm not too far from the mark, the sales figure are pretty good.

Source:
https://www.pcgamer.com/elden-ring-sold-over-13m-copies-in-its-first-month/

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Quoting: crt0megaLooks like you can buy the 6750xt and 6950xt on amd.com

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Also looks like you can buy THREE steams decks for the exact same price of a single GPU excluding the rest of the entire PC and sit and play couch co-cop with your other half or your friends and family. Sure they are different markets and some people like to sit in a room and play on PC monitor on their own sometimes, or play on the 4k TV with the settings maxed but it's just an interesting comparison.

https://store.steampowered.com/steamdeck

Quoting: DerpFoxI don't know ... I'm not interested anymore. Prices are always given in $ for the USA, and it's always way more expensive when we get them here. And VAT alone can't explain the difference. The cheapest 6950 (for example) I can find is 1500€. As long as prices in Europe keep being so much more expensive than MSPR, I don't think I buy anymore "gaming" component.

That's not far off FOUR steam decks. If you factor in the rest of the PC that's going to be close to 6 Steam Decks lol.


It's going to be interesting when Valve finally release an RDNA3 steam deck with 6/8 cores - 12/16 thread Chiplet APU with an some expecting a 200% increase in performance. Even if it is MUCH less like 35%-40% that's going to put it in line with a desktop gtx1050 Ti still. Not to mention other competitors who will want in on the lucrative handheld PC scene now that Steam OS 3.0 is a viable handheld gaming option.

There is definitely a huge market still for Desktop PC's and of course the graphics and general usability might be higher. But the steam deck does shake some things up a bit considering you can use it as a desktop PC for media consumption. And to be fair quite a few people are using MUCH slower ARM devices for this task. I wonder if the Deck will effect mid range gaming laptop sales at all going into the future ?

I can definetly tell you that my main PC will become a backup plan for what's not playable on the Steam Deck (Steam streaming).

I never bought a gaming laptop because it's not that portable; I'v got an MSI workstation and I must bring the charger everywhere or the battery lasts for 45mins and I usually end up leaving it on the same table for this reason, thus defeating the purpose of portability. This and the fact that gaming laptops are on the heavy side... Nope the Steam Deck is a much better fit, imo. But that's just my personnal experience.

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It's lacking a RX 6550 XT with 6 or 8GB of VRAM, in my humble opinion. There is a huge price and performance gap between the RX 6600 and the RX 6500 XT.

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Quoting: tohurPolitical crap drives me away from any of these platforms.

Totally... Zealots in both camps that repeat the prefab craps from lobbies and not realizing they are being manipulated, thinking they know better. The waaaaayyyyyy too loud minority that's occupying 95% of the public space turned me away from social platforms, a while ago.

I have a Facebook account and barely use it anymore. Never used any of the other platforms... Aside from Twitter and Facebook, I would have a hard time naming them.

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
-Socrates

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I just hope that I will be able to buy both the Steam Deck and Docking Station, when I receive my email, in Q3 (probably early, I was originally a Q2).

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Is it possible to install the GFN Chrome shortcut? How is it handled by the Steam Deck?

Edit: Meaning, if it was possible, I would have GFN and Stadia dedicated shortcuts (download browser app) directly in my Steam library. I would probably have a Deezer shortcut too... Is it possible?

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I wasn't hallucinating when I posted the issues I witnessed with Proton 7.0-1, some time ago, in another post. Is it a problem about how Proton 7.0-1 handles inputs from usb devices?

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