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PC hardware prices will affect this as well, since this is based on shortages and high demand... basically these will be almost impossible to get outside of sec

PC hardware prices will affect this as well, since this is based on shortages and high demand... basically these will be almost impossible to get outside of secondary market.

caslon 5y ago
I'm calling it now, people looking back on this thread six months or a year from now will have found your speculation false.
- libertine 5y ago
  I gain/lose nothing for being right/wrong, it's just the status quo. I'm waiting to buy a laptop I want for some months now, still not available. Unless this custom APU for Steam Deck is made in a special foundry with a special process, then they will be in line just like everyone else. Plus scalpers love this shortage to make easy money.
anoraca 5y ago
You don't think that Valve was waiting until the supply chain was ready before making this announcement?
- libertine 5y ago
  You think Sony Computer Entertainment didn't wait until the supply chain was ready before launching the PS5? It's not about being ready or not, it's about supply and demand. An example from Valve themselves from early this year regarding Index, an interview with Gabe: “We actually have components that are manufactured in Wuhan and when you’re setting up your manufacturing lines it doesn’t occur to you that you’re suddenly going to be dependent on this peculiar transistor that’s sitting on one board that you can’t get,” Newell said. “Everybody ended up running into the same problem simultaneously — you go from, ‘Oh, we’re in great shape,’ to, ‘What do you mean Apple or Microsoft just bought the next two years’ supply of this just so they could make sure they aren’t going to run out?’ You went from a situation where everything was getting done just in time to people buying up all the available supplies.” Newell says these constraints are also why the headset still doesn’t ship to some markets like New Zealand or Australia. “The only thing keeping us from shipping in New Zealand at this point is just getting enough of them made — we’re very much manufacturing constrained.” [1] https://uploadvr.com/gabe-newell-index-supply-shortage/ https://uploadvr.com/gabe-newell-index-supply-shortage/
f6v 5y ago
I can buy a decent gaming laptop right now, but it's much harder to get a desktop GPU. I'm guessing all stock goes to OEMs.

PC hardware prices will affect this as well, since this is based on shortages and high demand... basically these will be almost impossible to get outside of secondary market.

caslon 5y ago

I'm calling it now, people looking back on this thread six months or a year from now will have found your speculation false.

libertine 5y ago
I gain/lose nothing for being right/wrong, it's just the status quo. I'm waiting to buy a laptop I want for some months now, still not available. Unless this custom APU for Steam Deck is made in a special foundry with a special process, then they will be in line just like everyone else. Plus scalpers love this shortage to make easy money.

anoraca 5y ago

You don't think that Valve was waiting until the supply chain was ready before making this announcement?

libertine 5y ago
You think Sony Computer Entertainment didn't wait until the supply chain was ready before launching the PS5? It's not about being ready or not, it's about supply and demand. An example from Valve themselves from early this year regarding Index, an interview with Gabe: “We actually have components that are manufactured in Wuhan and when you’re setting up your manufacturing lines it doesn’t occur to you that you’re suddenly going to be dependent on this peculiar transistor that’s sitting on one board that you can’t get,” Newell said. “Everybody ended up running into the same problem simultaneously — you go from, ‘Oh, we’re in great shape,’ to, ‘What do you mean Apple or Microsoft just bought the next two years’ supply of this just so they could make sure they aren’t going to run out?’ You went from a situation where everything was getting done just in time to people buying up all the available supplies.” Newell says these constraints are also why the headset still doesn’t ship to some markets like New Zealand or Australia. “The only thing keeping us from shipping in New Zealand at this point is just getting enough of them made — we’re very much manufacturing constrained.” [1] https://uploadvr.com/gabe-newell-index-supply-shortage/ https://uploadvr.com/gabe-newell-index-supply-shortage/

f6v 5y ago

I can buy a decent gaming laptop right now, but it's much harder to get a desktop GPU. I'm guessing all stock goes to OEMs.