Video game hardware is dead and there’s only one alternative – Reader’s Feature

Has gaming hardware just got too expensive? (Metro)

Alarmed at the price increase for Steam Deck, a reader fears gaming hardware is becoming unaffordable for ordinary people and that companies are preparing to replace it.

You probably saw the news during the week, that the price of the Steam Deck has increased by 40% worldwide, meaning a price hike of £200/$300. I have never, ever heard of anything like that and while it’s obvious why it is, with the memory crisis and the whole world in chaos, at the end of the day it’s still a huge amount of money for a bit of hardware that was already not cheap.

I was never going to get one anyway, and I imagine a lot of people are going to think too and just move on, but this is all on top of pri...