gl38

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I agree. Also another Spolier below which OP shouldn't read.

::: spoiler Discussion I contemplated not commenting at all, but OP is clearly going through it with this boss and will probably be very disappointed after eventually getting through it and realising it was all for nothing. It would save them a lot of time and energy to just abandon the boss and dive in to the manual, which I think is far and away the best part of the game. That's what I did and I'm so glad. I also don't know how to convey this to OP without telling them, so it's buried in spoiler tags which they can choose to read if they want.

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Interesting take. Honestly I don't think people are ready to entertain the idea that Valve may not the consumer loving, cannot-shoot-themsleves-in-the-face billion dollar tech company their fans seem to paint them as, but to respond to your actual point...

The Steam deck is an open platform so not a guarantee that a new user will result in game sales, it's possible (but not easy enough imo) to put your weekly free Epic games on there and forego the Steam store. Or pirated games.

Also the Switch 2 sales numbers have been huge and Nintendo have an established reputation among the general population. So they have a better relationship with parts manufacturers (can navigate lower BOMs) and are more guaranteed to make their money back. Valve have no such guarantee.

This price increase is still an obscene amount and I'll be surprised if people still buy Steam decks going forward. Especially given the state and direction of android gaming.