Quoting: Phlebiac

Quoting: MasterSleortYou can't write an article and expect people can remember the prices before they went out of stock. Nowhere is the price increase mentioned. Only the new prices are listed.

Are you complaining about the Valve post? Because Liam's article lists the original prices (unless he added those after the fact?).

No, I think it is primarily my fault for misreading each listed price. I read the currency as a region and then the "original" price as the current price as it had the currency symbol.
Example:

EUR 779 (originally €569)

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Quoting: Liam Squires-Hand

Quoting: MasterSleortYou can't write an article and expect people can remember the prices before they went out of stock. Nowhere is the price increase mentioned. Only the new prices are listed. I bought both my LCD and OLED Steam Decks at launch and never cared to look at the prices again, so I can't remember what they cost. I am 99% sure a AI model would have known to mention this.

Yeah I am annoyed, because it is subpar journalism.

What are you on about? The article you are commenting on has the original prices right there and has since I hit publish.

I am sorry. I think it is the way it is written. The new prices' currencies are written in their abbreviations whereas the old prices' currencies are listed with their respective currency symbols. In my mind I mistakenly read that as the region and then never read "originally", but just saw the number next to each currency symbol. Pardon me for thinking that is a bit confusing.
I will admit that I also didn't understand why others hadn't pointed it out, so I assumed they just knew the previous prices as almost common knowledge.
Still think its bad formatting though.

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You can't write an article and expect people can remember the prices before they went out of stock. Nowhere is the price increase mentioned. Only the new prices are listed. I bought both my LCD and OLED Steam Decks at launch and never cared to look at the prices again, so I can't remember what they cost. I am 99% sure a AI model would have known to mention this.

Yeah I am annoyed, because it is subpar journalism.

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I really like the initiative, and as an avid Steam Deck enjoyer I most certainly welcome it!
However, I can't help but think they should add the feature to filter by OS or even down to individual specs if the reviewer allows it. Could be quite useful, to see if negative reviews are for a specific type of GPU, OS etc.

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Ahh yes! Give me this! I am still turning on my Dreamcast to play my original Tokyo Highway Challenge 2 (Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2 / Shutoko Battle 2, lol).

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I have been looking forward to this game ever since Sony started releasing games on Steam. As long as the game works in single player without requiring internet, I am happy. I hate the single player games that I cannot play on the go, because I need some sort of internet connection. The fact that they say they have tried to optimize the game for Steam Deck makes me so grateful!

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Wanted to like the demo, but I found the speed sensation way off, causing me to miss judge braking and traction. The gearing also feels odd like they are all the same, but also suddenly have very big impact. Hard to explain, but its like there is no difference in torque throughout the RPM range and the revving looks like neutral gear. All in all just a very strange feeling blend of arcade and simcade. Looks good though and otherwise works well on Steam Deck.

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I am all for it. Don't get me wrong. I won't be paying for this ever, but I don't mind developers having the ability to do this.

Valve serves two markets. Developers/publishers and consumers. This is most likely a request from publishers, who might then otherwise have released the game somewhere else. If this ensures that some games stay on Steam, I say go for it.

I say let free market forces dictate whether it is a feature that will stay or not. If people are getting burnt or don't feel the value is there, publishers will be hesitant to use the feature. After all it's also a way to get advanced negative reviews.

I can't say whether people who buy advanced access would be more critical of the purchase because of the higher price or less critical because they wanted early access in the first place.

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Would be cool if someone similarly made a classic Gran Turismo-like game similar in style to this or the PS2 versions.

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Hopefully it inspires Sega to remaster both Sega Rally Championship games.

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