bimbimboy@lemm.ee to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoAsus and Lenovo’s handhelds get price hike as Valve pauses some Steam Deck saleswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square66linkfedilinkarrow-up1167arrow-down13cross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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minus-squareArcane2077@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·8 days agoDo you even know why you’re saying that? Physical goods that need to be manufactured and delivered are literally exactly what you should be pre-ordering
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·8 days agoYes and no. Yes it can make sense fpr physical goods. No, it’s not a good thing.
minus-squareArcane2077@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoSo no. I was hoping my question would prompt you to consider it
minus-squareulterno@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·7 days agoIt would make a lot of sense to the company trying to decide how large their production run should be. For the customer, it only really makes sense if they are getting something out of it, like immunity to possible price hikes at launch. I don’t pre-order, but then, I am a late stage buyer, so it doesn’t really apply to me.
Do you even know why you’re saying that? Physical goods that need to be manufactured and delivered are literally exactly what you should be pre-ordering
Yes and no.
Yes it can make sense fpr physical goods.
No, it’s not a good thing.
So no. I was hoping my question would prompt you to consider it
It would make a lot of sense to the company trying to decide how large their production run should be.
For the customer, it only really makes sense if they are getting something out of it, like immunity to possible price hikes at launch.
I don’t pre-order, but then, I am a late stage buyer, so it doesn’t really apply to me.