I feel very sad that only 2 months after a big sale that they announced a new console for basically the same price I got mine for on sale instead of announcing the new console snd then putting on a big sale.
I know people say my console is the same now as it was before the OLED was announced, but its been objectively devalued. Considering the price has lowered and that they announced the new console right after 2 big sales, I feel very cheated - especially considering Valve has been known to be quite pro consumer before. This is definitely scummy.
Honestly I just feel really sad and like my hard earned money was wasted and there’s now a much better version for basically the same price. It really has knocked my mood massively and I just feel like a moron that’s even totally scammed. I already feel guilty about spending any money and this has made me feel like even more of a sucker. As stupid as it sounds it’s affected my self esteem that I didn’t see the signs coming that they were making something new.
You can’t base your buying decisions on whether or not something MIGHT go on sale. I bought a 64gb deck for 400$ and less than a month later it was on sale for 350$. It doesn’t make my 400 dollar deck worth less, I was just envious of the sale price. Whichever you bought isn’t worth less, you are just envious you are not getting the new device/deal. Their are entire markets wishing they could buy the base Steam deck as not all countries are served.