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SapporoChris
A few points. 1st: "Top 100 selling games right now, by revenue" by revenue would seem to give higher priced items like Steam Deck an advantage. 2nd: When I checked Steam Deck had dropped to #2, with Counter-Strike: Global Offensive at #1. Of course fluctuations are to be expected. 3rd: I'm seeing only 10% off, maybe it varies by location.

Question: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is free to play. Is the revenue then from in game purchases?

ThatPlayer
> I'm seeing only 10% off, maybe it varies by location.

It should vary by model. The top seller list just shows the cheapest one, 10%. The 512GB is 20% off.

nebulousthree
It's only in recent history that it became free to play. What you pay for now is a "verified" badge, so you can play with others who have bought the verified token, reducing the amount of low effort hackers you play competitively against.
JimtheCoder
"Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is free to play. Is the revenue then from in game purchases?"

I would assume so.

CS:Go Prime was free for a long period of time - you just had to reach level 21 in the game...they only started charging again recently.

The amount of in game purchases, though? Massive. And Valve sure does like taking their cut.

remram
What do you mean by taking their cut? Valve takes a cut from players buying games or items on Steam, but in this case Valve is the developer of CS:GO, so the cut is taken from themselves.
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JimtheCoder
I wasn't clear in my response.

I mean taking their cut from players when they buy/sell on the marketplace. I assume that is where the money is made.

remram
Oh, the marketplace where players sell to each other! Got it, that's a neat trick
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globalreset
I love mine. Steam is great in itself, but now it has a handheld with tons of games verified to work well on it, and they're not tied to the hardware and evil greedy corporation.
SushiHippie
Thinking about buying the Steam deck, but would it be worth to wait for Steam Deck 2, before buying the Steam Deck (1)?
benabbottnz
But why get the Steam Deck 2 when you could wait a little longer and get the Steam Deck 2 Episode 1?
viraptor
That's a perfect way to get stuck in a loop of waiting for version n+1. Do you want to play current games on the go? Then SteamDeck 1 is a great option. The whole customer electronics market is designed to advertise "something better" to you so you keep upgrading, whatever choice you made before.
rlex
Valve said there will be no steam deck 2 for quite some time, so go for it
benabbottnz
So they’re putting it on sale now but still won’t sell it in many countries?

E.g Australia and New Zealand are still having to buy them from unauthorized resellers.

mduggles
Love mine. Works great, just swapped the joysticks out for Hall effect ones with zero drift (but higher power usage). It’s the Nintendo switch if it was designed by people who understood how accounts worked in 2023.