$399? Are you talking about the steam deck? I think the article is talking about the steam machine.
Agreed tho, the cost of the steam machine will overpower what little value the hardware could provide. I don’t see it succeeding at this time. Especially when you can still cobble together a reasonably powered Linux machine.
Will also be interesting to see what future AAA titles do with the stagnant system hardware for the next few years.
HER0@beehaw.org 6 days ago
By what metric? It was never intended to complete with consoles for price to performance.
For PCs, have you seen the price of components? 2GB of DDR5 is already around 200 USD, and a 512 GB M.2 NVME drive is around 90 USD. There is no way that, with the current market, you can buy or build a 400 USD PC that has specs anywhere close to the Steam Machine. Speculative/rumored prices are similar to what you could get for the same priced mini PC.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 5 days ago
I’m not sure what your point is. I’m saying that even if it was $400, like many people are/were expecting it to be, it’s still severely underpowered. At the actual realistic price point of well over $1000, it’s DOA because it’s less powerful than even a PS5, which is closer to $400 than $1000.
The difference being that those mini-PCs will be able to play games like GTA6, Fortnite, PUBG, COD, Apex, etc, while the Steam Machine cannot, and you can also upgrade those mini PCs, unlike the Steam Machine. The SOC in it dooms it.