Comment on ETA Prime : Steam Machine Hands-On First Look!

jlow@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• Rooster326@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  We feel that they are happy they already have a gaming rig.

  RIP to anyone who bought a home after 2019 and anyone who bought anything gaming after Rampocalypse

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  • Sunshine@piefed.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Gaming was unaffordable before the end of 2020 but it got real bad after the rampocalypse.

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• sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I am totally open to other people having different stances, but at least for myself, worth it.

  I already have an OLED Deck with a 1 TB drive.

  So, I can get the 512 GB + controller bundle, and just swap the drives.

  $1128 for a ‘pc’ that can run RDR2 and Cyberpunk 77 at pretty darn good graphical settings, at 1440p? And fancy pantsy controller?

  Good enough, my eyes are starting to go a bit anyways lol, 4K is very likely wasted on me, and I’d love to have a Steam Deck that’s basically easier to hold and lighter, as a control option.

  That’d be a steal, imo, looking at it in PC pricing terms… which is the way I’m looking at it, because that’s the way I’ll mostly be using it.

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• Bakkoda@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  They are exactly what I originally thought, 1-1.5 and and I kind of don’t really know how you couldn’t see this coming. I think it’s fair given the external factors. It’s a pre built so add 20% to the “parts list” and you get cool features.

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• BananaTrifleViolin@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I don’t think it’s bad for what they are specs wise, with the current distorted components market. I do think however that the price is higher than what the target audience will be willing/able to afford to pay which is a shame.

  It won’t do as well as it should have; I hope that doesn’t put valve off the concept. The idea is right, it was just very bad timing for this particular launch.

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• a4ng3l@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Let’s wait to see the perfs? From my understanding of the specs I don’t regret building my new pc earlier this year.

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  • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    … watch the video.

    The majority of it literally is performance testing of various games.

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