That’s disappointing.
Comment on DF Direct Weekly #240: Steam Machine - Pricing, Specs, VRAM, ARM Ambitions + More
etchinghillside@reddthat.com 3 weeks agothe machine will be priced as a pc and not as a console (whatever that means)
“Expect a high enough price such that we couldn’t group it in with console prices.”
Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club 3 weeks ago
etchinghillside@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
Consoles sell at a loss with the idea that they recoup it with game purchases.
Steam gets a 30% cut of game purchases and could do it also. Unfortunately/fortunately it’s also a functioning Linux desktop - so they can’t really sell it at a loss - because some companies might just purchase it for compute.
Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club 3 weeks ago
Doesn’t have to be a loss, just competitive with what a self-built PC would be.
Daniel Owen does good PC part breakdowns. Especially video cards. Here’s a cheap build he threw together using PC Part Picker to see what it would be like to build a PC using comparable parts to what the Steam Machine has, but a garbage power supply and case. It came out to $706.
(This link skips to 27:24. You have to rewind 2 minutes or so if you want to hear him talk about the bad power supply and case, which you definitely shouldn’t buy.)
If Valve can come in around $700 it will be a good deal. If it’s sub $600, it’s an outstanding deal. Especially because of the premium wifi, special Steam Controller antenna, small form factor, and stuff like that. SFF cases and motherboards have premium prices.
etchinghillside@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
“Its the same power as 6 Steam Decks”
The answer has been in front of us the whole time…
It’s $2,400.
any1th3r3@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Which is a bummer imo, since I don’t think people already considering a lower midrange PC today are the target demographic, but I would love to be proven wrong.