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Comment on Steam Machine price leak suggests it will cost as much as an iPhone

But why buy the Steam Machine over a PlayStation at that point?

I don’t buy locked-down hardware, with a locked down al game ecosystem, when open hardware is available, so the Playstation isn’t in the running, for me.

If itch.io and the like run on Playstation, that’s good to hear. I have assumed that they do not, from what I know of Sony in the past.

Anwya, I’m still pissed about the time that Sony shipped a Windows virus on their music CDs.

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David_Eight@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I’m with you on that but the price still seems steep to me. Last I heard Sony makes a profit selling the PS5 Pro($750) and the Steam Machine has worse specs (60cu vs 28cu GPU/ 2TB vs 500GB storage).

Personally I was considering getting a Steam Machine over upgrading my PC just to make my life easier. But, not for that much of a premium.

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- pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  
  I’m with you on that but the price still seems steep to me.
  
  Agreed. It seems like we’re all still speculating at this point.
  
  Hopefully if RAM prices drive the price this high, arresting and jailing another batch of RAM producer CEOs can bring prices and the Steam Machine down in price to something reasonable.
  
  I can dream, anyway.
  
  In the meantime, I may still pay the premium just to signal my interest in having a less closed gaming option hooked up to my TV.
  
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- Mesophar@pawb.social ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  With the current market, I’m not sure how much you can upgrade your current PC for less than that.
  
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