Comment on Why $700 could be a "death sentence" for the Steam Machine
Unleaded8163@fedia.io 22 hours agoYeah, you're absolutely right. I'm in a slightly different demographic, but am still really interested in the steam machine. I'd be happy building my own gaming rig, but:
- Pricing out all that stuff, ordering it, building it is a lot of work, I'd want to see some benefit for that work,
- After pricing it all out, maybe I look at a steam machine and decide it's a better deal.
Realistically, steam machines, consoles, and custom gaming rigs are all approximately the same hardware and the same market. If the price of the steam machine is going up, so is its competition.
user_6282638282@sopuli.xyz 21 hours ago
Yeah I think that was my point about feeling like Valve is purposely screwing me. Microsoft showed with the Xbox Ally X that their appetite for hardware subsidies is waning (perhaps even their appetite for hardware at all).
Valve has a lot of goodwill with Steam Deck owners and I think if they price it at a number higher than any one person’s expectations, that person is less likely to think it’s Valve’s fault, than if Sony were to do the same.