I’m dreading what the Steam Frames are going to cost.
Valve Says the Steam Machine Was Originally Supposed to Cost About $750
Submitted 6 hours ago by Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz to steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
https://www.ign.com/articles/the-steam-machine-was-originally-meant-to-cost-about-750
Comments
FreeBooteR69@lemmy.ca 6 hours ago
sanpo@sopuli.xyz 6 hours ago
To be fair, the Frame was never going to be cheap.
MajinBlayze@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
I feel like 1200-1300 was probably likely before the price bump. I’m not confident it will come out under 15 at this point
vikingtons@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Relative to what? I don’t think it’s shooting for pimax dream or even valve index price points (well, outside of the component pricing crunch)
Midnitte@beehaw.org 3 hours ago
Tbf, Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 with 256 GB shouldn’t be insane.
warmaster@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
It will be like running backwards through a cornfield.
Wahots@pawb.social 2 hours ago
If the index cost $1000 without a battery, storage, memory and a SoC in 2019, I can’t imagine the frame is going to be anything below $1,500 with 2026 pricing.
JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 2 hours ago
Though the Index did use an intricate OLED screen and it had the lighthouses and finger tracking controllers (they have 87 different sensors per controller). Without the AIpocalypse, the Frame was originally supposed to be the cheaper of the two.
2026 prices though, who knows.
hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works 6 hours ago
I am deeply concerned
jordanlund@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
$1050 is the new $750. LOL.
vic_rattlehead@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
I’m running on fumes.
My budget is out of steam.
I’ve condensed my spending habits.
Take your pick!
KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
csolisr@hub.azkware.net 6 hours ago
And even then, it would have a hard time competing against the base PS5 unfortunately. AI has risen the cost of everything for everyone, turns outsamus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 hours ago
The RAMpocalypse has widened the price gap between console makers that subsidize their hardware and Valve more than ever.
jlow@slrpnk.net 4 hours ago
Except for the billionaires running the AI shitshow.
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 hours ago
We wouldn’t want them to run out of money… Or life, would we?
IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com 4 hours ago
512gb is Kong o ridiculous for minimum storage these days.
nialv7@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
don’t editorialize the title please… valve didn’t say this, this is just one ign writer’s speculation. and the said write can’t even do simple math…
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 2 hours ago
Kinda an accident to be honest, the article title is “The Steam Machine Was Originally Meant to Cost About $750”, but when I submitted it to Lemmy, the default title for the URL was instead ”Valve Says the Steam Machine Saw a Similar Price Increase as the Steam Deck…”, so I tried to change it back to the actual article title from memory. I was on my phone at the time, so I didn’t double check the title as I should have.
I’ll fix it now.