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[–] topcrest@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago (8 children)

$399? Are you talking about the steam deck? I think the article is talking about the steam machine.

Agreed tho, the cost of the steam machine will overpower what little value the hardware could provide. I don’t see it succeeding at this time. Especially when you can still cobble together a reasonably powered Linux machine.

Will also be interesting to see what future AAA titles do with the stagnant system hardware for the next few years.

[–] FreedomAdvocate 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

No, talking about the steam machine. There are still people that think it’s going to release at like $400-$500 lol. It’s going to be over $1k for PS4 level power.

[–] topcrest@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ah. I’ve not been following price rumors/talks. And $399 made me think of the old steam deck pricing. Wild that someone would be that convinced a more powerful chunk of hardware would be so much less expensive than current steam deck prices.

[–] FreedomAdvocate 1 points 1 week ago

Handhelds and consoles are different though. Consoles/PCs don't have screens or controllers built in, or a battery. Most of the cost of handhelds is in making them handheld.

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