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Steam Machine pricing announced (from $1049-$1428 USD), reservation lists open (store.steampowered.com)
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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 25 points 16 hours ago (4 children)

It's a brutal time to be releasing hardware like this.

GPU prices, RAM, SSDs, all inflated through the roof.

This should have been the price of a PS5 Pro, with the performance of a PS5 and it's not even that.

I still want the Frame, but only because my OG Rift died a couple of months back. I really don't want to have to go crawling back to Meta for a Quest 3 when I see the price of the Frame, but I'm not optimistic. They really need a reduced spec Frame that just does the streaming portion. With RAM and GPU prices as they are, that would at least make some sense.

[–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 11 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I'll be buying the Frame no matter what.

I also had the OG Rift but since I moved to Linux it's been nothing more than a paperweight.

I could go to Meta, but I honestly don't want to do that to myself. The way I see it, the Frame is the only way I get to keep a small amount of privacy and dignity in this world which increasingly has neither.

So I'm saving up my pennies.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

If valve made the frame as it's going to be and an index 2 that was the index but lighter with all around improvements but was still wired only with no battery pack, which would you buy? Standalone inside-out, or next gen pcvr with lighthouses?

[–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 hours ago

I don't think I can even answer that question. Inside-our tech has really evolved since the old days and I couldn't say hardware was intrinsically better or worse based on that like I could at the time.

[–] marighost@piefed.social 15 points 15 hours ago

The price does spook me about the Frame, but I may get it out of desperation no matter the cost because like you said, there's no way in hell I'd buy a Meta product. I absolutely loved my Quest 2, before Meta pushed all that metaverse shit and made the thing unbootable.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 hours ago

I'm REALLY hyped for the frame. Local processing PLUS streaming from a main rig that isn't tied down to meta and doesn't spy on you AND has native Steam integration!? Ouaauahhhhhyessssssfuuuccckkaahhhh

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 15 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Have you seen PS5 Pro prices lately? $900?

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 12 points 15 hours ago

Mental innit? First gen I've ever seen where price of hardware went up...