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Steam Machine pricing announced (from $1049-$1428 USD), reservation lists open (store.steampowered.com)
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[–] Addv4@lemmy.world 11 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

I mean, before the AI bullshit picked up, I managed to get a couple of used Samsung 4tb 990 ssds for $250 a piece. $800 for a nice console/PC with that much storage wasn't much of a reach then, given consoles usually are sold at cost to get you invested in the ecosystem.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 17 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Not a fair comparison. You found a very special deal for those drives which were half the price of a decently performant one at half the capacity at normal sale prices.

[–] Addv4@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

But what I am implying is that if AI hadn't jumped prices soo much, they probably could have gotten last gen 2tb drives for much less than $200, which would make them pretty price competitive. I got mine as the next Samsung pro line was launching (I believe I saw a few new ones for $300 at the time), and while they were a good deal at the time, they were not a unicorn. And given I'm pretty sure the steam machine only supports pcie4 drives, though I might be wrong about that (besides, almost no one needs pcie5 drives outside of very specific use cases), so again, if the AI madness hadn't occurred, a $800 steam machine with 2tb of storage would have been a possibility. Which is yet another reason to say fuck AI.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

A $600 difference seems way too steep - I still think $1k @ 2 TB would have been the best possibility if not for everything getting fucked by the slop machines.

[–] rainwall@piefed.social 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Base price was supposed to be $750 for the 512GB model. I would expect $899 at most for a 2TB model back at pre AI bullshit prices to miss the "1k" negative headline they are riding now. The 150 upcharge for 2TB would have been totally in spec, if a bit expensive as those drives were going for under $100 for a while.