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Steam Machine pricing announced (from $1049-$1428 USD), reservation lists open (store.steampowered.com)
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[–] shinratdr@lemmy.ca 11 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

This is a tough price point for any crowd. The spec of a PS5 at twice the price? Enthusiasts want better specs, and console gamers want a better price.

This is a swing & a miss. The initial order will sell out on speculation and because component prices are garbage so it will have a small run. I’m not so hopeful for future batches unless they can at least match the price of the PS5 Pro.

[–] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Strange, it's not at all a tough price point for me.... Guess I'm not part of the crowd....

My deck has performed brilliantly since the day I bought it, I expect my steam machine to do the same, and if it doesn't I know exactly who will fix it (I've never had to fix my deck)

[–] shinratdr@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 hours ago

I have to wonder why, exactly. My hunch is that this really only appeals to people who want a console-like experience but refuse to buy a console and are willing to pay a huge premium for worse performance to do so.

I don’t even think this is a bad idea, if you have an extensive Steam library then it might be the smart long term financial decision and it’s nice to have a set-it-and-forget-it option for gaming on your TV that can leverage that. I don’t think anyone who buys this will be unhappy with it.

I just think this is a very small market, and most other people have a gaming PC already, would prefer better performance or would save the premium price and just buy a console.

If this can get down to $1000CAD and they introduce a $2000-$2500CAD model when component pricing is sane again that has actual 4K60 performance then this has potential to upend the industry. As it stands I can’t recommend it to anyone.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 12 hours ago

I think this is a generally good take and think I agree. However, logically, if you take away the money variable, anything that keeps working and you ignore the performance/cost value, is easy to say this with.