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Valve Says The Companies Making RAM Give Them A Price And If They Say No, They ‘Never Talk To Us Again’ (kotaku.com)
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[–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes I do have experience, in fact it's core to my job.

The cost to design is significant and wasting a few years of development is not a light decision. So Valve either had to scrap the design and waste the development cost, or price it according to the current PC parts prices

You are right that people can DIY, but it always was an option and people still buy ready-made computers, so that's a moot point.

The price for comparable parts and same form factor isn't far off from DIY.

[–] rafoix@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

My point is that even pre-built PCs are cheaper and better in every way other than size.

Going on microcenter and Best Buy can easily get you a better gaming PC even with the AI apocalypse going on.

[–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

My point is that even pre-built PCs are cheaper and better in every way other than size.

Size is a big factor here. Steam made a console sized PC.

There isn't a lot of PC case that size. And the list of PC parts for SFF are limited and more expensive than their normal counterparts.

So yeah, if you want a full tower PC in your living room, don't buy the Steam Machine. But I haven't seen a PC build of that size cost less.

[–] rafoix@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

Size, energy use and design are the main positives of the steam machine.

Time will tell if there is enough of a market for that type of device.