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Are you ready for a $1,000 Steam Machine? Some analysts think you should be. (arstechnica.com)
submitted 15 hours ago by BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com to c/technology@lemmy.world
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The title is a bit misleading, as the article lists diverging analysts' opinions, ranging from Valve willing to sell at a loss or low margins, to high prices due to RAM and SSD price volatility.

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[–] Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works 33 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (3 children)

I’m calling $700 US price. Valve’s the only company that can get into the console space with console prices since the real revenue source is the game store they run.

Edit: I slept on it and decided $750 is a safer bet, at least on the base model

[–] reev@sh.itjust.works 15 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

The problem is that it makes less sense for them to sell at a loss than for example Xbox or Sony. It's just a capable PC, corporations could buy hundreds or thousands and they wouldn't make a cent off of game sales.

[–] Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 hours ago

It's not impossible, however, have you seen what corporations buy for their employees? Saving on upfront cost isn't really part of the equation, it just has to say "dell" and/or "workstation" on it. A large company values long-term support and supply way more than what they'd save by getting a gaming machine.

And besides all that, it's not like the best selling console of all time didn't make money because a (objectively large) minority of owners only used it as a DVD player.

[–] vin@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 7 hours ago

It's not a console, it's a general purpose PC

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev -1 points 10 hours ago

Uh the same could be said for Sony, Xbox and to a greater extent Nintendo but they'd rather make oodles of noodles money at every interaction.