SM is going to cost like 1000+ isn't it....
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At this point, try closer to $1200-$1500, and that's for the BASE model.
We so cooked
SM?
Steam Machine
Oof I mean I'm glad they are back in stock again but that stings. I do see valve being the only company that would lower them as soon as they are able though. Public shareholders wouldn't let them if they were public.
Nah, that's not true. All of these companies would absolutely love to charge less for the console up front so that they can get recurring payments out of you elsewhere. It was a regular occurrence for decades that console prices would drop dramatically over time.
Less of an issue with Valve. They don't have as much of a need for a hardware loss leader since they earn from Steam regardless of which hardware it's running on.
As I understand it, none of the consoles are loss leading these days.
All this for stupid fucking anime profile pics
This timeline sucks.
Holy hell what a jump! Yeesh, I’m glad I got one in January, but there’s no way I’d be paying 1k for it.
Holy fuck. How is it even competitive at this price?
I will never buy a new system again.
It'll be a few years of pain, but once the bubble pops, we can start to return to normalcy. Take good care of the hardware you have in the meantime.
I wish I could muster the ability to give a fuck at this point. Between trumps bolocks and the us ai industry fucking everyone over.
Im kinda of you brought this on yourselves at this point
Sure, but if the price is going up here, it's the latest symptom of prices going up everywhere for this hobby.
Yeh and that's why im fucking pissed. The rest of the world is getting shit because of American internal bolocks
AI might be a problem for this market with or without the US, but tariffs and a war with Iran that drives up oil prices (and therefore plastic and electronics manufacturing) sure is our fault.
Your right it might. But it isn't its a problem because sam altman et al are buying stuff that hasnt been made yet for that datacenters that haven't been built yet egged on by a body that's supposed to keep these assholes in check.