I’m lucky enough to have disposable income, I could afford to buy one without it hurting. That said, idk just off principle it feels like an insane ask. Especially considering its not doing anything a PC can’t do (as far as I know). For those not in the know, the cheapest edition will be about 1,000 USD and the most pricy will be around 1,500. To my knowledge, consoles themselves aren’t profitable historically. So, do you think even at this price point Valve is taking a hit? Do you think if this sells well it will drastically increase the cost of other consoles (completely independent of the external factor being hardware shortage due to AI). General steam machine discussion post as well, just dont be a dickhead to anyone.
I was lucky enough to out together a nice PC just before the AI thing made the prices explode, plus I’ve been a PC gamer all my life (except for the PS1 I had as a kid), so I won’t buy the Machine.
That said, I had high hopes it’d be a success, more so given how well the Controller has sold, and that it’d be the things that brought Linux to lots of people who would never consider it otherwise.
Unfortunately, I fear the price will damped things quite a bit.
Nope. Way too expensive.
Unlikely. Was going to get one to replace my old pc but I gave up waiting back in April when a local pc shop had a sale. I’m glad I bought then because the prices have just keep going up since.
Are you gonna buy?
Probably not.
do you think even at this price point Valve is taking a hit?
No, as that would be stupid of them. Why would they subsidize a normal PC? This would lead to people buying them with the purpose of deliberately not using steam.
Do you think if this sells well it will drastically increase the cost of other consoles (completely independent of the external factor being hardware shortage due to AI)
Excluding the whole AI bs: it should not but it probably will as any way to raise the prices is welcome to Microslop, Sony and Nintendo.
They’re already telegraphing that the current Xbox business model has to change. I’m guessing that means unsubsidized consoles.
Nah, my PC is still good. Will be buying Half-Life 3 though if they release that.
I don’t really have a use case, but I would have considered picking one up anyways sometime down the line if it was a good deal. It’s unfortunate that it’s not. I was really hoping that Valve would try to subsidize it a little to at least make the cost not as painful, but I understand that it was never an expectation for them to do so.
I think it’ll sell anyways, since there are people who don’t want to worry about the technical challenges of building their own computer, and also don’t want to spend time looking into and vetting pre-built brands. They just want a pre-built from a brand that they already know and trust. And I think the Steam Machine would fill that niche. It’s a niche of a niche of a niche, but I suspect there would be enough people like that to still sell a decent number of Steam Machines.
As for the prices of other consoles? Steam Machine is such a low volume product that other consoles would not feel a thing no matter how successful it sells
Nope. Getting an Anbernic and Steam Deck opened the way to easy playing of older games, and I’ve been having a great time.
Recently I bought a mini PC with AMD 760M iGPU, just to get something modern, cheap and good enough in case prices get even worse.
Been playing Return To Castle Wolfenstein, The Settlers II remake, ballisticng, Fallout 4… quite a few other cheap and/or old games.
If triple A games are going to cost that much to play moving forwards I’m just not going to play them 👍
lol, no.
I want to laugh at the ex-friend now for him thinking the steam machine was going to be affordable and be a feasible option for those looking for - AFFORDABLE - building PC options.
What a moron.
No. I still have an AM4 PC that does everything I’ve asked it to do. While I applaud Valves contribution to the industry… it ain’t fucking worth that. The real win is SteamOS pushing through and getting desktop OS support for all users.
Probably not, but I do have a Steam Deck and might buy a Steam Frame.
The cost is definitely a factor, but also, I’ve been building computers since the 90s and even my laptop can run everything I play already: I don’t have much need for another computer right now, even if Valve made it. If I did really need a computer, I’d probably just build a better one for cheaper and slap Bazzite or Cachy on it.
If the price goes down, I might reconsider: I do like supporting companies that do right by their customers and Valve is one of the very few that still seem to make that effort.
No one on Lemmy is going to be looking for an entry-level device, we’re all boomers with custom rigs already.
PC gamers already have PCs, and console gamers don’t want to spend $1000 on a console-PC. That seems to be the general vibe. It’s not looking great.
The Steam Deck came in at a competetive price, and a handheld form factor, those two things made it a success.
You’re missing an entire market segment of gadget nerds. I have no practical need for steam machine but I’m still getting it because it’s fun, it’s beautiful and it supports ideals I’m interested in. 1,000 usd is nothing for a luxury gadget.
Yeah but no way that market is big enough for valve to keep building steam machines.
No, but i really want one. Maybe in a few years if this insane computer pricing chills out a little or if I get a lot of money somehow.
Maybe in a year or so. My Deck still works fine, not in a rush to replace it. The Frame on the other hand, probably a day one purchase.
Not really, I don’t have money for a separate gaming console, and if I had, I’d probably still invest in my work machine. I want mass adoption for it become a reference in optimization for Linux systems but I myself can’t chip in - I think that contradiction is shared by many.
Up until recently I think I would have considered it. After reading court transcripts and seeing Gabe and his underlings lie through their teeth has changed my tune. I want nothing more to do with this monopoly corporation artificially keeping PC games priced high. Fuck Steam.
