*** Valve Steam Machine ***

[lovelyhead]

Are you not learning new information about the steam machine and what valve has actually said? It's relevant to your expectations of price that you've been setting with used hardware and subsidised hardware pricing.

The article quotes a direct question from a youtube interview about whether the steam machine would be subsidised.

First word in the reply is, no.

The rest sets the expectations that it will have comparable pricing to the current pc market, which has been going up.

Anything can be grasped at, might win the lotto right.

But it is known that the jackpot odds are about 1 in 40 million and it is known valve has said it will be priced normally and not subsidised. That's more real than uninformed hope.

Give it a rest.

 

[xaldub]

Now confirmed : Steam Machine will retail for £499.

And in this alternate timeline, Man Utd beat Brighton today in the FA Cup

 

[Vandle]

Really can't see the appeal in it. Seems to be the machine that nobody wants at a price nobody wants to pay.

 

[lovelyhead]

Really can't see the appeal in it. Seems to be the machine that nobody wants at a price nobody wants to pay.

I do want one but I also recognise that it is a low end PC and I already have a PS5 Slim disc drive version which is of a similar performance level which I only paid £400 for. Some people don't mind paying over the odds for such things but already having a similar level of performance for £400 stops me from wanting to pay much more than that for a Steam Machine. I like to feel like I get my money's worth.

 

[Grim5]

Really can't see the appeal in it. Seems to be the machine that nobody wants at a price nobody wants to pay.

Valve fanboys want it and there are lots of them

 

[Hotwired]

Mini pcs are great. You get to have a vastly smaller case and adequate performance to play anything as long as you can cope with reducing settings as needed.

I was up for buying a second mini pc but turns out for the same money I paid in 23, I would only be able to get the barebones version end of 25. HEH. Nah, pass. Check back in another year.

Anyway this one will be kinda premium and Valve has abnormal amounts of good will for a company hoovering up billions a year from the nerds they cater to.