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.
Not at current spec and price. I don’t think it’s worth what I would get. It’s also already sold out except the 512 w/ steam controller version for my region so I couldn’t even if I wanted to for the larger spec versions.
I’ll just slowly continue to upgrade my PC as money allows.
Its not sold out. They have not sold any yet. Its a raffle to see if you can even buy one but you have to sign up before tomorrow. Here is the page description.
“Join the list any time before June 25th at 10 a.m. PT. On that date, the list will be closed and randomized, and you will receive an email with your results shortly after.”
I was looking at the home page which just said ‘sold out’ under each one except the 512 w/ steam controller. This morning, they’re all just listed as ‘sold out’. No mention of a lottery anywhere there. It’s not surprising, though, given so many things are lotteries here. Still, if that many people entered, I would expect it to functionally behave the same as being sold out since the lottery winners will presumably snap them all up.