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 don’t want them to subsidise it, the current price doesn’t really matter to me. It’s just that for their niche, the hardware isn’t quite where it’d need to be.
That’s the thing I don’t get - compared to current flash prices, the cost of tooling and designing a custom pcb, going for a 20% more powerful gpu shouldn’t have been a crazy blocker.