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.
No
Hell no, I can still play all the games I want with my own computer from 2010, lol.
Would I like it to be cheaper. Of course. Are gaming consoles cheaper of course.
But I cant name 1 system or PC, which can waken when a Bluetooth Controller connects to it, and can play every game I own from the last 15 years, and every console game from the last 25 years.
Even Nintendo nickels and dimes you for this privilege, and with a one time purchase I can just remove my consoles and just use a Steam Machine, sign me up.
Not even PlayStation 5 can do what the steam machine does out of the box.
Machine? No.
Frame? Yes.Yes. I have many PCs and laptops around the house already but I simply want it as a luxury item and to support the idea of open game consoles.
Especially considering its not doing anything a PC can’t do (as far as I know).
It’s a PC. Why wouldn’t it do anything a PC can’t do.
That being said, it does have the connections to wake the machine and your TV by acticating a connected Steam Controller
Tbh I’m in the same-ish boat, but, given the unknown economic situation in 6 months, I’m saving my disposable income. If everything chugs along, that $1500 unit might be up to $1800; if we hit the operational floor on oil, that $1500 would be better spent elsewhere. I’d rather spend another $300 come Christmas than starve; the steam machine will still be there if bigger problems don’t arise.
Wasn’t planning on it even before the price announcement, since it still would have been more economical to just upgrade my existing rig even if the SM was $750.
But now I’m not sure if I’ll be able to get a Steam Frame if they are also expensive as fuck.
Eventually, when the gen 2 comes out, I intend to pick up a used gen 1 to replace my Raspberry Pi 5. It’s one of the very few general-purpose computers that has HDMI CEC support natively, and with KDE Plasma Bigscreen it should be a monster of a set top box.
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. 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.
Nah, I have a Steam Deck for travel and I don’t really feel like I need anything else. Also, I couldn’t really afford one anyhow.
It’s not just the price, it’s the hardware. They could have gone for a slightly more powerful gpu, even in their thermal emvelope, and it’d xonfpunding they didn’t. This way it gets beaten by a PS5, on both price and performance.
Doesn’t mean I’d buy a PS5, but does mean there’s many better options, even if you want small and quiet.
The PS5 is subsidized to get you into the ecosystem. Valve let’s you play anything you like on the Steam Machine, so no incentive for them to sell at a loss.
I imagine they went for the less powerful GPU because hardware prices are insane across the board right now and Valve has no negotiating power with the manufacturers, as they said.
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 👍
After it was announced I was considering it, to replace an old (non-gaming) PC that I still need to use occasionally. But honestly, even if the price was half what it is, I don’t think it would really serve much point in my hands.
The Steam Frame is what I’m really interested in, if I have the cash to splurge on it when it finally releases I’ll probably nab it.
