Did steam actually drop the price point yet or are they just speculating? If it’s the later than the title is rather misleading.
Misleading title? On the internet!?
just speculation.
only things valve employees said about prices is:
- they are targetting a lower price for the frame than the index (index was 1000$ afaik)
- the machine will be priced as a pc and not as a console (whatever that means)
- prices will be announced closer to launch.
the machine will be priced as a pc and not as a console (whatever that means)
“Expect a high enough price such that we couldn’t group it in with console prices.”
That’s disappointing. However, being a mass produced, single spec device, it has to be cheaper than comparable self-built PCs. Otherwise, no one would buy it.
Consoles sell at a loss with the idea that they recoup it with game purchases.
Steam gets a 30% cut of game purchases and could do it also. Unfortunately/fortunately it’s also a functioning Linux desktop - so they can’t really sell it at a loss - because some companies might just purchase it for compute.
Doesn’t have to be a loss, just competitive with what a self-built PC would be.
Daniel Owen does good PC part breakdowns. Especially video cards. Here’s a cheap build he threw together using PC Part Picker to see what it would be like to build a PC using comparable parts to what the Steam Machine has, but a garbage power supply and case. It came out to $706.
(This link skips to 27:24. You have to rewind 2 minutes or so if you want to hear him talk about the bad power supply and case, which you definitely shouldn’t buy.)
https://youtu.be/RTB-lP_qwc0?t=1644
If Valve can come in around $700 it will be a good deal. If it’s sub $600, it’s an outstanding deal. Especially because of the premium wifi, special Steam Controller antenna, small form factor, and stuff like that. SFF cases and motherboards have premium prices.
“Its the same power as 6 Steam Decks”
The answer has been in front of us the whole time…
It’s $2,400.
It’s the 240th episode of DF Direct Weekly. I don’t think they have to explain the format at this point any longer.
Does it not come to you that someone might have never even heard of DF?
One person in the thumbnail seems vaguely familiar, and now they are associated with an immediately untrustworthy statement, bravo for that I suppose.
Yeah I definitely have no idea who these guys are, and thought that valve has dropped new info
Well, they’d probably find out by watching the video. Or they’d move on and enjoy the rest of their day/night, it’s really all up to them.
Does it not come to you that someone might have never even heard of DF?
These few people can just watch a few minutes of the video and get the gist of it.
Or we can all just assume that since Steam hasn’t released the price these guys are just misleading people for views and put them on our permanently do not watch list. Couple that with someone being smarmy about the content rather than talking to people and it seems like something I wouldn’t personally enjoy.
Well, Valve just dropped prices for everything… Can’t wait to see how everyone reacts.
