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Steam Machine launches today

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Re: Steam Machine launches today

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Post by hinkley »

> We think of Steam Machine as an extension of PC gaming, not as a console.

But is that really so bad? I don't want to say 'sell it at a loss' but loss leaders don't need to bankrupt their companies in order to do their job.

If you sold them at or below cost then people would figure out how to buy 100's and make server farms out of them. Particularly for this hardware. The awkwardness of the hardware being made up for by the subsidy from the manufacturer. But pricing them at break-even would still be good business.

Re: Steam Machine launches today

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Post by protocolture »

annzabelle wrote: post #537
d3Xt3r wrote: post #521

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> This is nice But this is not nice: > This item is not available for purchase in your region

I moved to New Zealand recently from the US and am now seeing that everywhere. A lot of the time some local ecommerce platform imports the Australian version of most electronics with a markup, but we don't have official retailers for a lot of products, most notably Pixel phones. Also no Apple stores, though there are official retailers for Apple products.

Crazy, I thought they would have just treated kiwistan as another australian state.

Re: Steam Machine launches today

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Post by Rohansi »

valicord wrote: post #733
willis936 wrote: post #267

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Valve gets it. I very much want to support them and vote with my wallet. Unfortunately the Steam machine isn't a good fit for me. I will buy the frame in a heartbeat though. HMD with a FOSS OS? That's in its own class.

And yet Steam Controller somehow only works with Steam...

Would you rather have it degrade to the functionality of an Xbox 360 controller without Steam? That's the best they could do without all games including support for the controller (latest SDL3 has it).

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Post by d3Xt3r »

weberer wrote: post #742
bigtex wrote: post #643

For reference to the current prices of consoles: Nintendo Switch 2 $449.99 Xbox Series S (512GB/1TB) $379.99 – $449.99 Xbox Series X (1TB) $649.99 PlayStation 5 Slim (Digital) $599.99 PlayStation 5 Slim (Disc) $649.99 PlayStation 5 Pro $899.99 From reading posts on X/Twitter, I got the feeling that PC Gaming enthusiasts truly believed this was going to compete with console gaming and those players would flock to the…

Just round up the penny for the more honest price. Nintendo Switch 2 $450 Xbox Series S (512GB/1TB) $380 – $450 Xbox Series X (1TB) $650 PlayStation 5 Slim (Digital) $600 PlayStation 5 Slim (Disc) $650 PlayStation 5 Pro $900 Steam Machine 512GB: $1050 Steam Machine 2TB: $1350

Switch 2 is going up by $50

Re: Steam Machine launches today

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Post by [deleted] »

amlib wrote: post #625
jhack wrote: post #319

The pricing is all out of sorts. Close to $500 more expensive than a PS5 for worse performance. I understand this is a PC and you can do other things with it, but if you're buying a gaming device to play games this is a horrible value.

If that's the cost of a _working_, well supported and _viable_ open platform, than so be it. People, especially the ones here at hacker news, ought to give way more value to this, else we lose it all.

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Re: Steam Machine launches today

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Post by danbolt »

InitialLastName wrote: post #528
WithinReason wrote: post #458

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Here, try your hand at assembling one much cheaper at the same performance: https://pcpartpicker.com/

I just did one [0], mostly with regards only to specs and price (rather than quality). It comes out to $150 more, roughly 4X the volume, and about 3 hours more of my time in effort, all to get something that won't be as well-supported by games. What am I missing? [0] https://pcpartpicker.com/list/KY3VW9

I don’t have a horse in the race and I’m speaking from ignorance, but I noticed that Valve’s offering only requires 300W of power. That sounds very appealing for the sort of games I play.

Would it be difficult to make a PC with a similar power/performance profile?

Re: Steam Machine launches today

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Post by pferdone »

xdennis wrote: post #748
andy_xor_andrew wrote: post #93

This is a weird thing to call out, when there's so much else to talk about (price, specs, etc) buuuuuut- Check out the gameplay video partway down the page, where the two people are on the couch playing Cuphead. Right under "Your Steam library in more places." It's just... a real clip of real people playing a real game and reacting in a real way. It's funny. I know it's stupid to call out, but how many exaggerated ve…

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What does identity or sexuality have to do with it you fucking moron? These are people! People play games.
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