Comment on Steam Hardware [new Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and VR headset Steam Frame, coming in 2026]

Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• unit327@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  No way it is as cheap as a q3. All valve have said is that they are aiming for < the price of a valve index full kit. uploadvr.com/valve-steam-frame-hands-on-impressio…

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• tiramichu@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  You have to remember, the price isn’t only due to the hardware.

  We often still think of “hardware” as if it’s some tool we actually own like a wrench or a hammer, and the price of it should depend on the cost.

  But in the modern world the electronic hardware we buy is subsidised through gated ecosystems and by profiting from slurping data and selling ads.

  The reality is that Meta hardware is priced aggressively low to encourage adoption - on the basis of all the money they expect to make later from your data. Same with smart TVs and everything else with a similar business model.

  Valve’s hardware will seem exoensive but that’s just the price you have to pay in the modern world for some small amount of control and privacy.

  Personally, I’ll pay it gladly.

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• ptolemai@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The cameras can’t track eyes with the headset on …Unless they make it like the vision pro, where your eyes show up on the headset’s outer screen. ಠᴗಠ

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• magic_internet_wizard@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  steam deck is still incredibly good for what you get. i have on of the original ones with a 64 gb ssd and although i have some hangups with that i just put in a 1.5 terabyte sd card and it runs almost everything i throw at it. just discovered the other night it can do vr very poorly with a beta steam client and beta steam vr while streaming to my quest 3s with steam link. we really live in a new era.

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  • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I could have had one and didn’t get it because I never really go anywhere other than work. But boy did I regret it when I was at BLFC recently. My hotel roommates all had one and were playing Helldivers and Rocket League every night 😩

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