Comment on Steam Hardware [new Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and VR headset Steam Frame, coming in 2026]
Nibodhika@lemmy.world 1 day agoI think you’re way off, they said that they will price the GabeBox like a PC and not a console, that probably means the price for it will be around 1k since that’s what a similar PC would cost, here’s an example of the price of a prebuilt PC with a 7600 which is the GPU that they mentioned as being the closest to the one they use periphio.com/…/firestorm-7600-prebuilt-amd-gaming…
Also the Frame was mentioned as being priced less but close to the Index, and the Index was also 1k with the base stations, so I think the Frame will likely be very close to that as well.
The controller I would guess around $70, but there’s likely to be one together with the Machine, so all in all I think we’re looking closer to 2k. But I would be very happy to be wrong.
The Gabe box is more laptop-esque than PC really. The Steam Machine GPU is closer to a 7600m as both use (28cu) vs the desktop 7600(32cu).
Afaik the CPU is only 2 full zen4 cores and 4 zen4c, which would also save on cost. But, honestly I don’t remember where I read that so don’t take the CPU part as fact. If I find the source I’ll link it later
Still, my point was about the price guess that the other guy made. Valve was very clear that it would be priced as a PC and not a console, consoles are around the 500 mark, so it would be at least 700 otherwise they would have mentioned aggressive pricing or something.
Valve was very clear that it would be priced as a PC and not a console
Valve hasn’t been clear about the price at all though. That could simple mean it won’t be sold at a loss like console have historically been.
Tom from Moore’s Law estimated the cost to build the steam machine at $425 and the steam deck at around $300. If the Steam Machine is sold for the save $100 profit that’s a total of $525.
Yeah I’m thinking that it’ll be around $500 to $600 for the base model and maybe $550 to $650 for the two terabyte model. After all the memories upgradable so there’s not really any point them trying to price gouge anyone on the memory.
echodot@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Really I don’t think so. I don’t know quite where you’re getting your prices from because I could definitely build assembly spec computer for under $700, especially if I was building in bulk which obviously Valve are.
I feel like they know that no one’s going to buy it at $1,000.
David_Eight@lemmy.world 1 day ago
$1000 would totally be dead on arrival. Framework sells there far superior PC for $1200
-8 core zen 5 vs. 6 core zen 4/zen 4c -32 cu RDNA 3.5 vs. 28 cu RDNS 3 -32 Tiles NPU vs. 0 NPU -32GB LPDDR5x-8000 memory vs.16GB DDR5 + 8GB GDDR6 VRAM