Ofcourse it will. Anyone expecting any less are just optimists
Submitted 4 months ago by simple@piefed.social to games@lemmy.world
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BryceBassitt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
CoyoteFacts@piefed.ca 4 months ago
I’m curious to see how the price will be affected as consumer PCs get stronger every year. Will they update the Steam Machine every couple of years, or will they decrease the price? I have to assume they are targeting a neutral price because their primary goal is to assemble a linux box with as little margin as possible and put it in front of you for an actual fair price, but “fair price” is a moving target.
Personally, I’m all for getting what I pay for. People who sell to you at a loss are up to something.
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 4 months ago
Is this anounced to boost the sales of a yet-to-be-revealed steam link 2 ?
kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Steam Link 2 is just a Google TV or similar device with the Steam Link app installed. They never stopped the project, just shifted focus.
ekZepp@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Thanks all the same Valve for 900 or more, you can keep it. We’re good. 👍
Lembot_0005@lemy.lol 4 months ago
Why would anyone want it then? Just install Steam on your machine and use it…
bisby@lemmy.world 4 months ago
“on your machine” requires you to have a machine. This isn’t for people with computers already. This is for people who are already looking for a new machine, and this becomes the “ready out of the box” option.
superglue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
If its a decent price I’ll want it. I love the freedom PC gaming allows but sometimes I do miss the convenience of a console. It would be great for my kid as well. No fidling with the display, having the PC not wake properly from sleep, controllers not connecting, etc. It would just work. Our current setup inevitably something doesnt work right first try.
SalamenceFury@lemmy.world 4 months ago
At least for me, a Steam Machine would be the ideal use case for my brother, since the literal ONLY game he plays is CS2. He used to play Fortnite, but he hasn’t done that in years… and even then if he wanted we could just swap places between my current real computer and the Steam Machine. It’s also really small so it wouldn’t occupy much space on the other room of the house.
kbal@fedia.io 4 months ago
People do occasionally buy new computers, and this one looks likely to be a better choice than most of what's on the market.
Glide@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
There are people who exist between “I build, format and otherwise manage my own gaming rig,” and “I don’t need a PC for games.”
My partner is a perfect example. She has my old PC shell, with some $500 of GPU, internal memory, and accessories, hooked up to the TV. She uses it daily, almost exclusively for Steam games and streaming services that she finds more comfortable to navigate with a keyboard and mouse. A smaller, quieter, streamlined, “this more or less will do the things you want to do straight out of the box” product would have saved both her (and I, because that thing has has some troubleshooting) a lot of headache, while looking far more presentable to boot.
Maybe she’s the odd one out and the target audience is more niche than my bias’ recognize, but I guess we’ll see for sure when this thing releases.
BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 4 months ago
That’s a lot for someone who doesn’t understand computers beyond Windows and MacOS. People also don’t realise that since the PS4 and the Xbox One every console is just a X86-64 machine. So, I think it’s a good move from Valve
voytrekk@sopuli.xyz 4 months ago
The biggest advantages it has over other PCs is CEC and Wake on USB(controller) enabled out of the box. Those are the two features I miss the most on my HTPC.
snooggums@piefed.world 4 months ago
Other major advantages are the form factor and standardized design making it smaller and most likely more reliable than a comparable PC.
gustofwind@lemmy.world 4 months ago
People without gaming rigs that don’t wanna spend almost as much for a console
Lembot_0005@lemy.lol 4 months ago
I don’t understand. Why pay the same for the same power just to get a less maintainable machine that is barely usable outside gaming?
tal@lemmy.today 4 months ago
I mean, it’s fine to do so, as long as you have PC hardware that meets your needs. Valve would be fine with it too. As long as it can run Steam, all good. For Valve, I expect that the Steam Machine is to provide an easy-to-set-up option a la consoles that let them move into the living room for people who have an issue with that. If you can already use/configure a PC and have one, then that option is gonna work too.
AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 4 months ago
As it says in the article, it’ll be smaller and quieter, so less offensive for most people’s living rooms than a full-size desktop. It’s not meant to replace your existing PC if you have one, unless it was getting old and you were about to replace it anyway. If you don’t have a PC, or don’t have one in the living room, then it might be a better option than anyone else’s prebuilt.
Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 4 months ago
And, as with any standardized hardware, it’s a lot easier to ensure games and services (like Proton) perform reliably.
Time will tell if this sells enough, but it could become the new standard for industry benchmarking/testing.
Master167@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Over, under
$500 USD?
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I think if it is over $600 most people aren’t even going to consider it as an option.
Flamekebab@piefed.social 4 months ago
That’s the thing I find amusing in this thread. Consoles are a known quantity and it needs to either compete or undercut them. I have a Steam Deck that I paid £320 for (brought up to £400 by the SSD I added). I would most definitely not pay more than £450 for a Steam Box. It may well cost more than that but it is a luxury and I would seriously struggle to justify more than that.
simple@piefed.social 4 months ago
Definitely over 500$. Considering the statement it sounds like it will be at least 800 dollars.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Yeah, I’ve been guessing $800-1000. That’s a decent deal on a prebuilt with this performance.
tal@lemmy.today 4 months ago
IIRC from an earlier article, they’re still looking at factors and don’t yet know for sure (I suspect that it might be that Trump tariffs and whether they will stand is an input).
cdnwaffleiron@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
Think i’ll just plug my existing gaming laptop into my TV and save my money thx…
lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Could have saved this comment too, but here we both are
etchinghillside@reddthat.com 4 months ago
It’s $2,400 – 6 Steam Decks – the end.
sassymov@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
Where am I supposed to be able to get $3,600 to buy this?
CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Sell your csgo skins
rtxn@lemmy.world 4 months ago
You have two kidneys, don’t you?
ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 4 months ago
SLPT: Drug dealing. You can make a lot of money in a short amount of time
gustofwind@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Remember, an Xbox series X now costs $600 for digital edition ($800 for 2tb + disk drive)
Flamekebab@piefed.social 4 months ago
…and those are just flying off the shelves!