>announces new gaming hardware before negotiating long-term production contracts. bravo, steam
it was never meant for mass adoption
yes i'm sure you've read the contracts
>>738870248i hope you realize this is normalno company ever has ever announced a product only after negotiating long-term production contractsif anything, the production companies will never ever sign a long-term production contracts with anyone without first gauging public response, which can only happen after announcing.picture this, valve signs a long-term producton contract with company X before announcing the productthen they announce it, and the reception is abysmal low and extremely negativecongratulation, now valve has to pay for all those long-term production units they know they won't sell, and that company X is now forced to waste time and production lines for a product which, given valve knows won't be able to sell, will try to get discounts or halt production of with some compensation that still won't cover 100% of the already produced unitslearn some contract economics before making dumb threads, cause what you sugges is the type of shit any good company knows to avoid
They should drop hardware entirely and focus on software again.
>>738870248>software>jewstore admins>making hardware
>>738871254ignore thisdude is playing defense for something he has no idea what he's talking about
>>738870248Yep, and I've been saying this for a while. It's insane that this elite company, with employees who make seven figures, would announce hardware that they haven't built, haven't procured, and haven't priced.
>>738874242The pricing still not being set in stone is fucking wild to me.
>>738874242>hardware that they haven't built, haven't procured, and haven't priced.I think the saying is “do nothing…win anyways” kek
They just need to hurry the fuck up. Who cares if the price changes later? That happens with plenty of gaming devices these days. Buffer it with a Steam store credit promo if you're that worried about it increasing later.
>>738870379How could I read something that doesn't exist?
>>738874849Steam Machine was underpowered from the jump, which is worse than price hike. Even at the originally-intended price, it would need to play games with AMD's inferior upscaling.
>>738875917>>738856018
>>738874929And you know this to be fact because...
Price revealed? I'm calling $799.99>>738870341This is the valve drone cope?
>>738870248The machines are already built retard.Valve is not waiting to buy RAM. They are waiting for RAM prices to stabilize so they can set a fixed price for the machine.
>>738870248Oh no, it will cost $700 instead of $600, whatever will I do?
>buying a steam machine when you can get a fidelity machine
>>738877460Thanks Bob, I'll go $799.98.
>>738870248it's gonna sell out in minutes and you know it
>>738878751My savings hit $100k this year so I've unironically been looking at investing.
>>738878751I took $30k out of my fidelity 401k 6 years ago to manually invest, and it has grown significantly faster than the money I left in there.
>>738878751Ive invested in BTC 10 years ago and I'm fucking rich lmao
>>738874364Are you aware the past 6 months?
>>738879183>>738879251go back
>>738879172>it's gonna sell out in minutesBecause of scalpers buying in bulk
>>738879668>in bulk1 per account per week, not counting the time spent in the reservation queueit ain't getting scalped thanks to that reservation system, especially because it'll be paid
>>738879172>make 100,000>it sells outWow! You gottem!.
>>738879560That's what I mean
>>738879172>destroys steamies' self-impression of being better than tendies and snoys in one swift moveBased fat fuck tbqh
>>738875917>inferior upscalingLMAO. FSR4.1 is coming for 7000 and 6000 with INT8.DLSS4 and 4.5 despite being superior on image stability, does not offers the FPS boost 3.0 has. And 3.0 is inferior to FSR4.1.And it looks like DLSS hit it's cap. Because DLLS5 is pure AI slop.
>>738880238how so?
>>738875917>the budget machine is underpowered!No shit retard. This is not made for your top 10% enthusiasts, it's made for normie-tier people. Most people use hardware that is 4-6 years old and buy hardware that is already at least a year old.
Because RAM prices quadrupled all around the world you oblivious fucktard.
>>738880335See the gabencube situation ofc
>>738877938If they were already built they would sell them at a price, then raise the price if needed. You know, like every other hardware manufacturer does. Crazy, right?
>>738880043Less than that. Autists calculated based on the shipping weight that it's about 20,000 units.
