It's a luxury device for enthusiast couch gamers. Sorry you got priced out, but it just is what it is. Some of you just weren't meant to enjoy everything.
I struggle to have a mental model for someone who would've bought this at $750, but somehow can't afford a couple hundred dollars more as if $750 doesn't already make this a significant purchase. I guess the product just isn't that good
>>741693979>luxury>complete piece of shit with no useSounds about right.
Luxury Casting Couch Gamer
>>741694106I see the paid valve posters arrived at the "Bargaining" stage of grief.
I'm not the target audience but I was thinking that it's stupid expensivebut then I realized that it's literally less than I paid for my 4070ti(ok I overpaid on release because my previous GPU died but still) so is it REALLY that expensive or are poor people just uppity?
>>741694175>haha you can afford video games!Ok?
>>741693979>luxurybetter mini PCs exist if you know where to look.
>>741693979How do the 1080p games look on your 4k tv?Not great I assumeThis box cant pkay anything over 1080p
>>741694212Exactly--1000 isn't that crazy. Especially compared to other hobbies.
>>741693979i paid 800 for a 4070 laptop that i keep permaplugged into my tv. you could say i got "priced out" of a shittier computer if you wanted, but i just call it "not being retarded"
>>741694212>>741694275It's objectively overpriced, you can build an equivalent spec PC for less. You can even buy prebuilts with better spec for less (pic rel)
>>741693979Subhuman nigger kunI have a 4k PC and a PS5
>>741693979I've actually been looking for a mini PC to put in my living room since I can't run a cord from my PC to my TV, but all of the tests that I've seen of this so far don't fill me with confidence at all. Also this >>741694243
This was intended to release for 400 - 450 bucks when they developed ist in 2023 but then the AI bubble happened and Valve just does not care to wait longer since it would be even more outdated later on APU wise while the parts that make it so expensive - RAM and SSD - would likely stay high
>>741694410>This was intended to release for 400 - 450 bucksNoValve confirmed their planned price was $750
>>741693979Wrong pic
>>741694106>a 40% price difference is not significantThe fuck are you talking about?
>make poorfag PC profit>make poorfag PC which poorfag can't afford lol why?
>>741693979>512 SSD space
>>741694106This nigga is still leeching his parents
>>741695037>target audience doesn't exist
>>741694243Looks great Most content is 1080p and scales perfectly
>>741693979>thinking it's $1050nah, I'll trust this random twitter user over valve's official website. my steam machine will be $600.
This is your target audience.
>>741695323I remember arguing at length with a /v/tard that it would have to be $999 MINIMUM and he just wouldn't accept it. Kept bringing up how this chucklefuck calculated its BOM so it will definitely be around $700, "800 tops" and this was only a couple months ago. Wish I screencapped it.
>>741693979Naw dawg it's not even the price anymore, it's the value. Paying $1500 + tax + tip to only play older games is straight up stupid. Add to that the extra overhead of having to troubleshoot linux. It's just not worth it.I could buy it, I wanted to buy it, but I already have a PC (with Linux dualboot) I would gain nothing from it.
>>741695558Well nobody expected Valve to take such a large margin as they did. And nobody expected the Iran war to happen.
>>741695790>Well nobody expected Valve to take such a large marginI expected it.Only idiots thought they'd be selling for the price of the parts alone (BOM) and taking a loss or barely breaking even.
>>741693979Yes, I wasn't meant to enjoy budget PCs. That's for poorfags
>>741695645>it's the value wow its learning
>>741695323>screenshot of an ai avatar bot post
>>741695830Nobody is talking about "selling it for the price of components". It's $1050 in a market where this buys you a brand new RTX 5060 gaming PC which outperforms the Steam Machine by what, 30%? Even $800 gets you a better PC since even the RTX 5050 on a DDR4 PC outperforms the Steam Machine. I mean shit, add in an extra $100 and you get the Playnix Console with a 16GB 9060XT. Do you think companies selling these devices don't have profit margins?Valve is either taking a much larger profit margin, or they have a far less efficient assembly process, or they picked their components poorly. Either way the customer doesn't care because at the end of the day it's an extremely underwhelming computer compared to what $900-$1200 gets you elsewhere.>inb4 mini PCs are always more expensiveAbsolutely not the case. Maybe it was 10+ years ago, but not anymore. We've had several mini PCs which outperform full sized PCs in their price brackets just in the past 5-6 years.
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>>741694275Real hobbies don't cost money, consoomer-kun
>>741696445>Nobody is talking about "selling it for the price of components"So you never once saw anons posting pic related and quoting the speculation from this video over and over again?OK.FWIW I agree with you that the price of the Steam Machine sucks and is not worth buying at that price point for anyone that has the slightest clue of what else is out there, I'm just saying I saw this coming from a mile away that it was going to be north of a thousand dollars in spite of the speculative retards. Again, I wish I screenshotted some of those conversations as I went in-depth before concluding $999 for the minimum SKU. If anything, I still underestimated yet anons called me an antishill or a shitposter for saying it.
>>741696550How did you manage to make it gayer?
>>741693979I dunno man, I just plug my usual desktop PC into the TV for the same result.
>>741693979The fact that there is so many sheep in the world that just happily eat up sloppy shit is why general society will always be garbageWhy make better products or create a better world when the low IQs are content with mediocrity
>>741693979>luxury>hardware from 10 years ago
>It's a luxury deviceI said the same thing and had a bunch of upset retards replied to me for saying it was a "luxury device" apparently that upsets people when you say that. Kek It's not even worth $700, so they're overcharging for an underpowered console to recoup their money and because of "the market" and clearly Valve has no control over that, so it's justifiable to charge an outrageous price for a product. That's how you get people to spend $1,100 on something that isn't even worth $700.
>>741693979Still not consuming. Enjoy your shitty overpriced box.
>>741693979I haven’t bought a home console since the PS2. I’ve been a PC only gamer with some portables since. I say that because the counter to what you say is that consoles exist. If money is no object, and you want luxury couch gaming, then you should just buy the PS5 Pro over this. It has CEC, suspend/resume play, better performance, and it’s a mature platform with most of Sony’s catalog going back to the psx. If you want a pc in the living room, then build one and put it in your server room, and run a cable through the wall to your tv.
Gas is unaffordableGroceries are unaffordableHealthcare is unaffordableHousing is unaffordableCars are unaffordableGPUs are unaffordableRAM is unaffordableSSDs are unaffordablePokemon cards are unaffordableConcerts are unaffordableSports events are unaffordableRetirement is unaffordable Being poor is unaffordable Gaming is unaffordableThe Steam Machine is unaffordableEverything is unaffordable
>>741696831do you though? is your desktop conveniently located beside your tv? and you have your desk setup with your monitor right next to your tv? do not bother responding "yes" without including a picture of your set up.
>>741697912
>>741696669Mlid, kek.
>>741698009#worth it to keep the pedophile retard in the white house and israel slaughtering the middle east.
>>741693979Yeah, no. I wouldn't have bought it even before the component prices skyrocketed.
Timothy Sweeney won
>>741696615Yes they do
It looks fucking stupid, just like the colored cube from that new god of war but black
>>741698079I don't see anyone excited about this piece of e-waste
>>741698730>black Ah, yes. Modern game companies’ favorite color.
>gimped, barely-upgradable boxlol
>>741698718lol is this an image of basket weaving or something
>>741693979Yeah because that worked for the Neo-Geo, right?
>>741698849I’ve been told that’s what this site is for
>>741693979>It's a luxury device for enthusiast couch gamers. Sorry you got priced out, but it just is what it is. Some of you just weren't meant to enjoy everything.
>>741698747I assume you live under a rock and haven't heard news about their controller. Yes. Their controller.
>1420 plus foreskin, plus tipLmao Gabe truly need another boat...
>>741693979I'm an enthusiast couch gamer with money to spend. Not buying your piece of shit, shill
>>741694212The model with a reasonable amount of storage is more than my 4080S and I bought that shit at a Canadian brick and mortar store so you know I didn't get a good deal.
>>741698997No, I fully believe that’s what this thing costs to make right now. I bet they’re doing 3%GM or so on it. They have no leverage in their hardware contracts buying in the 100Ks of units compared to Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo buying in the 10Ms of units. Just dogshit timing on their part.
>>741698984I heard it's shit, I have all consoles + PC and even I am not interested in buying it. I'm good.
>>741693979but im poor and i thought valve loved me
>>741695076Kinda works but just barely, if you have nothing but Steam and OS on itnot like you can run bloatmaxxed AAA games on it anyway
>>741693979>It's a luxury device for enthusiast couch gamers.Compared to the PC next to my TV that has a Core i5, 32GB of RAM, and an RTX 3070?
>>741699512post a pic of your setup please
>>741696550not hairy enough
>>741695076It has a micro SD slot in it, but 500GB is more than enough for most gamers. But yes, having 500GB on a device that costs over $1000 is something I thought only Apple does.
>>741699573My living room is a sty.
I think the price is fair for a PC if the quick search of a benchmark I found was accurate. I'm not sure though why one might buy it over a PC, there doesn't appear to be an advantage other than it being small which isn't a massive deal
>>741699965im not even trying to win the argument at this point i just want to see your set up. please bro just to bring us back to the glory days of 4chan and give us some quality oc. let us see your set up, for the good of the board.
>>741698009Yeah, this decade sucks; no one is winning
