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Did steam actually drop the price point yet or are they just speculating? If it's the later than the title is rather misleading.
just speculation.
only things valve employees said about prices is:
“Expect a high enough price such that we couldn’t group it in with console prices.”
That's disappointing. However, being a mass produced, single spec device, it has to be cheaper than comparable self-built PCs. Otherwise, no one would buy it.
Consoles sell at a loss with the idea that they recoup it with game purchases.
Steam gets a 30% cut of game purchases and could do it also. Unfortunately/fortunately it’s also a functioning Linux desktop - so they can’t really sell it at a loss - because some companies might just purchase it for compute.
Doesn't have to be a loss, just competitive with what a self-built PC would be.
Daniel Owen does good PC part breakdowns. Especially video cards. Here's a cheap build he threw together using PC Part Picker to see what it would be like to build a PC using comparable parts to what the Steam Machine has, but a garbage power supply and case. It came out to $706.
(This link skips to 27:24. You have to rewind 2 minutes or so if you want to hear him talk about the bad power supply and case, which you definitely shouldn't buy.)
https://youtu.be/RTB-lP_qwc0?t=1644
If Valve can come in around $700 it will be a good deal. If it's sub $600, it's an outstanding deal. Especially because of the premium wifi, special Steam Controller antenna, small form factor, and stuff like that. SFF cases and motherboards have premium prices.
“Its the same power as 6 Steam Decks”
The answer has been in front of us the whole time…
It’s $2,400.
Which is a bummer imo, since I don't think people already considering a lower midrange PC today are the target demographic, but I would love to be proven wrong.
2nd line means it won't be sold at a loss
Why does everyone keep saying Index was $1000. That’s just blatantly wrong. It’s like $500. It was only the set that includes 2 controllers and 2 base stations that costs $1000. But you can order each part separately.
The Frame won’t have base stations, and it’s unlikely that the Frame controllers will cost $300, since they don’t seem as advanced as the Index controllers (at least in regards to the hand presence tech).
And since there are dozens of us that already have those I’d expect that you can buy the Frame w/o controllers too.
because thats seemingly the upper bound l.
i'd expect something a bit more expensive than the quest 3, which currently costs 550€ with controllers, because i don't think valve will sell at cost, but with a slim margin.
It’s not the upper bound, because the set only includes 2 base stations. That’s good enough for most use cases but if you need the additional coverage you’ll be buying 2 more for $150 a pop
Steam Machine 2: DOA 2
It's the 240th episode of DF Direct Weekly. I don't think they have to explain the format at this point any longer.
Does it not come to you that someone might have never even heard of DF?
Yeah I definitely have no idea who these guys are, and thought that valve has dropped new info
One person in the thumbnail seems vaguely familiar, and now they are associated with an immediately untrustworthy statement, bravo for that I suppose.
These few people can just watch a few minutes of the video and get the gist of it.
Or we can all just assume that since Steam hasn't released the price these guys are just misleading people for views and put them on our permanently do not watch list. Couple that with someone being smarmy about the content rather than talking to people and it seems like something I wouldn't personally enjoy.
Well, they'd probably find out by watching the video. Or they'd move on and enjoy the rest of their day/night, it's really all up to them.
Misleading title? On the internet!?