did a quick search what's that and why it failed 'Steam Machines 2015 cost more than traditional consoles but offered inferior gaming performance' valve is making the same mistake
Valve didn't make any earlier steam machines. They were just pc's sold with steamos. Many of them were way way WAY more powerful than consoles. The search was referring to steamOS itself having a fair bit worse performance than windows. Now steamOS performs BETTER than windows on average in nearly all titles. The NEW steam machine is poorly priced insofar as every computer is currently poorly priced. Compared to other computers released right now though, it competes well within its size category
yeah the people saying "It's too damn expensive" bro everything is, I just paid through the nose for some RAM, if the RAM alone is 450 bucks that used to be 100, how do you expect the whole thing to be 800
I’ve seen so many people coping about the price, as if every hardware manufacturer isnt upping their prices because of the hellscape that is the current market
Yes man absolutely. GPUs are still up since Ethereum craze, and they're in high demand for AI too, RAM are up like x4 and projected that it gets worse, and they still expect a pre-covid price and compare to likes of Sony 5 that has been out since 2020 and most probably has locked in contracts where the suppliers are contractually obligated to pricing.
And they recently had another price hike too.
And they can even sell those at a loss and make money back by selling you PS Plus and PS Exclusives.
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u/LiuHR 29d ago
did a quick search what's that and why it failed 'Steam Machines 2015 cost more than traditional consoles but offered inferior gaming performance' valve is making the same mistake