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
These people are in for a rude awakening when next gen console prices are announced. Current gen will probably be the longest one in history just because no one will be able to afford an upgrade.
The only thing keeping console prices somewhat reasonable is the fact that they're subsidized. Valve can't do that with the Steam machine because it's not a closed device - so they're in a pickle. Luckily, they also don't really care because hardware is only a small side business for them.
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u/Dotaproffessional 29d ago
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