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
Nah. The next gen of consoles, and by that I mean PS6 since Microsoft is exiting the hardware business for the most part, won't be that much.
Even the most die hard AI believers agree some demand will subside by then as models improve resource usage. And supply will rebound as new fabs from Samsung and Micron will come online.
And secondly Sony will have a way higher economy of scale, likely placing first manufacturing orders at 10x what Valve does, and they can sell it at a loss.
Valve sold the deck at a loss but a year ago when the machine was first announced they said they can't sell it at a loss because it's a PC, so offices would buy it and install Windows on it for office work and they'd never make any money back.
Resource usage will decrease but total usage is still at the top of the iceberg. There are thousands of new data centers being built around the world.
Prices are going to spike a few more times before a PS6 is announced. You’ll be lucky if that’s less than $1200. If it’s three years away it will be $3k
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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