▲ 751 ▼ Steam Machine (store.steampowered.com) submitted 9 months ago by Eezyville@sh.itjust.works to c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz 199 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 5 points 9 months ago (2 children) You're not fitting a 6 core processor and a **60esque card in a ssf case for less than $1k I don't think, so even $900 is competitive permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Smokeydope@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago (2 children) I believe that Valve can afford to sell hardware at cost or even a little in the red. Getting people in the steam store ecosystem makes it back and then some in the long term. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] merc@sh.itjust.works 9 points 9 months ago (1 child) Normally that only works if you have DRM that locks the games to your platform, so that people don't get the hardware at a discount then use it to run someone else's software. But, in Valve's case, it really has no competitors in the PC gaming space. That might not last forever, but it almost certainly will last as long as this PC / console is around. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] warmaster@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago Well, they already did that with the Deck, they earn very little from the hardware. Chances are they'll do the same. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 2 points 9 months ago They said they wanted to sell it at PC prices not console prices. Probably because this thing is literally a PC that can be used without ever downloading a single game. If it were too cheap companies could buy it as cheap office PCs. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago I think you can. The Ryzen 7600 and Rx 7600 are kinda cheap nowadays, even better if you use a 7500f. You use a Chinese b650 ITX motherboard around 150 dollars and boom. You don't need to buy expensive stuff to make a passable small PC. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Smokeydope@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago (2 children) I believe that Valve can afford to sell hardware at cost or even a little in the red. Getting people in the steam store ecosystem makes it back and then some in the long term. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] merc@sh.itjust.works 9 points 9 months ago (1 child) Normally that only works if you have DRM that locks the games to your platform, so that people don't get the hardware at a discount then use it to run someone else's software. But, in Valve's case, it really has no competitors in the PC gaming space. That might not last forever, but it almost certainly will last as long as this PC / console is around. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] warmaster@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago Well, they already did that with the Deck, they earn very little from the hardware. Chances are they'll do the same. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 2 points 9 months ago They said they wanted to sell it at PC prices not console prices. Probably because this thing is literally a PC that can be used without ever downloading a single game. If it were too cheap companies could buy it as cheap office PCs. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 9 points 9 months ago (1 child) Normally that only works if you have DRM that locks the games to your platform, so that people don't get the hardware at a discount then use it to run someone else's software. But, in Valve's case, it really has no competitors in the PC gaming space. That might not last forever, but it almost certainly will last as long as this PC / console is around. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] warmaster@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago Well, they already did that with the Deck, they earn very little from the hardware. Chances are they'll do the same. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago Well, they already did that with the Deck, they earn very little from the hardware. Chances are they'll do the same. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 2 points 9 months ago They said they wanted to sell it at PC prices not console prices. Probably because this thing is literally a PC that can be used without ever downloading a single game. If it were too cheap companies could buy it as cheap office PCs. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago I think you can. The Ryzen 7600 and Rx 7600 are kinda cheap nowadays, even better if you use a 7500f. You use a Chinese b650 ITX motherboard around 150 dollars and boom. You don't need to buy expensive stuff to make a passable small PC. permalink fedilink source parent