▲ 694 ▼ Valve confirms Steam Machine will be priced ‘like a PC with the same level of performance’ (www.videogameschronicle.com) submitted 9 months ago by simple@piefed.social to c/games@lemmy.world 398 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] lorty@lemmy.ml 59 points 9 months ago (1 child) I hope they release the price soon, the discourse on this has become incredibly tiring. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] adavis@lemmy.world 46 points 9 months ago* (1 child) I doubt they will. The market for NAND and ram is insane at the moment, RAM has gone up 100% in the last 3 months. Announcing a price too early could lead to having embarrassingly increase price shortly before or after launch, or take a loss on the products. That's not to say I don't share your sentiments. I too hope they announce it sooner rather than later, but understand why they may be apprehensive. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] excral@feddit.org 2 points 9 months ago Additionally with how the USD is tanking and the ever looming risk of new tariffs being added on a whim, there is a real risk that even without global price increases the price needs to be increased for the US specifically permalink fedilink source parent
[–] adavis@lemmy.world 46 points 9 months ago* (1 child) I doubt they will. The market for NAND and ram is insane at the moment, RAM has gone up 100% in the last 3 months. Announcing a price too early could lead to having embarrassingly increase price shortly before or after launch, or take a loss on the products. That's not to say I don't share your sentiments. I too hope they announce it sooner rather than later, but understand why they may be apprehensive. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] excral@feddit.org 2 points 9 months ago Additionally with how the USD is tanking and the ever looming risk of new tariffs being added on a whim, there is a real risk that even without global price increases the price needs to be increased for the US specifically permalink fedilink source parent
[–] excral@feddit.org 2 points 9 months ago Additionally with how the USD is tanking and the ever looming risk of new tariffs being added on a whim, there is a real risk that even without global price increases the price needs to be increased for the US specifically permalink fedilink source parent