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[–] 27 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Could've been worse I guess. I know they did their best considering ridiculous market conditions, but it's a hard sell if this was meant to compete with consoles, you can still buy a normal console for roughly half the price.

In terms of being a prebuilt gaming PC, it's not bad. Some people have said a similar spec PC is roughly $100 cheaper if you get everything yourself. Now the question is how much stock Valve actually has to sell, because I assume they won't have that many made because of the component shortages...

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  • [–] 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 child)

    I tried to make a build with pc part picker and it was around 70€ less which is pretty fair considering that valve had to engineer the tiny form factor, paid more for the custom CPU and GPU etc etc

    https://pcpartpicker.com/list/j4n34g

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago

    But you are limited to that consoles game library and a steam machine can play any game ever purchased on steam or added to steam via keys. Plus adding games on sale saves money in the long run.

    There is a significant cost savings on the games sideways for those with a large steam library. Not enough at these prices, but it would have been if it was around $800.

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