Steam Machine

2 days ago by testman to c/steam

Your games on the big screen

finalarbiter 14 points a day ago

Glad they learned from the controller debacle and implemented a reservation system up front this time.

Price is higher than I was hoping for, but it makes sense with memory and storage costs being what they are.

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Quibblekrust 2 points 8 hours ago

The lottery idea is also genius. That's how all scarce goods should be sold, like concert tickets.

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KnightOfOldEmpire 11 points a day ago

Feels underwhelming, especially since it's 2TB what you'll want to go with. However with handheld consoles signaling the new prices... I think the price of SM is the new reality of a budget gaming setup. Part of me feels, we're seeing murder of gaming and PC tinkering/DIY in broad daylight.

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THX1138 6 points a day ago

Less powerful than an actual PS5 at that price... no thanks. Valve was apparently going to sell this starting at $750.... thanks AI!

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TrippinMallard 5 points a day ago

I'll probably get one because I want a living room PC for couch gaming, and mainly want the official hardware support from Valve.

Also the few seconds timing from pressing a button on steam controller to my game being ready sounds super nice. Lower friction is nicer for the nontechnical family members to do couch games too.

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viertesauge 5 points 2 days ago

1k. big oof.

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justinthegeek 0 points 2 days ago

That’s not that bad considering what it is.

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viertesauge 5 points 2 days ago

I was still hoping it would be half that. Valve seems to finally have figured out how to do a proper steam machine but ram prices just fucked them over.

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jlow 8 points a day ago

I mean "hoping" sure, but we all knew it wouldn't be. Fuck AI, fuck billionaires, fuck capitalism.

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justinthegeek 5 points 2 days ago

They did say since day one that it wouldn’t be console prices. That being said 750-800 would be awesome.

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geneva_convenience 4 points 21 hours ago

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etchinghillside 3 points a day ago

So - just curious - where do people speculate the frames price point at after seeing this? I’ve been eyeing that more as my first entry into VR.

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geneva_convenience 2 points 21 hours ago

Certainly wouldn't get this for VR. It's not that much better than a standalone headset. Both can run light games, neither can run heavy games

The Frame should use a cheaper Qualcomm chip which is slightly more affordable but it also doesn't have color passtrough camera's It's also focused more towards the crowd which already has a high-end PC as a wireless headset for it. It it's below $800 it could be decent value but it's not very groundbreaking.

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ILikeToMeow 1 point 8 hours ago

I'm more interested in the Frames, I always wanted to try and get into VR but it was always either too expensive or too Facebook.

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Jaska 1 point a day ago

Wanted to replace Xbox SX with this, but at this price performance to value ratio is tough to swallow.

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