It's obviously not Valve's fault but man, that's expensive. Wasn't planning on getting one anyway, but it certainly makes me worried about what the Frame may cost.

Anyone here planning on getting one? I do wonder how much of a market there is for it at this price.

I wonder how many people there are that fall in that category but who wouldn't just buy a much cheaper console instead though.

All true. If you already have a large library of PC games, it wouldn't make much sense to get a console. But then you probably already have a PC as well, and can ride it out until the AI bubble pops. That's certainly what I'm doing, as now is probably the worst time in history to buy new PC hardware.

Of course, some may say it's only the worst time in history for now...

ChatGPT can't just access everyone's prompts, nor can it run statistical analysis over it, so that's pretty much just a hallucination.

I believe it. I'm sure there are millions of people using Steam to play Dota or CS2 on stuff like old laptops. But how many of those are willing and able to spend 1000+ for an upgrade?

Ultimately, stock may be so low that it doesn't really matter though.

Yeah, but Steam Deck had an extremely attractive and competitive price when it launched.

It's hard to say, but at least before the component shortages, I would have expected the Frame to be the more expensive device. After all, it has 2 included controllers, displays, batteries, tracking cameras etc. But maybe the lower memory and storage (if you go for the 256GB) along with its mobile SoC might help reduce the effects of the component crisis somewhat. I don't expect it to be below 1k€ though, personally.

My guess would be like 600 or so for the base model.

No idea if this game is a joke or a social experiment

It's a grift - get one idiot to buy it and you'll have made a profit. Not an original idea either, "I Am Rich" was pretty much the same thing back in 2008.

My point is that you can't take the price out of the equation. If your standard for "potential customer" is everyone for whom a Steam Machine would be an upgrade, that's not a useful metric in my opinion. As many of those either can't afford to pay that much or wouldn't want to pay it for an upgrade they don't necessarily need. Dota plays just fine on older systems. My initial statement was in the context of the pricing, not "I wonder if anyone would get it if it were $100".

The original Steam Controller and Steam Link went on sale for about 5€ each just before they were phased out. OG Steam Deck also had some smaller discounts.

If you ignore the price, sure.

Not quite, the game in this month's choice is actually the sequel. So if anything this giveaway could help their sales.

Witch hat atellier (strong recommendation for everyone who likes [...] yuri or yaoi

Why's that? I've also watched (and liked) the entire first season, but I'm pretty sure it contains no yuri or yaoi whatsoever. Which is probably for the best, considering most of the main characters are kids.

Glaube Benny macht es gar nichts aus wenn Trump gedemütigt wird. Er hat im Gegensatz zu Trump auch null Interesse daran dass der Krieg beendet wird und kann problemlos jegliche Friedensbemühungen sabotieren. Und gegen Israel vorzugehen kommt für Trump gar nicht infrage, bzw würde ihn innenpolitisch in eine noch viel schlimmere Lage als jetzt bringen.

Nein, soweit ich weiß ist Israel an den Verhandlungen gar nicht beteiligt. Trump hat nur separat dazu versucht, Israel dazu zu bewegen, die Angriffe auf den Libanon einzustellen. Was zu ein paar "Waffenstillständen" geführt hat, in denen Israel aber munter weiter bombadiert hat.

Finde es auch verrückt wie wenig in diesem Kontext über Klimaanlagen gesprochen wird. Gerade Altersheime, Krankenhäuser und Schulen müssten dringend damit ausgestattet werden. In viel ärmeren Ländern als Deutschland ist das längst standard.

You need some sort of streaming if you want to play Split-Screen over the Internet. I guess you could use Steam's Remote Play Together feature with an emulator (I believe there are ways to enable that for non-steam games).

Kann man allerdings schon seit Jahrzehnten.

Which countries have beaten egoism?