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Are you ready for a $1,000 Steam Machine? Some analysts think you should be. (arstechnica.com)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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The title is a bit misleading, as the article lists diverging analysts' opinions, ranging from Valve willing to sell at a loss or low margins, to high prices due to RAM and SSD price volatility.

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[+] -20 points 11 months ago* (6 children)

Who is?

There is zero market for an underpowered "PC" console with less VRAM than literally every other current console including switch 2 that is gimped from half of PC games by Linux.

This thing just does not make any sense

Unless they reveal a huge list of exclusives, this is dead in the water.

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  • [–] 18 points 11 months ago* (1 child)

    Who is?

    My ex wife for one, who would like to play Steam games but is not experienced enough to build and fiddle with a gaming PC, much less Linux, and just wants a box she can just plug in and turn on without calling all the IT folks in her family.

    Don't forget about our nerd bias. Most people here have a different perspective than 95% of normies. Remember how clueless the average person is about the inner workings of modern tech.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    Half the posts I see on lemmy about this are incredibly out of touch with mainstream gamers and consumers and I’m getting second hand embarrassment from it.

    Most people do not want to tinker with their shit at all, and the proportion of people that care about display port vs hdmi is probably about the same they want exactly what you said, ease of a console with the nimble power of a PC. This is exactly that

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  • [–] 17 points 11 months ago

    There is zero market for an underpowered "PC" console with less VRAM than literally every other current console including switch 2

    The Switch 2 only has 12 GB of LPDDR5X shared memory between CPU/GPU. 3 GB are reserved for the system, that leaves you with about 9 GB shared between CPU and GPU.

    The Steam Machine uses GDDR6 and has 8 GB of dedicated VRAM.

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  • [–] 13 points 11 months ago

    Of course there is. I would much rather have this than a gaming console. Don't have to re buy any game and all the benefits of the PC library of games. Perfect for couch gaming and possibly doubling as a media device.

    The list of exclusives you refer to is literally PC games, a library massively larger than any console on the market.

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