▲ 96 ▼ Valve Would "Love to Make the Steam Machine More Affordable" - Just Don't Expect It "Any Time Soon" (www.digitalfoundry.net) submitted 4 months ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world 8 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (5 children) We're fucked https://lemmy.world/post/48716591 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago Lenovo, like Dell, has a data center business. Make of that what you will wrt their announcement. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) Oh wow! So charging 1500€ for mid tier performance will end up being a good deal? People are calling the steam machine overpriced and dead on arrival, but what if all the other manufacturers end up following in Steam’s footsteps? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mlg@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago They will its just that they currently have enough volume to prevent it from shooting up so high in the short term. Bigger OEMs will also save a lot of cost in other areas so it will never reach the price of the steam machine, but it's definitely gonna keep going up. permalink fedilink source parent [–] artyom@piefed.social 2 points 4 months ago Lenovo is in on it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kraxla@piefed.social 2 points 4 months ago We can afford it, still its not so nice. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago Lenovo, like Dell, has a data center business. Make of that what you will wrt their announcement. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) Oh wow! So charging 1500€ for mid tier performance will end up being a good deal? People are calling the steam machine overpriced and dead on arrival, but what if all the other manufacturers end up following in Steam’s footsteps? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mlg@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago They will its just that they currently have enough volume to prevent it from shooting up so high in the short term. Bigger OEMs will also save a lot of cost in other areas so it will never reach the price of the steam machine, but it's definitely gonna keep going up. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mlg@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago They will its just that they currently have enough volume to prevent it from shooting up so high in the short term. Bigger OEMs will also save a lot of cost in other areas so it will never reach the price of the steam machine, but it's definitely gonna keep going up. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kraxla@piefed.social 2 points 4 months ago We can afford it, still its not so nice. permalink fedilink source parent