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Steam Frame pricing and release date revealed by Valve - it's a lottery again (www.gamingonlinux.com)
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  • Steam Frame 256GB: 1,059 USD / 1,529 CAD / 1,049 EUR / 889 GBP / 1,609 AUD / 4,539 PLN
  • Steam Frame 1TB: 1,299 USD / 1,859 CAD / 1,279 EUR / 1,089 GBP / 1,969 AUD / 5,549 PLN
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[–] 3 points 1 month ago* (2 children)

Let's say they removed the onboard capability, and doing so halved the price.

You're then left with a device which costs basically the same as a Quest 3 but also requires a PC to do anything. I'm pretty sure that would be reviewed a heck of a lot worse than even the current situation is.

A self-contained unit that matched the Quest and wins on not price but privacy was the only reasonable direction for Valve here.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    You're then left with a device which costs basically the same as a Quest 3 but also requires a PC to do anything.

    That's basically a wireless Index without the lighthouse, which is all a LOT of us were asking for. I don't see the problem and would love that.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    A self-contained unit that matched the Quest and wins on not price but privacy was the only reasonable direction for Valve here.

    I do agree that the niche they've chosen to fill is valuable, having a good self-contained unit free of Meta's spyware was the entire selling point for me.

    I know a lot of people who were looking into PCVR but didn't buy an Index because they didn't want to spend $1000 on a VR headset. PCVR is a niche of a niche audience, so I'm not surprised that they didn't release a product that was just Index v2.

    Maybe, in the future they could offer a low-end SKU that was PC-only, without onboard gaming hardware.

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