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I wonder if they have a steam machine pro waiting in the wings for when prices come back down to earth

 

[Puscifer]

Of course they did. They are retarded.

I mean the hardware and software is pretty great but the ball has been dropped MAJORLY with the price. The best thing to do would've been partnering with Asus to keep cost in line.

I get being a private company and all and the urge to keep all the dollars but this is one of those times that they should've either subsidized or partnered up.

 

[asdasdasdbb]

I mean the hardware and software is pretty great but the ball has been dropped MAJORLY with the price. The best thing to do would've been partnering with Asus to keep cost in line.

They weren't going to subsidize it. This is basically retail price post-RAM price spikes. The only way you are doing better than this is to get old inventory (like the one I mentioned in the first page).

 

[Puscifer]

I'm honestly just so disappointed I can't muster a proper reaction.

 

[RoboFu]

I am hopeful it does well enough continue into the next iteration. I HATE big pcs nowadays. I do not want bigger pc parts I want smaller pc parts. I want smaller PCs.

Mini pcs are gaining popularity and becoming more powerful so I guess there's hope yet.

 

[Arsic]

The specs to price ratio make no sense.

It's not a device worth buying to make use of for its intended purpose.

It'll be cool to sell one on eBay to a moron for double the price once the timing is right.

 

[Dr.Guru of Peru]

yeah, pretty bad.

 

[demigod]

People will buy this regardless... and it may help pave the way to helix acceptance. And whatever pc hybrid machine Sony eventually brings to market. Prices be damned.

Here we go again with the SonyToo.

 

[Tobimacoss]

Yo.

2 fps native? Wtf wtf, lmfao

 

[Puscifer]

This sounds fucked up but I hope it bombs so hard they clearance out hardcore like the Steam Controller V1 for like 70% off

 

[Tobimacoss]

Hoping the Helix and the PS6 will be of a similar small form factor.
No more giant towers Sony. Get with the cube shape.

In my dreams, Helix will be a Tesseract.

 

[KloetenQuetsche]

That price. Even when this is normal today, it's just so many money for average gaming. Wow!

I think this tech crisis is eliminating a whole console generation.
So I am glad that I grab a series x for 449 euros that day. And it will be a absolute beast for that price today.

Time to give gaming a lower priority in life and all is good.

 

[manlisten]

Bad time to bring this product to market. That said, they'll still sell every unit they produce. Either to enthusiasts or to scalpers.

Hard pass for me, though.

 

[intbal]

I wonder if they have a steam machine pro waiting in the wings for when prices come back down to earth

No, but they have a Steam Machine S for only $799:

Spoiler: Steam Machine S

 

[LavitzSlambert]

The ever growing disaster that is PC gaming affordability. Just when GPU prices begin to stabilize, we get the memory crunch. It's been one thing after another as these companies continue to demand 30, 40, 50% margins. This is far bigger than gaming, and it's completely unsustainable.

 

[Northeastmonk]

I would appreciate it if I got it for free. That's paying 0 dollars and a card thanking me for being a fan. That's when I would endorse it. There's just so many options out there. So much time and information at your disposal. Even if you had $1000 USD, wouldn't you just look for a prebuilt? It's like paying $10 for a gallon of milk.

 

[Schnauzer]

According to the GamersNexus review the price isn't actually THAT uncompetitive compared to DIY.
If this came out a couple years ago it could actually be a good alternative for people who don't really like DIY and just want a pre-built PC that just works out of the box and behaves similarly to a console.
But yeah, in today's market it's way too expensive, I still think it's going to sell out but not because it'll sell like hot cake but because the stock will probably be very limited...
Good on Gaben and co for trying, bad timing and luck killed this before it could even take off.

He stated that was closest like for like parts. That was not a best performance/cost comparison.

 

[GudOlRub]

He stated that was closest like for like parts. That was not a best performance/cost comparison.

I never claimed it was either.

 

[pixelation]

Expensive junk.

 

[RafterXL]

So this piece of shit costs way too much, runs worse than a base console, and their entire marketing department should be fired. Is this supposed to be their intended audience?

 

[PeteBull]

The ever growing disaster that is PC gaming affordability. Just when GPU prices begin to stabilize, we get the memory crunch. It's been one thing after another as these companies continue to demand 30, 40, 50% margins. This is far bigger than gaming, and it's completely unsustainable.

PC will be fine, only thing that would destroy it would be no new games, including AAA, AA and indie games, otherwise it has highest survivalibity even compared to most succesful console.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/3NQjH3

Entry lvl 870$ mashine (around base ps5 gpu power altho much better ai and rt capabilities since its newest nvidia family , still bit better cpu power ;p ).
That is how games look and run on it

Judge for urself if its bad or still fine enough if we talking entry lvl mashine.
Yes, we splurged for 32gigs of ram, fuck it

 

[Donald mac Ronald]

Can you build a better system for those prices ? Pc components especially gfx cards are hyper inflated now.

 

[Hyper_hyper]

Can you build a better system for those prices ? Pc components especially gfx cards are hyper inflated now.

Yes. Buy a PS5 Pro. And you'll have extra money in the end.

 

[ioo]

i only trust gamers Nexus on this.

 

[rodrigolfp]

So this piece of shit costs way too much, runs worse than a base console

Yes and no. Old games will obviously run better as they are unlocked in resolutions and frame rates but new AA/AAA games will have less frames but FSR4 instead of pixel soup FSR1/2/3.

 

[zaga]

So no Half Life 3 accompanying it?
That's it i'm done with hoping Valve getting their shit together regarding HL3.

It isn't powerful enough to run HL 3…

It probably can't even run HL Alyx on high settings (a 6 year old game) because it only has 8GB VRAM

 

[slrbomber]

This thing should be $499 max for the 512GB model in a normal market. I dont see it selling well with such a GPU and the storage isnt even soldered on so you lose the 512GB when you buy a new NVMe SSD. Its a terrible deal with such a weak GPU as well.

 

[damidu]

DBA
try again in a decade

 

[Macsta]

Laughs in PS5 Pro

 

[LordOcidax]

So this piece of shit costs way too much, runs worse than a base console, and their entire marketing department should be fired. Is this supposed to be their intended audience?

Holy fuck... Is the complete package... La combi completa lolol.

 

[Humdinger]

I thought I was going to get one, but now I don't know. Price seems high for what you get.

 

[Giallo Corsa]

So this piece of shit costs way too much, runs worse than a base console, and their entire marketing department should be fired. Is this supposed to be their intended audience?

IT'S MA'AM

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

I thought I was going to get one, but now I don't know. Price seems high for what you get.

Yeah I was interested in getting one just for the hell of it, to occasionally use in the living room a game here and there not really a primary device. But at this price, and I would want the 2 TB model, it's really very very difficult to justify. Perhaps impossible.

 

[Dorfdad]

I really wanted to hate this, but im on the fence now yes the cost is bad, but I can use my own RAM and HD from a previous build so I can get 64GB and a 4TB in there probably. Might not be a bad second room PC, or I guess I could just install steam OS on my old 3080ti Corsair 1 and have a much more capable system even though it uses Nvidia stuff

 

[existensmaximum]

Aaaah. And in a year or two, this might be considered a bargain compared to future prices

 

[Minsc]

Aaaah. And in a year or two, this might be considered a bargain compared to future prices

Yeah, I mean when the upper end option is selling for $2000 and the entry option is $1400, I'm sure we'll miss these prices haha.

 

[LuxFixxins]

For what?

 

[diffusionx]

why are people mentioning helix... all this tells me is that helix is doa. if it is as powerful as they say it's a $2500 machine at this point.

 

[yogaflame]

Even Mooreslawisdead is also so angry about Steam machine. Some things he mentioned like for example it is underpowered, Gabes Yacht, and very expensive

 

[Jesb]

I'm insulted by this device. This price for below PS5 performance and not even a controller? Gtfo. Valve went from the best value in gaming to the worst.

 

[Sorcerer]

Maybe they will do a $5 dollar fire sale to get rid of stock like with the OG Steam Controller. LOL!!!

 

[Fahdis]

This sounds fucked up but I hope it bombs so hard they clearance out hardcore like the Steam Controller V1 for like 70% off

Lmao, you and I are in the same boat.

 

[Dorfdad]

Wait till its sold out and on ebay for 2K!

 

[Dorfdad]

Holy fuck... Is the complete package... La combi completa lolol.

I mean they are probably the only ones who would pay that price to be fair!

 

[ValiantInstance]

why are people mentioning helix... all this tells me is that helix is doa. if it is as powerful as they say it's a $2500 machine at this point.

Microsoft will benefit from economies of scale and can afford to subsidise if need be. Valve cannot.

The only reason the Steam Deck was such a good deal at launch is because the SOC was already created for a product that was later abandoned. Valve saw an opportunity and started production.

This price is reflective of not just component costs, but the reality of a smaller company trying to enter the console market. They can never compete on price.