Valve does nothing and still wins

Today was a big day for gamers as Valve just introduced three products: the Steam Controller, the Steam Machine, and the Steam Frame. When you add this alongside the Steam Deck, I think it’s safe to say that Valve is about to win the next console generation.

  • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
    109·
    25 days ago

    Premature celebration much? They haven’t even announced pricing. Steam Machine could be $1200 and DOA for all we know.

    • dellhiver@sh.itjust.works
      18·
      23 days ago

      I might be way off the mark, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see it priced like the OLED Steam Deck. At least at launch.

      With a later price increase due to RAM and SSD shortages.

      Edit (mid-November): watching more videos, could be north of 600.

      • FishFace@piefed.socialEnglish
        8·
        25 days ago

        So they can start making inaccurate guesses about something only tangentially related to the price. Cool.

    • FoundFootFootage78@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      24 days ago

      A lot of people are talking about loss-leading, but I think what the Steam Machine needs is a dual purpose.

      The best the article seems to mention is using it as a desktop. I don’t think that’s quite on par with the PS3’s blu-ray player and use in scientific workloads.

      • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        6·
        24 days ago

        A lot of people are talking about loss-leading

        I don’t think it could be a loss-leader for Valve. If the price/performance is good enough, what’s stopping companies from buying a lot to use as work stations? No company is going to buy Steam Decks for office software, but they might buy a Steam Machine.

        If that happens and every Steam Machine is actually sold at a loss then it’d be a big problem for Valve

        • FoundFootFootage78@lemmy.mlEnglish
          3·
          24 days ago

          If it runs SteamOS by default, I don’t think it would be used as an office device unless there’s a distro designed for office use on the Steam Machine, which itself would only happen if it gets wide adoption as an office machine. In essence a catch 22.

          • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            1·
            24 days ago

            unless there’s a distro designed for office use on the Steam Machine

            It’s a PC. You can just put any Linux distro or even Windows on it. Some people even did that with the Steam Deck when it released

      • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        24 days ago

        I got a ps5 as early as i could mainly for 4k blurays so i could watch blade runner 2049 and spiderverse with atmos

    • imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2·
      24 days ago

      It is about as powerful as Minisforum HX100G, except GPU is RDNA3 and CPU is underclocked I guess. Minisforum Neptune series are (were, case try to fucking find a unit now) sold around 800euro. Considering tiny market for miniPCs, price is okay. Valve, on the other hand, will have much bigger market due to brand recognition. And price probably going to be lower since hardware is not exactly fresh new and it going to be mass produced.

      My guess, 600euro for 512GB SSD, 650 for 1TB.

      Edit: 512, not 256

    • ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip
      2·
      24 days ago

      It’s not the latest and greatest PC hardware, which should drive down the price a ton. I bet they looked at the latest consoles and said “We don’t have to innovate at all, we just just have to not be assholes”

    • kratoz29@lemmy.zip
      2·
      24 days ago

      Premature celebration much?

      Yes, OP is doing this… To begin with, I can go out to my local Walmart and buy an Xbox, a PS5 or a Switch any day… The Steam Deck can’t even be shipped to Mexico even to this day lol (and we are quite close to the USA).

        • kratoz29@lemmy.zip
          1·
          24 days ago

          What’s the matter? English is not my native language, but I think it is clear what I meant.

          • balance8873@lemmy.myserv.one
            1·
            23 days ago

            It was just amusing since we are neighbors. Quite close as in the distance is 0 😁

            Nothing wrong with the English, just a funny phrasing.

              • balance8873@lemmy.myserv.one
                1·
                23 days ago

                That is very dumb. There’s got to be a black market of this stuff but honestly you can probably get a comparable mini computer for a similar price off AliExpramazon. Might have to return it a few times but a lot of folks seem to have success with them. Pop Linux* on there and you’re basically at parity.

                *Edit: not pop_os Linux although that’s fine too, I just meant install