I’m lucky enough to have disposable income, I could afford to buy one without it hurting. That said, idk just off principle it feels like an insane ask. Especially considering its not doing anything a PC can’t do (as far as I know). For those not in the know, the cheapest edition will be about 1,000 USD and the most pricy will be around 1,500. To my knowledge, consoles themselves aren’t profitable historically. So, do you think even at this price point Valve is taking a hit? Do you think if this sells well it will drastically increase the cost of other consoles (completely independent of the external factor being hardware shortage due to AI). General steam machine discussion post as well, just dont be a dickhead to anyone.
I was lucky enough to out together a nice PC just before the AI thing made the prices explode, plus I’ve been a PC gamer all my life (except for the PS1 I had as a kid), so I won’t buy the Machine.
That said, I had high hopes it’d be a success, more so given how well the Controller has sold, and that it’d be the things that brought Linux to lots of people who would never consider it otherwise.
Unfortunately, I fear the price will damped things quite a bit.