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Linus Tech Tips “disappointed” Steam Machine won’t be priced like a console - Dexerto (www.dexerto.com)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by baatliwala@lemmy.world to c/gaming@lemmy.zip

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“I can’t tell you what the price will be, because I literally don’t know,” he said on the November 15 episode of the WAN show.

“When I said I’m disappointed it isn’t going to follow a console pricing model, where its subsided by the fact that manufacturer is going to be taking 30% of every game sold on it over the lifespan of this thing, because I feel that would be a more meaningful product, they asked what I meant by console price and I said $500. Nobody said anything, but the energy in the room wasn’t great.”

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[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

With a $500 pricing it would be sold out eternally. It would be a revolution.

+$700 = Niche product

+800 = DOA

The Deck while also underpowered sold well for a reason.

[–] bizzle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Ps5 disc version is $700

[–] baatliwala@lemmy.world -4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

DOA already if it's priced more than that. Who is this marketed to?

[–] ISolox@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Even at $600-$700 it will still be a pretty compelling entry level gaming PC.

Higher than that your getting to he the point where you can build you own with similar specs though.

[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

PC gamers. A decent gaming PC these days is over a grand. That's not even a high end machine, either

[–] baatliwala@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It's barely "decent" because it's not even as powerful as a base PS5 which came out 5 years ago. Consoles are the baseline for any AA or AAA game and it will become outdated very quickly for a PC you can't even fully upgrade.

[–] TomAwezome@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

All consoles become outdated and can't have their hardware upgraded, so it's just another game console. Maybe they're pulling from Nintendo's playbook and intentionally shipping weaker hardware as part of their strategy. Plus, if developers target optimizing for the GabeCube's specs, it would increase benefits for players across weak and strong PC hardware.