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Valve confirms Steam Machine will be priced ‘like a PC with the same level of performance’ (www.videogameschronicle.com)
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[–] coriza@lemmy.world 14 points 2 hours ago (4 children)

Also people who like to DIY seem to forget that a lot of people want a turn-key solution, I even dare to say that most people prefer a ready made solution. Even a lot of people who work in tech when they get home want a just work solution.

[–] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 1 points 7 minutes ago

Yup, I love DIY, had tons of fun building my wife's mini-itx gaming rig, my NAS and even my desktop (although it was the boring one of the three since it's just standard). I love poking on my system, trying out stuff, etc. But I bought a Deck and my only mod was getting EmuDeck in it, it just works for what I want it to, and that's worth a lot to me, it allows me to pour my time on stuff I want to be building and just game on my gaming boxes.

[–] ours@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

And a lot of the prebuilts have a ton of cut corners. A well put-together machine that people can trust to play their games at a base performance could be great for those who don't want or can't DIY.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 40 minutes ago

PCs suffer from massive hardware fragmentation. It's about time someone made a standardized PC.

[–] notgivingmynametoamachine@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago

Nail On The Head.

I work in tech. I also have terrible dexterity. While I love my gaming PC, I dread upgrades or things going wrong. I hate applying thermal paste, replacing a motherboard, etc. I’d gladly pay “prebuilt” prices for something from a company I can “trust” (as far as corporations can be trusted).

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 0 points 49 minutes ago* (last edited 48 minutes ago) (1 children)

A thousand dollars seems fantastically reasonable for a well-engineered home-gaming machine that can play current gen PC games at high quality. I spend that much every several years on upgrading or building a new PC.

My complaint is not the price, I think the price is fair. Let's talk wages.

[–] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 1 points 10 minutes ago

Let's talk wages.

Absolutely agreed, if every company had wages at the level Valve does it would be very good.