When you build your own linux pc, you will always have a big risk of some unexpected problems. Lowering the bar of technical expertise to run linux is the main selling point here IMO.
Yeah, I think the missing point is the average Lemmy user is not the target market. This is Steam’s attempt to grab market share from the other consoles. People with gaming PCs are probably already using steam. People with Xbox or PS are probably not. Steam needs to provide an out of the box ready product to let them existing console players play steam.
NGL, I kinda want one as a desktop. I have better gaming systems, but having a little borg cube on my desk with an ok amount of horsepower pushing two monitors would be pretty neat. I’d either give it a Tardis siege mode skin or a borg cube skin
I’m still waiting for a build and a price point for it.
Would you like to see the build I’ve been planning out for a while?
Its not an attempt to replicate a Steam Machine, its more of a… maximum possible bang for your buck build… it does have a similar form factor though, and an unconventional kind of architecture…
…though I did try to replicate a PS5 price point/performance parity build a while back… turns out, its not as easy as you may think to just lay out a PC build that’s actually pretty close in price/performance to a non PC standard architecture, made by a large corporation.
Or did you just want to do some namecalling, and entirely avoid actually backing up your claim?
Well, It’s a game box that doesn’t record everything you do, shove it into AI, and sell all your secrets to the highest bidder.
It’s basically a linux PC from a reputable vendor that comes with support.
And yeah, you could build your own cheaper.
biggest point.
When you build your own linux pc, you will always have a big risk of some unexpected problems. Lowering the bar of technical expertise to run linux is the main selling point here IMO.
Yeah, I think the missing point is the average Lemmy user is not the target market. This is Steam’s attempt to grab market share from the other consoles. People with gaming PCs are probably already using steam. People with Xbox or PS are probably not. Steam needs to provide an out of the box ready product to let them existing console players play steam.
And it will be a development target, meaning devs will put in some effort to get their games working nicely on it.
This is me. I used to be a PC tinkerer back in the day. But now, ain’t nobody got time for that.
NGL, I kinda want one as a desktop. I have better gaming systems, but having a little borg cube on my desk with an ok amount of horsepower pushing two monitors would be pretty neat. I’d either give it a Tardis siege mode skin or a borg cube skin
Not just the highest bidder. All bidders.
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I call BS.
At what theoretical price point for a Steam Machine, can you match the or exceed the specs, for less cost?
Ok, now also try to do that, and match the Steam Machine’s power draw, and form factor.
… Go on, show me your build, with current US prices.
Unless I somehow missed an actual price announcement for the Steam Machine, I wanna see how cheap you can get an actually comparable build done for.
Hey troll, go find a hobby.
I’m still waiting for a build and a price point for it.
Would you like to see the build I’ve been planning out for a while?
Its not an attempt to replicate a Steam Machine, its more of a… maximum possible bang for your buck build… it does have a similar form factor though, and an unconventional kind of architecture…
…though I did try to replicate a PS5 price point/performance parity build a while back… turns out, its not as easy as you may think to just lay out a PC build that’s actually pretty close in price/performance to a non PC standard architecture, made by a large corporation.
Or did you just want to do some namecalling, and entirely avoid actually backing up your claim?
You said you could probably make that build.
I’m just asking you to actually do that.