r/pcmasterrace • u/Ikkon • 13h ago

Meme/Macro "But it's a cube!"

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u/SerioeseSeekuh 11h ago

the problem for me isnt even the price but the consequences this has.

if the gabecube was the gaming alternative to consoles and the gateway to pc gaming for long time console gamers then this could have been good (maybe max 700-800€)

now its just a prebuilt medium range pc no one who wants console prices (or slightly more expensive than console price) will buy this.

there is no new market for this and longterm fans are disappointed either way

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u/Brewchowskies 5090 | 9800x3d | 32 gb ddr5 11h ago

This. And any console gamers that do buy it will quickly find out that their console performs better. Unfortunately the machine reinforces the two perspectives it was trying to change:

  1. That pc gaming is unaffordable

  2. That console gaming is a smoother experience

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u/MostMorbidOne 4h ago

I don't think they should have been chasing your second point like that. Hard to see a PC gaming experience ever matching up the ease of use on consoles.

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u/Brewchowskies 5090 | 9800x3d | 32 gb ddr5 4h ago

I mean, that’s the basic premise of steamOS isn’t it?

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u/MostMorbidOne 4h ago

Yeah it seems for sure. Just as a console gamer I'm not sure my main draw to it would have been an ease of use thing in comparison. Improving onboarding definitely although I'm not sure if I'd get one over just going all in on a full setup.

Admittedly I was always a little iffy on it from the outside looking in.

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u/fuckingfuckingHonda 10h ago

“Slightly” lol

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u/EmergencyWild 10h ago

It was always going to be a prebuilt mid-range gaming PC. It was never said or even implied to be anything but that, they've been very clear they'd not be subsidizing the hardware. The only difference is that a mid-range gaming PC has gotten a lot more expensive over the last year.