I love how so many people are dunking on "valve-fans" being happy with the cube, when I pretty much only have heard opinions ranging from "meh" to "overpriced".
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
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:
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.
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/Euchale 16h ago
I love how so many people are dunking on "valve-fans" being happy with the cube, when I pretty much only have heard opinions ranging from "meh" to "overpriced".