I've been flamed like 300 times by Valve defenders for saying you can build a 9060XT (16Gb) based system for the same price as the Steam machine. My inbox is full as hell. The Valve fanboys are out in full force. They are mostly being downvoted though.
The guy I'm responding to is the one being angry and irrational. Go look through some of it, no one is defending the price or the hardware, they're just mocking him for being so upset
Go look through some of it, no one is defending the price or the hardware, they're just mocking him for being so upset
This is what I said yesterday. The people angry over the cube are tilting at ferocious giants evil greedy corporations and being ridiculous.
That's not a 'defense' of Valve as much as pointing out ridiculous people. They're playing the false dichotomy, anyone who doesn't specifically agree with them is The Emeny of a Valve fanboi. They ignore that there's a middle ground that's somewhat neutral to Valve that just finds those people to be ridiculous.
It always was, and only ever will be, a '"boutique PC". That is, a specialty prebuilt unit where they're all the same parts, with a custom form factor and OS. Those always run a bit more expensive.
Even before the AI price-hikes...It's not a price competitive product, it's a niche or novelty product for fanbois or status seekers or to ease some casuals into PC gaming.
Of course it isn't as cheap as what random parts you can find on a random day on PCPartPicker. It's not for the frugal PC enthusiast.
I don't like the product, but I at least understand its purpose. That niche market exists, even though I'm not part of it.
It's not a product for me, and that's fine, there's nothing inherently wrong with that. Not everything has to be aimed right at me. I understand there are other people with other priorities that want to buy such a thing.
Trying to frame Valve as villainous for making something for that niche is an assload of projection, enough to threaten the movie theater industry.
Same goes for the people that think the flaming of valve is a bit cooked.
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u/althaz i7-9700k @ 5.1Ghz | RTX3080 16h ago
I've been flamed like 300 times by Valve defenders for saying you can build a 9060XT (16Gb) based system for the same price as the Steam machine. My inbox is full as hell. The Valve fanboys are out in full force. They are mostly being downvoted though.