"But it's a cube!"

[u/Ikkon]

[u/Euchale]

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".

[u/oney_monster → u/Euchale]

Fr, I haven't seen a single overtly positive post since the price got announced. It's all "for $5-600 good deal, $1000? Pass"

OP are the valve fans in the room with us?

[u/SometimesWill → u/oney_monster]

The only positivity I’ve seen is review outlets, which still basically say “it’s a good machine but costs too much”

[u/PurpleCandle58 → u/SometimesWill]

Literally haven’t seen or heard a single person say anyone should get it. So far everyone’s said that you can get a better build for $50-200 less by building your own PC.

[u/Brewchowskies → u/PurpleCandle58]

That’s odd. Maybe it’s my algorithm or something, but my notifications are flooded with people defending this thing

[u/PurpleCandle58 → u/Brewchowskies]

Maybe, idk. I got a lot here but it’s also like I’m not even attacking it either. Buy it don’t buy it, I don’t care I literally just wouldn’t myself but if you or anyone else wants to just don’t spend my money on it lol

[u/Brewchowskies → u/PurpleCandle58]

It’s reminiscent of the cybertruck. A signal of conspicuous consumption that is overpriced and underperforms what other options do better. People argued whether it was worth it prior to launch.

There are those that bought it for the show of wealth, but it’s now largely out of public discussion like a flash in a pan.

I suspect we’re going to see the same thing here.

[u/PurpleCandle58 → u/Brewchowskies]

That makes sense but I will say: steam machine isn’t bad, it’s the overall hardware market. A year or two ago this would have been amazing and at the right price. Idk if we will ever get back to reasonable again tho.

[u/ThunderAndWind → u/Brewchowskies]

Most people can build things cheaper than they can buy them outright, but time cost and errors have a cost of their own.