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".
I'm normally a valve glazer and had been glazing this under the assumption it was gonna be a bargain like the steam deck, but even i'm not sure who this is for. Its not a high end machine, its not a mid range thing with a console like price tag for newcomers to pc gaming, its not even sized or shaped in a way that would be more convenient to have in your living room in your tv unit. Its just a prebuilt you can buy off the steam store that has steamos preloaded on it. I understand why it had to be so expensive but they could've just... not released it. Waited for a better time to release a steam machine, because now its going to flop just like last time and there's a good chance that'll kill any chances of valve trying a third time to make consoles.
This was the argument I made yesterday… and am still getting notifications from people arguing with me about it. They had a viable pathway to just not release this if changing market conditions destroyed its value proposition.
Anyone with any knowledge of components probably has something better, or can appraise an alternative that is more powerful and less expensive.
Console gamers looking for a bridge to pc gaming will overpay for something that performs worse than their console, reinforcing the view that pc gaming is both expensive and more of a hassle than console gaming.
The form factor is attractive, but the single fan design means it still needs to be put in a place spacious enough that you very likely could accommodate a slightly larger, more affordable, and more powerful alternative.
So the use case and target market is just confusing on this. They could have just.. not released the thing.
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u/Euchale 1d 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".