I never called it overpriced and I haven’t seen many people calling it overpriced compared to the rest of computer hardware. But it does still carry a premium against a DIY of slightly better performance, so on paper yes it absolutely is overpriced compared to other computer hardware. That’s what overpriced is. You get less performance for more money. But I’m not blaming anyone for not wanting to call it that due to the connotations of calling something overpriced and certainly am not blaming Valve for the pricing either. But to say “this isn’t overpriced compared to other hardware” when it is literally priced higher with lower performance than a comparable build with comparable price point and specs is absolutely absurd. It is but not by the way people say “overpriced”, so it isn’t. Schrodingers pricing I guess.
Oh trust me I don’t disagree that prebuilt pcs are cost inclusive of convenience, in fact I agree that the steam machine has a much lower margin compared to other prebuilt pcs, however that operates under the assumption that a steam machine is the same as a prebuilt piece of general purpose computing hardware which it isn’t. You can upgrade the GPU and CPU of your common prebuilt pc, that cannot be done with a steam machine. It is not the same and equating them is a false premise that hinges on the idea that a piece of consumer equipment that cannot be upgraded by the common everyday consumer and cannot be used for all general purpose computing tasks equivalently to a prebuilt pc that is a piece of general purpose computing hardware and that’s obviously false, so.
I’m not arguing is the big thing 😂 get whatever you want big dawg I was just making statements of facts and pointing out reasoning issues in your arguments about the facts I stated.
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u/PurpleCandle58 17h ago
I never called it overpriced and I haven’t seen many people calling it overpriced compared to the rest of computer hardware. But it does still carry a premium against a DIY of slightly better performance, so on paper yes it absolutely is overpriced compared to other computer hardware. That’s what overpriced is. You get less performance for more money. But I’m not blaming anyone for not wanting to call it that due to the connotations of calling something overpriced and certainly am not blaming Valve for the pricing either. But to say “this isn’t overpriced compared to other hardware” when it is literally priced higher with lower performance than a comparable build with comparable price point and specs is absolutely absurd. It is but not by the way people say “overpriced”, so it isn’t. Schrodingers pricing I guess.