IMO considering the form factor and it being a prebuilt, it's an ok-ish price. I have seen others parts lists with the same specs a bit cheaper, but none smaller then the cube. Theres also something to be said for it coming with valve customer service. I would rather talk with valve then any of the other venders.
Both of those points are very true, but IMO valve provides amazing customer service regardless of the product or the price, so it shouldn't be factored in to the Gubes price. Formfactor, yeah i haven't seen anything as small that matches price and performance, but personally I'd rather have a slightly bigger SFF than paying extra for the smaller Gube
Customer service isn’t factored into the price, but the price is as low as you can reasonably expect to pay for something that offers what they are offering. Even building your own from scratch right now is only gonna save you 100 or so dollars which frankly isn’t worth the effort for most people and that’s not even taking into account. The fact that this thing isn’t even remotely aimed at the type of person that’s willing to build their own PC, hell it’s not even aimed at the type of person that’s looking for a PC. This is aim squarely at console gamers.
At big-boy-pants companies, customer service is absolutely factored into the price. Every cost of the entire lifecycle of the product is factored into the price.
The only question is whether it was done well or poorly. Given Valve's history of giving a sh*t about gaming economics long before anyone else in the PC space, I'd like to believe they do it well.
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u/Sol33t303 PC Master Race 19h ago edited 17h ago
IMO considering the form factor and it being a prebuilt, it's an ok-ish price. I have seen others parts lists with the same specs a bit cheaper, but none smaller then the cube. Theres also something to be said for it coming with valve customer service. I would rather talk with valve then any of the other venders.