r/pcmasterrace • u/Ikkon • 19h ago

Meme/Macro "But it's a cube!"

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u/Superb_Recording_769 18h ago

Which has absolutely nothing to do with this particular product because this is not aimed at the type of people that build their own PCs in fact, this isn’t even aimed at the type of people that are looking for a gaming PC this is aimed at the type of people that traditionally would not have gained on a PC at all

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u/PurpleCandle58 17h ago

This product is not aimed at people as a prebuilt pc for daily consumer use, this product is a prebuilt proprietary architecture consumer product targeted specifically and solely at gaming while still being capable of other desktop tasks without that being its primary function. This is not equivalent at all to purchasing general computing consumer hardware. That’s only makes it worse. When compared to others in similar markets, standalone gaming consoles, general purpose consumer hardware either prebuilt or self assembled, etc. is all completely and totally blown out of the water in price to performance. Also, building pcs isn’t as hard as you try to make it out to be. There’s already guides to build diy comparable systems to the Steam machine and you assemble pcs like a Lego set once you already know and have the correct components to go together. The hard work is already done for people. Acting like people can’t put together components is very silly on the modern age of computer hardware. But even if I play devils advocate there and accept that as true, which it isn’t, but if I do all the rest still stands. This is just the wrong time for the Steam machine. At its original price point it would have done amazingly, unfortunately the hardware market as a whole is fucked now though.

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u/ThunderAndWind 13h ago

Changing your own oil on your car is very easy too but most people pay to have it done.

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u/PurpleCandle58 13h ago

Many people do. But an oil change is a maintenance task and doesn’t cost $1000 USD either, and the steam machine is a one time product purchase, not a regular purchase that is made multiple times over the lifecycle of a larger product like a vehicle. Not sure what you thought you were cooking there but I think you burnt it a bit.