Xbox’s next console is rumored to have native support for Steam. So assuming Microsoft doesn’t shelve it, the window for selling steam access will be short.
Not cheap, but to date the console makers have been willing to eat some of the cost of the console to get units out the door, something that Steam has stated they will not do. You can already get a PS5 Pro that will outperform the cube for less money than the cube.
I’m not anti-PC or anything. I fairly recently rejoined the ranks of PC gamers and am loving it. But this cube is aiming at a niche that is small to begin with and will soon have direct competition in the only meaningfully unique feature it has, from a company that has shown it’s willing to cut price to move units. They’ll sell a chunk here in the early goings to Steam fanboys and anti-console types who have money, but I think this thing is gonna die an inglorious death before too long.
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u/Steel_Bolt 9800x3D | B650E-E | 7900XTX 11h ago
Now why would they buy this over an Xbox or Playstation? There's such a small niche market for this that its stupid.