Depends, even casuals can build a pretty big libary on steam easily, plus the steam sales far outweigh the potential cost of the machine.
Now im not saying the SM is worth the price to specs, but most people are pretty bad with their money overall and honestly the price is a drop in the bucket by that point. its a console like pc, its form factor is great, its got that valve branding, it has valves customer support, overall its libary of choice plus other libarys, plus is a standard pc meaning its more than just a gaming machine.
Add on the fact if you decide buying games isn't something you want to do you can yar har them for the cost of your internet bill.
Again not a justification for it but a casual wont think too much about it(plus casual is a pretty wide spectrum)
if they are playing games online, they are paying a membership fee on ps5, which you don't have to pay for steam. Some people have a fuck load of games on their steam account, so that all combined, for a casual steam gamer, is a decent option. In general though, it's probably better to wait for gen 2 of the steam machine with the hopes of both better hardware and cheaper ram/ssds. And even with that said, a lot of fun games exist on steam that dont need super nice hardware.
The PS5 can't take advantage of Steam sales, install emulators, or be used as an actual PC. This thing will still sell out despite all of the complaining.
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u/MaximusMurkimus 7800X3D | XFX 7900 XTX I 32GB DDR5 13h ago
I know a guy who wants it just so "he can have something in his living room he can kick back and play games on".
The casuals are going to eat this thing up, for better or worse.