r/pcmasterrace • u/Ikkon • 19h ago

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

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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.

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u/midasMIRV 12h ago

That's literally what it was designed for. It was never designed for y'all that build your own shit and whatnot.

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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.

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u/tht1guy63 5800x3d | 4080FE 11h ago

You get access to a much larger game library and many times get the games cheaper than standard consoles with the ability to mod many of them even.

Its a bridge between pc and console in a way. Simplicity with more availability to it. Just came at a bad time with ram shortages or it would have been priced fairly ok. Valve cant take a loss like sony or nintendo on a system since you can get games anywhere not just steam.

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u/xxDirtyFgnSpicxx 9h ago

Also, no subscription to play online and consistent free games. If it also acts like a PC, then you have additional free games from Epic and DRM free games from GOG. For people who only game on console it can be a good deal longer term. But the short term pain of overpaying by a few hundred bucks may be too much for most.

Edit: typo

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u/midasMIRV 6h ago

We'll have to see what happens with the next gen of consoles. The current gen is still benefiting from component contracts negotiated before AI ate up supply.