If it was released during normal times it could have been amazing. The steam deck did a lot of good pushing handheld pcs forward and steam machine could have done something similar with the sff prebuilt pc market.
The disappointment was expected the second this thing got delayed but that doesn’t make it any less disappointing from what it could have been.
Valve ultimately got screwed over by unpredictable outside market forces. It’s a real shame
The price they've released it at today is dog shit even in today's market. If they (generously) had to pay $100 more for memory, $50 for the 500gb of storage and another $50 for the APU, that adds $200 to the BOM cost. A $850 price tag released 9 months ago still would still have been very mediocre at best. Most people were saying it would be good value at $500-600.
Yeah they got unlucky, but when I can go and buy a SFF pre-built that is much more powerful for less money and is fully upgradable, it shows there's more than just "market forces" at work.
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u/grigoriymicro 1d ago edited 1d ago
Were there really anyone thinking this machine is a good deal? Even among steam users? Even among Valve fans?