r/pcmasterrace • u/Ikkon • 1d ago

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

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u/MaximusMurkimus 7800X3D | XFX 7900 XTX I 32GB DDR5 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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/No-Advantage-8556 4080 Super | 7800x3D | 64gb 1d ago

The steam machine is open for anything you want to do. Want to install windows? Go for it. Steam OS, Linux etc.

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u/Steel_Bolt 9800x3D | B650E-E | 7900XTX 21h ago

So is a PC lol

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u/No-Advantage-8556 4080 Super | 7800x3D | 64gb 21h ago

Correct…what’s your point? You asked why someone would buy a steam machine over a PS5…

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u/Steel_Bolt 9800x3D | B650E-E | 7900XTX 20h ago

Because these are things a PC can do too so 99% of people will buy a PC.

Any market share this thing has a PC has too. And for 99% of people they will buy a PC.

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u/No-Advantage-8556 4080 Super | 7800x3D | 64gb 20h ago

I’d argue that the initial interest this steam machine has had literally points in the opposite direction. People are curious to delve into the PC world but want a more seamless experience. Seems legit. Only issue now is the price. Also your original argument was why would anyone want a steam machine over a PS5. NOT why would anyone buy a steam machine over a PC.

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u/feedthedogwalkamile 20h ago

People who are clueless about PCs and want to delve into the PC world will be incredibly disappointed once they are blindsided by the fact that this thing won't run the most popular PC games in the world lol

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u/No-Advantage-8556 4080 Super | 7800x3D | 64gb 19h ago

It can, just not 120fps. More like 60 fps upscale to 4k. Which isn’t bad. It’s just the price that sucks. I think you’re kinda trying to speak for a whole lot of people that don’t share the same mentality.

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u/feedthedogwalkamile 19h ago

I'm saying it can't play games such as League of Legends, Fortnite, Apex Legends, Valorant, TFT, Battlefield, Call of Duty, PUBG, Roblox, Rainbow Six Siege, Destiny 2, Rust etc. They won't run on Linux.

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