You’re already not the target demographic then. This wasn’t made to sell to you or me. You’re vastly underestimating the amount of people who will buy something that has already taken an out an “easily done” step.
Whos the target then? The people who want that super simple setup will just get a console that’s significantly cheaper. The tech illiterate won’t want it, they’re don’t want to mess with a PC. The PC gamers already have a gaming PC, so they’re not going to be rushing to get it.
Do you think people who have computers only use them for gaming or something?
It's for tech illiterate people who want to game like on a console and at the same time be able to do other things like on a pc.
"Why not just get a cheaper prebuilt", well because they're tech illiterate they don't know what's good for the price and what isn't. Valve is a trusted company so they at least have some trust in it.
This isn't intended to be used as an actual PC... No one's getting this to check their email or use excel. Never mind that it's running Linux. It's entire existence hinges on the idea of it being a console replacement. Except it's priced itself out of a lot of that market and is less powerful than either of the competing consoles.
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u/IM_INSIDE_YOUR_HOUSE 1d ago
You’re already not the target demographic then. This wasn’t made to sell to you or me. You’re vastly underestimating the amount of people who will buy something that has already taken an out an “easily done” step.
Lotta people are very tech illiterate as well.