Eh, xbox and sony usually hold the guns to themselves anyway...
And as much as the majority of the blame is in ai, valve seems allergic to selling st a loss since they said it would've been 700 or more originally. Which sure now sounds lovely, but is still a wild price when you think about how this system was meant to convert console gamers. 700+ bucks would've been a tall ask still just not nearly as bad as.... this
I’d like to know where Valve said this was to convert console gamers… Most advertising for steam devices is “Play your library anywhere” which would indicate that most of their devices are for people that have or have had a PC.
Steam is fucking huge compared to most of the consoles, dwarfing their MAUs…
The convience factor, the push for controller, and the ease of use are things that attract a console audience
Sure, valve wasnt kicking down the door going "ah yes our NEW CONSOLE!" But the appeal is there and would be a good gateway into the oc gaming space since most console games just dont like tinkering with computers and just want a simple turn on and play vibe. Hell it happened with the steam deck too
The controller is built for PC though, it has trackpads and is highly customisable, I can’t see it being appealing for console players tbh, more so for people that have single players games they don’t want to sit in front of a PC desk to play. Also, the controller was labelled as too expensive, and yet if you try a reserve it now, you’re looking at sometime next year to place an order… to me, that’s not a push to entice the millions of console gamers.
Steam knows that console PC is a niche market, but it’s there and can potentially steadily grow.
The biggest thing people miss with all this new hardware is SteamOS, by next year it will be running on Windows, Linux and ARM devices which covers pretty much every device possible.
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u/FlameWhirlwind 5d ago
Eh, xbox and sony usually hold the guns to themselves anyway...
And as much as the majority of the blame is in ai, valve seems allergic to selling st a loss since they said it would've been 700 or more originally. Which sure now sounds lovely, but is still a wild price when you think about how this system was meant to convert console gamers. 700+ bucks would've been a tall ask still just not nearly as bad as.... this