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| curl-6 said: Valve claims the Steam Machine offers equal or better performance to 70% of PCs currently out there: https://tech4gamers.com/valve-steam-machine-better-than-70-pcs/ |
Is that good or bad or totally irrelevant?
It also means 30% is already better than the Steam Box, which would be the 30% that care about having better performance. Steambox is not for those that already game on a 3060 or better. (Well as secondary box maybe)
It also means 70% doesn't care much about performance and then it totally depends on the price of the Steam Box whether it's a viable 'upgrade'.
With the power of the device estimated anywhere between Series S and PS5 Pro, what is the incentive for console gamers to give up their existing libraries and start over on Steam. It would have to be cheaper than a PS5, on par with a Series S.
As we've seen with console reveals in the past over and over, price is everything, next to marketing. Plus marketing has to be a lot better as it's not coming to a shop near you. Articles saying PS5 should be worried are about as believable as Switch should be worried over SteamDeck.
But it will sell some. It's definitely an upgrade over my old gaming laptop and a lot easier to connect to the TV. Easier as in less awkward compared to balancing a laptop in front of the TV lol, I got it to work with 2 controllers playing Coridden together, but it's just too much hassle.
Anyway it all depends on the price.
