| Mummelmann said: Voted 800 to 1000, but I think some top models might go over 1000. The highest spec Steam Deck costs around 680 euros, that's already close to 800 dollars, there's no way a capable "home console" from Valve will be cheaper than that at top spec. I think the entry level machines might be 750-800$, heck; that's just Xbox Series X money (the 2TB version starts at 800 dollars). I think people are seriously underestimating how expensive hardware has become in the past 4-5 years. Flagship phones are now 1500 dollars and up in price. RAM alone has doubled in price in the past year or so (the 64GB kit I have cost me 290 dollars in July of 2023, it now sits at over 600 dollars). |
Its dead on arrival if its 800$.
They do that, it won't sell except as a novelty item for the rich and bored, perhaps the most curious and loyal steam users.
The hardware inside is not worth that much.
The gpu is less capable than a AMD 7600.
Its a older 6c/12t amd cpu...
Machines like that, don't cost 800$ to put together yourself. There are videos of people showing them doing it for like 500-550$.
If valve can't even beat out the prices of end users buying random parts from online shops that make profits selling hardware to consumers...
Yeah I refuse to believe that.
Its "looks" cute in design.... how much leeway that gives in pricing is up to each person to decide.
I still think, unless they sell it very close to prices of hardware inside, the PC crowd will ignore it.
(that is for the low end, or console guys. High end PC users with like 5090's won't care about this little 7600 like gpu micro pc at all).
