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What surprise do you have prepared Nintendo? (europe.pub)
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[–] 144 points 3 months ago (22 children)

I'm assuming Steam's shotgun is the Steam Machine price? Not shotgun-worthy at all. They'll make money regardless of how it does.

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  • [–] 69 points 3 months ago (8 children)

    The damn thing sold out immediately.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 months ago (7 children)

    No surprise there, there are plenty of people with expendable income that will want Valve's newest thing. But even their biggest success, the Steam Deck, only managed around 5 million sales at a reasonable price. The Steam Machine is doubly niche at that price.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    While I agree there with the Machine being more niche and would probably not sell as much as a Deck, the deck also has availability issues. Can't sell more than exist 🤷‍♂️ (or well, I guess you could, but then you'd be an asshole lol).

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    Why do you think it's more niche? It's a pc, priced reasonably for a pc this size at this time, while the deck is a handheld. Are you saying that PCs are more niche than handhelds nowadays?

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Eh, I'd argue the steam machine isn't a PC to most people that don't already own a PC. Most adverts I've seen of the steam machine promote it very console-like, just with steam and more games. Everyone who reads enough into it, and knows enough about PCs to feel comfortable with Linux, most likely already has a comparable or better PC at home.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Because a PC enthusiast is more likely to build their own and it's too expensive for a non-enthusiast. The Steam Deck was as popular as it was because of the price.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    Why do you think it's too expensive for non-enthusiasts? I mean it is expensive, just as other PCs became expensive. But if you are not saying that PC sales will stop altogether, then I don't see how SM is niche given that it's priced comparatively to other PCs.

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  • [–] 20 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    I mean it's closer to a pellet gun because afaik the Steam machine isn't subsidized by game sales unlike some consoles, still engineering and setting up manufacturing still probably cost a lot so it's probably still a gun just not a shotgun.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I look at the Steam Machine being a proof of concept device leading to third party development.

    There is now a lot of interest in computer markers to make their own machine and Valve is more than happy if they do it at no cost to Valve.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    The Steam Machine is actually a better choice in a digital-only console landscape. Only a PC is better than it

    At this rate, the PS6 would be a streaming device (like the Playstation Portal) and the PS7 would be an online virtual machine.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago

    And so will all the others, maybe except Ubisoft.

    I think this is about losing fans/customers, not necessarily losing money. Which is still a stretch with Steam. The Machine isn't the best product, but it's not harming anyone.

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