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Steam Machine seems so dead on arrival, it's crazy. For the same price you can get a switch 2 bundle and 10 full price games, including 9 full price (overpriced) PHYSICAL COPIES that you can resell and that don't take up storage space.

So dead on arrival, yet sold out in Japan www.clubic.com/actualite-61...

well, I don't know what it tells us, are the stock low, or is it a good value proposition. The concept is good, but the price is steep.

The price is hight sure, but totally coherent (if not even lower) with the price a of an equivalent hand made PC. So yeah… PC are expensive this days ><‘ and we should expect consoles to follow the same price line in a not so distant future

Given that cpu and gpu are not replaceable, I would not compare that to hand made pc. Plus hand made pc can be made for cheaper especially when considering second hand market. I think it would have been an interesting offer at the price they initially considered.

I do think that most PC users buy prebuilt configuration and it's a niche that buy and build their own config. I might be wrong tho. Imagine having a console open enough to install any software you want, without monthly subscription to play online, that's yje steam machine.

This is less like a pre-built PC and more like a laptop (limited upgradability, but fully compatible with standard PCs).

Most pre built PC perform like laptops. This one looks like a console, perform better than a console, and support modding and custom software. Its a huge win.

Pre built, you can upgrade your GPU, here you can't, and it's not really out performing PS5. I think it's a cool idea, but it's SO hard to recommend. like, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

You might be surprised, but most of prebuilt cannot get a GPU since it doesn't fit in the case. I get your point, I agree, I don't want to buy a Steam machine. Yet I know that the Steam machine is convenient, like a console, but is more than a simple console.

I totally agree. If it was like 600 or 700 I could see some people for whom that would make sense, but at that point you can buy so many stuff for that price, like litterally a new ps5 and a new switch Or a new switch and 10 physical copies of nintendo games Or a second hand PC and a nice gpu...

I don't see how it's better than a switch 2 I'm sorry 😅