Comment on Valve's new hardware will NOT be loss leaders
echodot@feddit.uk 5 days agoPersonally I don’t think I would say that most people would consider a $1,000 PC to be entry level. To me entry level means something that a kid could save up their pocket money for in a reasonable amount of time maybe with a paper route to supplement. I’d say entry level ends at about $700 just to throw a number out there. For $1,000 you could get a PS5 and a PSVR2
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 5 days ago
Surely the steam deck is comfortably entry level?
echodot@feddit.uk 4 days ago
But it’s also a handheld console so that doesn’t really track.
An entry level gaming PC doesn’t have to have a battery and it doesn’t have to have a screen which are big expenses. You can’t just take the price of the steam deck and multiply it because so much time has passed between the releases of the two products and they’re not equivalent anyway. It’s an apples to oranges comparison.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 4 days ago
Yes, so an entry level gaming PC without any extras like screens should be even cheaper
ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
True, but it’s also nowhere near $1000.