Comment on Steam Machine pricing announced (from $1049-$1428 USD), reservation lists open
PonyOfWar@pawb.social 5 hours agoI believe it. I’m sure there are millions of people using Steam to play Dota or CS2 on stuff like old laptops. But how many of those are willing and able to spend 1000+ for an upgrade?
Ultimately, stocks may be so low that it doesn’t really matter though.
someguy3@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
That means there are a shitload of potential customers, not “I wonder how many people there are that fall in that category but who wouldn’t just buy a much cheaper console instead though.”
PonyOfWar@pawb.social 5 hours ago
If you ignore the price, sure.
someguy3@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
What are you on about? There are people that will still want/need to upgrade, and those are the customers. It’s not ignoring price, that is simply the price whether it’s a PC or a steam machine. Something tells me you just want to disagree so ciao.
PonyOfWar@pawb.social 4 hours ago
My point is that you can’t take the price out of the equation. If your standard for “potential customer” is everyone for whom a Steam Machine would be an upgrade, that’s not a useful metric in my opinion. As many of those either can’t afford to pay that much or wouldn’t want to pay it for an upgrade they don’t necessarily need. Dota plays just fine on older systems.