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I’m not concerned with what YouTubers are doing.

What I know is if I go to my local microcenter, I live in a city they has one close to me, and try to build the same or similar computer I’m closer to three grand.

As a matter of fact the computer that I have currently is very close to the spec of a steam machine and it cost around $2500 when I built it on 2022.

And we live in a fucked up time where things are more expensive than they ever have to be.

The price to performance is acceptable if not slightly under powered on this product for our time. Keep in mind you’re getting a fully built Linux machine that anyone can just power up and use. Also keep in mind that consoles sell at a loss because they make they’re money in games sales. That’s not something valve is going for.

Honestly I think people would have been upset no matter what they did.

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Mistic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
if I walk into my local Micro Center and try to build a comparable machine, I’m getting dangerously close to $3,000.

I have a massive issue with this claim. Just what kind of parts (comparable in performance) do you choose to bring it up to that point?

This claim sounds bogus. Send the pcpartpicker list.

At most, you should end up at like 1500$, but only if you spend on looks or are clueless of what you’re doing.

It’s really not difficult to make a PC with similar or better performance at that price.
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- mechoman444@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  pcpartpicker.com/list/DPMv4g
  
  Here you go. I will admit prices have gotten much better since last I built a PC.
  
  The above build is somewhat worse than the steam machine and it’s close to 1200 bucks.
  
  And this isn’t my microcenter and doesn’t involve taxes and assembly.
  
  I’d say that I’d be pushing closer to two grand not three.
  
  And pc parts picker isn’t the end all be all for pricing. It’s a relatively close estimate.
  
  Still easier for most people to simply buy a steam machine and plug it in.
  
  My point still stands it’s fine for what it is and what it’s supposed to be.
  
  Which is pretty much what people are saying about it anyway so if you want to complain about price feel free to do so but you’d be wrong.
  
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  - Mistic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    My only complaint was that you have to really try to make a similarly-priced build cost $3k, I don’t know what you would even put there to bring the price that high up.
    
    Other than that, yeah, Steam Machine costs about what a regular PC would cost.
    
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