YouTube star LinusTechTips has revealed that Valve wasn’t overly impressed with his suggestion of a $500 price tag for the dubbed Steam Console.
“I can’t tell you what the price will be, because I literally don’t know,” he said on the November 15 episode of the WAN show.
“When I said I’m disappointed it isn’t going to follow a console pricing model, where its subsided by the fact that manufacturer is going to be taking 30% of every game sold on it over the lifespan of this thing, because I feel that would be a more meaningful product, they asked what I meant by console price and I said $500. Nobody said anything, but the energy in the room wasn’t great.”
Yes, I am aware of proton, and I am aware that the OG steam machine predated proton. Proton is a compatibility layer instrumental in making windows games compatible with linux. Anyone capable of installing and operating a linux distro on PC probably loves proton.
This is (supposedly) 6x more powerful than a Steam Deck and doesn’t include a display or controller.
My point stands. Most people that are PC gaming already have powerful PCs. Steam deck gives us portability, turns into a low end pc, AND can be hooked up to your living room TV. Yeah steam deck has controllers built in, but you can also use your own controllers with it. Anyone capable of putting together a PC is capable of having a set up that is compatible with couch/living room use.
I think it’s pretty obviously aimed squarely at the console market.
I agree with this, but I think if the retail price is too high, it would not appeal to many in the console market. A market share of console players are doing multiplayer online. What about games that don’t have cross platform compatibility? Those games make the steam cube less appealing to console players.
Then you understand that the situation is completely different now. The previous Machine required developers to opt into making versions of their games for Linux.
Most people that are PC gaming already have powerful PCs.
Do those people never buy new PCs? Did you consider that maybe someone might buy this who’s not already a PC gamer? Did you pay attention to the fact that it’s already more powerful than what 70% of Steam users are currently using?
but I think if the retail price is too high, it would not appeal to many in the console market.
Yeah, I mean if they try and sell it for $1000 it’s not gonna happen, obviously.
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Yes, I am aware of proton, and I am aware that the OG steam machine predated proton. Proton is a compatibility layer instrumental in making windows games compatible with linux. Anyone capable of installing and operating a linux distro on PC probably loves proton.
My point stands. Most people that are PC gaming already have powerful PCs. Steam deck gives us portability, turns into a low end pc, AND can be hooked up to your living room TV. Yeah steam deck has controllers built in, but you can also use your own controllers with it. Anyone capable of putting together a PC is capable of having a set up that is compatible with couch/living room use.
I agree with this, but I think if the retail price is too high, it would not appeal to many in the console market. A market share of console players are doing multiplayer online. What about games that don’t have cross platform compatibility? Those games make the steam cube less appealing to console players.
Then you understand that the situation is completely different now. The previous Machine required developers to opt into making versions of their games for Linux.
Do those people never buy new PCs? Did you consider that maybe someone might buy this who’s not already a PC gamer? Did you pay attention to the fact that it’s already more powerful than what 70% of Steam users are currently using?
Yeah, I mean if they try and sell it for $1000 it’s not gonna happen, obviously.