Hard disagree. People are acting like this is a console. It’s a living room pc. It does everything the consoles do AND functions as a media center AND has no subscription fees all while connecting to your existing Steam, GOG and Epic libraries.
PS5 Pro however is $749.99, costs $80 a year for the ability to take it online and only covers PS4 backward compatibility. Nintendo isn’t an apples to apples comparison and Microsoft has all but left the market.
I think in a world where consoles are slipping and new cell phones cost that much or double, this won’t be that hard of a sale.
That’s a fair point to disagree on. Fundamentally, I see it as a console that can also do PC stuff as opposed as a PC that can be played in the living room.
The price is probably more competitive for those who think of it as a PC first, I just don’t know if that is a market segment that can lead to a profit.
Well keep in mind the Steamdeck was sold at a loss as well. I think this is less a money making venture for VALVE and more angling to bring a easy to use alternative to windows systems to the market. I’ll agree that some people will likely balk at the price tag but at the end of the day especially with the hardware shortages in the pc space I’m almost certain that they will have a hard time keeping them in stock if they are able up put them out this year.
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With a rumored $1000 price tag, I don’t think it matters how well games run. I think they’ve already priced themselves out of their potential market
Hard disagree. People are acting like this is a console. It’s a living room pc. It does everything the consoles do AND functions as a media center AND has no subscription fees all while connecting to your existing Steam, GOG and Epic libraries.
PS5 Pro however is $749.99, costs $80 a year for the ability to take it online and only covers PS4 backward compatibility. Nintendo isn’t an apples to apples comparison and Microsoft has all but left the market.
I think in a world where consoles are slipping and new cell phones cost that much or double, this won’t be that hard of a sale.
That’s a fair point to disagree on. Fundamentally, I see it as a console that can also do PC stuff as opposed as a PC that can be played in the living room.
The price is probably more competitive for those who think of it as a PC first, I just don’t know if that is a market segment that can lead to a profit.
Well keep in mind the Steamdeck was sold at a loss as well. I think this is less a money making venture for VALVE and more angling to bring a easy to use alternative to windows systems to the market. I’ll agree that some people will likely balk at the price tag but at the end of the day especially with the hardware shortages in the pc space I’m almost certain that they will have a hard time keeping them in stock if they are able up put them out this year.
Steam deck was NOT sold at a loss
1000 bucks for a PC is cheap as fuck tho?
Also consoles are well over 1000 dollars with in a few month or two of owner ship typically. Since consoles are functionally unit cost + sub cost.
Also with rising ram costs something like a PS5 if not sold at a loss would also be well over 1k now.