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[–] mrfriki@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

The price though, I was expecting it to be expensive, but not 4 figures expensive. Sadly I have to pass on this.

[–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 45 points 1 day ago

Yeah I think when Valve first came up with it, they also weren't expecting a four-figure price

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 42 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The prices are exactly in line with what I expected, but I'm keenly aware of how availability and pricing of computer parts are currently affected by the LLM bubble.

[–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That is actually a bit cheaper than what I was fearing. I think they are subsidizing the price a bit by making the accessories incredibly expensive.

[–] warm@kbin.earth 4 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

They said they are not subsidizing any of the new hardware.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 4 points 19 hours ago

I believe that was specifically the Steam Machine, due to the risk of being mass ordered as cheap workstations.

While there's some commercial uses for VR, there's not much. Selling near cost is actually feasible since the vast majority will be used for gaming. That being said, they likely won't account for as many sales on Steam as the Deck did, given the smaller market