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Steam Machine pricing announced (from $1049-$1428 USD), reservation lists open (store.steampowered.com)
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[–] cenariodantesco@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (3 children)

i still added myself to the raffle queue. even thou the price is steep, I still see it as an option in the diy PC building landscape. it's a PC, free from the console ecosystem, I can install any os I want, games from my gog library, emulate freely, all in a tiny quiet box.

i think this price is not what they intended, and in the bigger picture valve is tiny compared to console manufacturers, they can't get deals in hardware like they can.

I also think valve could sell as option a version with no storage and memory, lower price, it would fit the diy/options community like a glove

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Oh man, I saw your post calling it a raffle and jumped to sign up. It’s not.

It a wait list to make a reservation.

[–] cenariodantesco@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ah sorry if I mislead you, it's a raffle because you sign up for a reservation list but it's not guarantee you'll be selected, on the 25th their system will random pick some and send the email, with the 72 hour deadline to buy

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, I should have spent a little time figuring that out. Now I just need to hope I don’t win: I don’t want it as much as they’re charging

[–] cenariodantesco@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

If you're selected just let the 72 hours period expire, it will move on to someone else

[–] Smaile@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wait so the raffle would have been the better option??

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They are really cool machines and my teens would love them, so yes, if it were an actual raffle that would be fantastic.

However a couple years ago I spent a ridiculous amount of money helping them build their own gaming PCs, and get rid of their consoles. We don’t need to spend another $1,500. And I rarely have time to game

[–] Smaile@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh I see, you mean an actual raffle and not just a pert chasing que, that would be fun but idk feel like that could be manipulated by scalpers somehow. It would be fun tho.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago

For sure, that’s why I went directly there without finding out, amazed it could still be open

But I imagine deterring scalpers is a big problem art of the reason to raffle for a spot in line. Scalpers are actually a big part of the reason we switched away from consoles to begin with. When the Xbox series X was released, two Christmases in a row, I was unable to get them because limited stock and too many scalpers. Fuck that.

No scalpers buying up all the gaming rig components ….. then we got ai

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Thats a good idea. Does the board take ddr4 ram?

[–] kahjtheundedicated@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

No, it’s two DDR5 SODIMMs