Valve Says the Steam Machine Saw a Similar Price Increase as the Steam Deck, Which Means It Was Originally Supposed to Cost About $750
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Edit: fixed the title to match the article, I wrongly stated that Valve said the price was supposed to be $750, when that’s just IGN’s estimate base on Valve’s statements.

  • Vik@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    18 hours ago

    I’ll be honest, I’ve been pretty out of the loop and totally spaced on that. I was basing it from the general product offering (omitting base stations, high bandwidth display cable throughput, overall display specs), and super old leaks from the time where we knew it only by its codename (deckard), suggesting a much lower cost, partially modular system.

    I wouldn’t be surprised if the Index remained the overall higher quality VR solution for now

    • sanpo@sopuli.xyz
      5·
      18 hours ago

      Index might still have an edge in tracking and controllers, everything else should be improved.

      • FreeBooteR69@lemmy.caEnglish
        3·
        18 hours ago

        Nah, while the Index controllers were awesome, the potentiometer used for the thumbsticks were total garbage and break super easy. I’m so ready for a tmr (magnetic thumbsticks) fix.

        • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          1·
          17 hours ago

          Apparently the thumbsticks were actually shite? Mine never went out, but I’ve heard from other people.

          I think what sanpo meant was the actual tracking of the headset and controllers, since the index used base stations PLUS accelerometers, giving them VERY precise location and movement. Whereas the frame controllers seem to be only inside-out optical, maybe with accelerometers?

          We will have to wait and see. With them being better or worse than the index, we’ll have to wait and see. I’m still excited.

          • FreeBooteR69@lemmy.caEnglish
            1·
            17 hours ago

            Yup i have 3 base stations, but i also found even with covering all reflective sources, you can suddenly lose tracking for no apparent reason and often made some games annoying to play. I hope the inside out tracking isn’t worse, too bad they didn’t add some backward compatibility for those who still have base stations.

            • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
              1·
              15 hours ago

              Yeah we can only hope it’s going to be better, each type has their pros and cons, but Valve is also known to innovate, so… Cross your fingers I guess

      • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
        1·
        17 hours ago

        You can still buy and use the original base stations and they should work with the new headset.