Tariffs, component volatility, and Valve’s tolerance for losses all lead to uncertainty.

The title is a bit misleading, as the article lists diverging analysts’ opinions, ranging from Valve willing to sell at a loss or low margins, to high prices due to RAM and SSD price volatility.

  • _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    16·
    24 hours ago

    At $1,000 that’d be a hard pass for me even though I love Valve, I could easily build something better for less. I seriously doubt that’ll be the price too, it’ll probably around $600-800.

    • yeehaw@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      25 minutes ago

      Could you really build something better for less? Not to mention all that plus OS install and stuff is already done so most people will prefer that I think.

    • lepinkainen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      13 hours ago

      For me it’s either this or Framework Desktop, I’ve got the money, just waiting for the email from Valve telling the final price.

      Steam Machine is better for gaming, which is nice

      But Framework can do Mac levels of AI work, which is also nice, it’s also not completely useless for games.