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> The Steam Machine costs about as much as a comparable self-built PC. That's amazing, is VALVE selling these at a loss?
by andai 4mo ago
> The Steam Machine costs about as much as a comparable self-built PC.
That's amazing, is VALVE selling these at a loss?
- gh02t 4mo agoLinus Tech Tips did a video a few days ago where they built a DIY Steam box for the same price. What they came up with was a decent improvement on the GPU but not a massive upgrade. Kinda suggests Valve isn't necessarily selling them at a loss but the margins are probably near zero.
- vips7L 4mo agoWasn’t it also like 4x the size?
- gh02t 4mo agoIt was still small enough to be relevant but yes. The level of integration Valve can do with the steam box probably actually lowers the total cost for them a bit versus just comparing against individual component cost, so it buys them a bit of margin but probably not a ton in today's market. It was also missing the ability to wake from the controller, I wonder if we will see that become a feature on other gaming Linux distros? I'm not super clear on why that isn't already possible.
- vips7L 4mo agoIdk man. The thing they built looked gigantic and wouldn’t fit in a tv console at all.