If Valve creates an "entry point" for living room PCs, the console-beating Steam Machines will follow, argues Baldur's Gate 3's publishing director

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Zippy Bot@lemmy.zip · 3 days ago

If Valve creates an "entry point" for living room PCs, the console-beating Steam Machines will follow, argues Baldur's Gate 3's publishing director

tea@lemmy.today · 1 day ago

If they sell the hardware at a loss, then miners or AI companies would 100% have reason to pick them up to plug into their farms since they would be cheaper than other market alternatives.

The last steam machines were 3rd party and not sold at a loss.

myspecialpurpose@lemmy.ca · 21 hours ago

Bitcoin mining needs ASICs, and real AI needs massive, high-VRAM GPUs. This is a gaming PC with mid-range parts.