Valve have confirmed the Steam Machine's price will be comparable to a custom-built PC with similar performance, rather than subsidised like a console.
Absolutely, for real. It’s smol and cute, and that’s a plus.
Of course, it isn’t like you can’t build yourself a small PC if you want to. I’ve got a build in a Fractal Design Terra with a beefy GPU, and that thing is barely bigger than a shoebox.
But building small is even more daunting for newcomers than building large, so IMO it ties into the same angle of people wanting something that is premade and a product that just works, right down to the SteamOS operating system it ships with.
Absolutely, for real. It’s smol and cute, and that’s a plus.
Of course, it isn’t like you can’t build yourself a small PC if you want to. I’ve got a build in a Fractal Design Terra with a beefy GPU, and that thing is barely bigger than a shoebox.
But building small is even more daunting for newcomers than building large, so IMO it ties into the same angle of people wanting something that is premade and a product that just works, right down to the SteamOS operating system it ships with.