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.
The first time it was largely due to lack of game support and confusion as they were 3rd party devices.
This time pretty much every game will run through Proton, Linux for desktop has matured a lot, SteamOS is much better and Valve are selling it 1st party. It will sell a lot, even if it is priced as a PC… I mean at the end of the day it is a PC, a custom SFF one, which are usually very expensive. This will good value for what it is, you just can’t compare it to a console.
The first time it was largely due to lack of game support and confusion as they were 3rd party devices.
This time pretty much every game will run through Proton, Linux for desktop has matured a lot, SteamOS is much better and Valve are selling it 1st party. It will sell a lot, even if it is priced as a PC… I mean at the end of the day it is a PC, a custom SFF one, which are usually very expensive. This will good value for what it is, you just can’t compare it to a console.