Steam Deck - The REAL Switch Pro - February 2022

[Krandor]

Especially with the Xbox Ally X still holding steady at 999 somehow

[Andalusian girls]

ye it don't seem to have much purpose at that price point. Steam Deck 2 still 2 years off that's a lotta cash for a console already getting kinda long in the tooth.

[Qalbert]

Steam Machine prices:
512gb without controller $1,049, or $1,128 with controller.
2tb w/o controller $1,349, or $1428 with.

[Anoat]

God damn that's a down payment on a car lmao

[Tyrath]

God damn that's a down payment on a car lmao

Not in this economy XD

[synistar]

[Anoat]

Not in this economy XD

Certified pre-owned Toyota Camry maybe

[Zealot]

$1428 for a console is gonna be a hard no from me.

[Andalusian girls]

helllllllll nahhhhhhhhhh

[6souls]

It's being reported that the original price point was $750. I also another article saying console prices won't see a price drop until 2028, at the earliest.

[Guitarman]

Hard no for me, of course, but I wonder how the market will look at it once PS6/Helix are priced.

[Krandor]

Seeing those prices I feel so so much better about the Framework desktop I bought at the end of last year as my emulator box "console".

[Takiwaki]

Hard no for me, of course, but I wonder how the market will look at it once PS6/Helix are priced.

Its already outdated..

[Guitarman]

Its already outdated..

Totally. Just meaning from a price point perspective. I don't see a path that PS6/Helix won't be well over $1k in today's market.

[Takiwaki]

Totally. Just meaning from a price point perspective. I don't see a path that PS6/Helix won't be well over $1k in today's market.

Sure but it will still be better than the steam machine, the PS5 is already better and cheaper, with a controller.

[Karbuncle]

All my hype for their new VR headset pretty much dried up too, I imagine its going to be about as pricey and probably wont be a good Quest 3 replacement.

[Anoat]

Hard no for me, of course, but I wonder how the market will look at it once PS6/Helix are priced.

Those consoles probably won’t see a release until like 2030 unless the market and RAM supply improves

[6souls]

Those consoles probably won’t see a release until like 2030 unless the market and RAM supply improves

Helix is targeting Holiday 2027

[Athas]

Seems comparable to a 1k diy pc. Just a shame a 1k build can't buy much these days and the comparisons to consoles is less favorable by cost.

Just hope they can continue to build out their os.

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[Kaisha]

Seems comparable to a 1k diy pc.

At least with a DIY, you can upgrade any component after the fact. Steam Machine you're stuck with the hardware as it is, besides being able to increase the NVMe/RAM capacity. Its GPU capabilities in anything modern is my main worry.

Maybe it can support eGPUs down the road with its USB-C port on the back? Despite that destroying the whole SFF appeal.