Agreed, but if it’s like $500, then it’ll make a nice addition to the living room for couch co-op games with the kids and possibly serve as a decent HTPC. 4K technically isn’t false advertising, but let’s be real, this is made for 1080p to be upscaled to 4K where most people won’t notice from the couch. Anyone who wants 4K on a monitor up close with 60 fps on ultra is not the target market and is instead looking for a PC where the GPU alone costs double what a Steam Machine costs.
I think you’re right. You can already get cheap mini PCs in the 300s with a 780M that has double the graphical power of a Steam Deck. I doubt Valve is going to double or triple that for $500.
Agreed, but if it’s like $500, then it’ll make a nice addition to the living room for couch co-op games with the kids and possibly serve as a decent HTPC. 4K technically isn’t false advertising, but let’s be real, this is made for 1080p to be upscaled to 4K where most people won’t notice from the couch. Anyone who wants 4K on a monitor up close with 60 fps on ultra is not the target market and is instead looking for a PC where the GPU alone costs double what a Steam Machine costs.
This will be closer to USD$1k unfortunately.
I think you’re right. You can already get cheap mini PCs in the 300s with a 780M that has double the graphical power of a Steam Deck. I doubt Valve is going to double or triple that for $500.
Yep, and Valve have also said that it will be priced competitively with other similar gaming PCs.