Post #3497764

2026-06-22 21:52 UTC

Slightly more, like $70 from what I’ve seen, and that doesn’t take into account the small form factor. The target demographic is fans of Valve with money to burn, and I’m sure there’s enough of those out there to more than buy every unit Valve makes.

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@potustheplant@feddit.nl 2026-06-23 06:27

While it’s pretty close, the diy route leaves you with a device that can be completely upgraded and that also outperforms the steam machine. The performance sucks bad. In cpu tasks it even loses agains a ryzen 2600 in some cases. The only reason “valve fans” will probably buy all of the units Valve makes is because they make fre of them, and they’re not available in every country. I have a steam deck, which is supposedly a huge success for valve, and literally everyone that sees it asks what it is. These are niche products with an even more niche demographic.

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@blah3166@piefed.social 2026-06-22 22:45

I’m not even a hug Valve fan, but happy to support them for all the work they’ve done to bring Linux gaming to the masses. I can play most my games without issue on Debian, happy to keep throwing money at them and kick windows to the curb.

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