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This really bums me out not cuz I was looking to buy one but because I wanted it to shake the market up and make every company do better for the consumer... I feel like this price takes them completely out of the console market and purely into the entry-level PC market where I think it still is a decent specs and price for that market. It's just not what it was made to be
is it really that more expensive? because unlike a console the steammachine doesnt require a subscription to play online. PS5+ is 150€ yearly just for that. granted, you get a game per month but the games you get are often games you wouldnt buy anyways. so with the current price of 900€ for a 2tb ps pro youll pay 900€. after 3 years the steam machine is cheaper.
"After 3 years" lol. You're also not mentioning that even the base ps5, which was released 6 years ago, performs better than a Steam Machine.
You're also comparing against the most expensive PS+ plan. The base one is about 80 per year so you'd "break even" in what? 6 years? What a joke.
is that based on the specs or some reviews somewhere ?
edit: nvm, looked it up
6700(ish) for ps5 OG
vs
7600 for steam machine
pretty close , though ps5 probably wins due to very specific optimizations for games compiled for that platform.
I'm seeing 7700xt for ps5 pro, not sure if that's correct but it certainly beats a 7600.
Early reviews are saying that the Steam Machine and PS5 perform similarly, with the PS5 being a smoother experience overall due to automatic framescaling. And that's with something that's 6+ years ago.
yeah there's a bunch f performance bumps you can get with a fixed end platform and a whole company invested in making games that run on their platform perform well.
Yeah, it's close but the ps5 was released 6 years ago and it's cheaper. The Steam Machine's bang for buck is awful. It's a pc with console limitations and a pc price.
What console limitations? it's a full PC.
Hardware console limitations. Everything but the SSD and RAM is proprietary and you can't upgrade it. Heck, it doesn't even have an audio output. The I/O sucks hard.
Yeah not having an audio port is a bit shit especially if this is suppose to be a plug n play type of deal. At least the consoles allow you to use the controllers for audio.
That was a huge surprise the first time when I plugged in a PlayStation DualSense controller into my PC and the audio started coming out of the controller.
You can also plug headphone directly in to the controller (although you've probably seen that).
nightmare for battery life if your headphones are above average impedance though.
(or maybe it's just my headphones, i'm not an audio snob, who knows?)