Well keep in mind the Steamdeck was sold at a loss as well. I think this is less a money making venture for VALVE and more angling to bring a easy to use alternative to windows systems to the market. I’ll agree that some people will likely balk at the price tag but at the end of the day especially with the hardware shortages in the pc space I’m almost certain that they will have a hard time keeping them in stock if they are able up put them out this year.
Hard disagree. People are acting like this is a console. It’s a living room pc. It does everything the consoles do AND functions as a media center AND has no subscription fees all while connecting to your existing Steam, GOG and Epic libraries.
PS5 Pro however is $749.99, costs $80 a year for the ability to take it online and only covers PS4 backward compatibility. Nintendo isn’t an apples to apples comparison and Microsoft has all but left the market.
I think in a world where consoles are slipping and new cell phones cost that much or double, this won’t be that hard of a sale.
I am of the old school mindset that stress cycles kill components. So, much like the centennial light, I don’t turn off pc’s ever. As a result I’ve only ever had one hard component failure (not including HDDs) over 31 years. Less energy efficient? Absolutely! But I’ll trade that for component life even if it’s a placebo.