$1000 would totally be dead on arrival. Framework sells there far superior PC for $1200
-8 core zen 5 vs. 6 core zen 4/zen 4c
-32 cu RDNA 3.5 vs. 28 cu RDNA 3
-32 Tiles NPU vs. 0 NPU
-32GB LPDDR5x-8000 memory vs.16GB DDR5 + 8GB GDDR6 VRAM
-same storage 500gb
Valve was very clear that it would be priced as a PC and not a console
Valve hasn’t been clear about the price at all though. That could simple mean it won’t be sold at a loss like console have historically been.
Tom from Moore’s Law estimated the cost to build the steam machine at $425 and the steam deck at around $300. If the Steam Machine is sold for the save $100 profit that’s a total of $525.
The Gabe box is more laptop-esque than PC really. The Steam Machine GPU is closer to a 7600m as both use (28cu) vs the desktop 7600(32cu).
Afaik the CPU is only 2 full zen4 cores and 4 zen4c, which would also save on cost. But, honestly I don’t remember where I read that so don’t take the CPU part as fact. If I find the source I’ll link it later
Yeah, that all sounds reasonable.
Personally, I think Valve should price the SM as low as possible since they might have a real chance of replacing Xbox in the console market. Maybe they’ll lower prices after they have proof of demand like with the Steam Deck OLED?