It’s going to stay overpriced because retail investors will keep it pumped because they think it will make them millionaires.

I agree. Maybe digital rights over a film or software should allow downloading indefinitely by whichever corporation decides to own the IP.

The corrupt dinosaurs running the government are bought and paid for.

Simple legislation could easily give customers the right to download and keep the movie files purchased.

Digital storefronts should allow downloading full quality files for personal use in a standard non-DRM format.

How old are you? Are you not aware that you’re the one that responded to my comment and downvoted it?

Somehow I’m the one hurting your feelings now. Next time your panties get all bunched up, keep it to yourself.

You’re the one butthurt that people still use physical media and that an old console is a much better deal than Valve’s e-waste.

You seem like the type of person that has many friends so I’m gonna let you go back to them. Go ahead and add another downvote to this message. You’re a true redditor.

I don’t think you’re gonna buy the Steam Machine even without an optical drive.

PS4 Pro is $210 on Amazon. With an optical drive that lets you borrow games. Rent games from a public library. Buy used games. In addition to movies and Blu-ray’s that are much higher quality than any streaming service unless you have worthless eyes and are some kind of child that thinks that time passing makes things inferior.

The people that bought spacex stock.

You don’t have to know the people that have physical media to know that it is valuable.

It just gives the old console even more value. It’s a 1080p system with a massive library of great games at dirt cheap prices.

I don’t know how Valve could have dropped the ball any worse.

The Ferrari was designed by Jony Ive. It definitely looks like something he would design. He’s all about clean, minimalist design where everything is utilitarian.

Ferrari as a brand is about beautiful extravagant design in the fastest and least useful vehicles on the planet.

I can’t think of a less synergistic combination that Ferrari and Jony Ive.

Better fits for Jony Ive would be Hyundai, Kia, BMW and Mercedes. Those four are making some ugly ass cars that need to go back to the drawing board.

There should be a “no RAM, no storage” option.

Valve managed to make a system that can possibly outperform a PS4 for $1050 plus tax plus whatever a controller costs.

The PS4 can also play DVDs, Blu-ray’s and comes with a controller.

I really feel like Valve spend a bunch of R&D to make something that doesn’t fix any issues with PC gaming.

1. It’s noticeably less powerful than comparably priced PCs

2. It’s noticeably less powerful than consoles costing hundreds of dollars less

3. It doesn’t come with a controller.

4. It is not customizable in any meaningful way. 

 This feels like a valves version of the Wii U. Neat hardware, but ultimately underpowered and overpriced with little to no way to lower the cost.

My point is that even pre-built PCs are cheaper and better in every way other than size.

Going on microcenter and Best Buy can easily get you a better gaming PC even with the AI apocalypse going on.

Does it matter if I have experience in product development? Do you?

A product has to justify its cost. This one does not.

You can DIY or buy a pre-built that massively outperforms Valve’s console.

I meant that pre-built or DIY are both better deals. I realize now that I should have been more clear.

This Steam console is bad when discussing performance and value. It has a nice design.

Valve is making a bad deal worse. By being needlessly greedy.

I am in the reality where all the other gaming consoles massively outperform it while costing hundreds less and also providing a controller.

You can build and buy a pre-built PC that easily outperforms the Steam console.

Did you for get that when they upgrade the storage to 2TB they do not also include the 512GB storage included in the low end model?

It’s hard to believe that it’s just a RAM issue.

Valve is going full Apple with the SSD upgrade. They’re making a healthy profit from each system they sell.

They don’t do any terroristic activities.

They just bribe and coerce public employees into giving an immoral genocidal foreign government infinite money and protection from accountability and justice.