Hoping the Steam Machine can match the Steam Deck in success and get pre-build desktop/minipc wins like Lenovo having Steam OS versions of the Legion Go. Steam Frame dethrone the Meta Quest hopefully
I still wish Microsoft still worked on windows mixed reality headsets. I only bought one because it was $30. It was the most fun I’ve had in a long time.
@Anivia@feddit.org@FreeBooteR69@lemmy.ca Quest is hard to compete with since Meta has driven the cost fairly low, pretty sure Frame is going to have a somewhat higher price tag, hopefully so much less than the Index that it matters.
I would not mind a higher price. As it stands the Meta Quest has no serious competition regardless of your budget. Paying a premium to have the peace of mind that Zuckerberg isn’t spying on what I do in private while using the headset would be a fine tradeoff. And potentially having access to the SteamVR library without needing to connect to a gaming pc would be the icing on the cake.
Console prices are going up as well. So long as the price of a console + online subscription + higher game cost is comparable to the Steam Machine’s sticker price it could still sell
Hoping the Steam Machine can match the Steam Deck in success and get pre-build desktop/minipc wins like Lenovo having Steam OS versions of the Legion Go. Steam Frame dethrone the Meta Quest hopefully
I just hope Steam frames aren’t too pricey, desperately don’t want them to fail.
Exactly. With PC VR headsets there is viable competition, but we desperately need real competition for Meta Quest headsets.
I still wish Microsoft still worked on windows mixed reality headsets. I only bought one because it was $30. It was the most fun I’ve had in a long time.
@Anivia@feddit.org @FreeBooteR69@lemmy.ca Quest is hard to compete with since Meta has driven the cost fairly low, pretty sure Frame is going to have a somewhat higher price tag, hopefully so much less than the Index that it matters.
I would not mind a higher price. As it stands the Meta Quest has no serious competition regardless of your budget. Paying a premium to have the peace of mind that Zuckerberg isn’t spying on what I do in private while using the headset would be a fine tradeoff. And potentially having access to the SteamVR library without needing to connect to a gaming pc would be the icing on the cake.
I’m expecting to pay around what the Index costs. I can get a Quest for quite a lot less but I’m refusing all of that Meta business.
With the current RAM prices I wouldn’t be suprised if the steam machine gets delayed indefinitely. No one’s gonna buy it if it costs 1000+$
Console prices are going up as well. So long as the price of a console + online subscription + higher game cost is comparable to the Steam Machine’s sticker price it could still sell
People can still decide to not buy anything at all
At a minimum it should be popular enough to be a good reference machine for indie and AA developers to ensure good performance.