That’s disappointing. However, being a mass produced, single spec device, it has to be cheaper than comparable self-built PCs. Otherwise, no one would buy it.
Consoles sell at a loss with the idea that they recoup it with game purchases.
Steam gets a 30% cut of game purchases and could do it also. Unfortunately/fortunately it’s also a functioning Linux desktop - so they can’t really sell it at a loss - because some companies might just purchase it for compute.
Which is a bummer imo, since I don’t think people already considering a lower midrange PC today are the target demographic, but I would love to be proven wrong.
“Expect a high enough price such that we couldn’t group it in with console prices.”
That’s disappointing. However, being a mass produced, single spec device, it has to be cheaper than comparable self-built PCs. Otherwise, no one would buy it.
Consoles sell at a loss with the idea that they recoup it with game purchases.
Steam gets a 30% cut of game purchases and could do it also. Unfortunately/fortunately it’s also a functioning Linux desktop - so they can’t really sell it at a loss - because some companies might just purchase it for compute.
Which is a bummer imo, since I don’t think people already considering a lower midrange PC today are the target demographic, but I would love to be proven wrong.