Im not angry. I actually would like to see a new type of PC design.
I think the ATX design is limiting PC design and making systems much larger than they need to be.
Valve should have designed a new standard that also includes power supplies and discrete GPUs for more space efficient design that also makes cooling easier.
Size, energy use and design are the main positives of the steam machine.
Time will tell if there is enough of a market for that type of device.
I really feel like Valve spend a bunch of R&D to make something that doesn’t fix any issues with PC gaming.
It’s noticeably less powerful than comparably priced PCs
It’s noticeably less powerful than consoles costing hundreds of dollars less
It doesn’t come with a controller.
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.
It wouldn’t be compatible with anything else? Like the current overpriced and underpowered hardware which they designed themselves?
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.
You’re asking me to create the design? I’m not an engineer.
I can tell you that PCs are generally a mess and are definitely limited by standards set decades ago.
That’s what Valve should be doing instead of making a $1000 PS4.
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.
I’m talking about something that is closer to a true PC ecosystem than the locked-in underpowered overpriced DOA system.
If the price is going to be exorbitant the system might as well be customizable and not limited to AMD’s trash bin.
I feel like Valve would have been better off designing a new motherboard and discrete GPU design to facilitate cooling and smaller cases.
Make a new standard and allow any third party to use it.
They just wanted to make a new GameCube instead.
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.
The $60 price point was helped by the market expanding but that is going to be difficult with the hardware costs.
Devs need to bring down production costs. They should be making games at PS2 quality instead of maxing out PS5 Pros.
The hobby is becoming more mainstream and nobody is willing to manufacture so much that there’s a massive risk of losses if it doesn’t sell.
Also, AI. Also, late stage capitalism.
Xbox was never meant to make anything of quality. Xbox was just a Trojan horse to trap customers into a Microsoft walled garden.
A bunch of greedy no talent monopolists whose only skill is using a lot of money to buy out competitors are running Microsoft.
Are all these companies going to go bankrupt when the AI bubble pops and their products flood the market?
What is the selling point of a steam machine.
“Do you want to overpay for obsolete hardware that can barely run most modern games? Are you really stupid and cannot use a USB drive to make a very simple software installation that already has tons of step by step instructions freely available online?”