Mastodawn

With the RAMpocalypse upon us, it's no wonder that the GabeCube has been put on the back burner. That's OK because Slay the Spire II is available on GeForce Now. #GeForceNow #Cloud #Gaming #VideoGames #SlayTheSpire #GabeCube #RAMpocalypse

StellarN0va Feb 4

Alguien más está montado en el tren del hopium?

#linux_gaming #steammachine #ValveSoftware #Linux #technology #technews #tecnologia #softwaredevelopment #GamingOnLinux #gaming #GamingNews #gabecube #noticiasTecnología

Linux Renaissance Feb 2

I Was Ready to Buy the Steam Machine — Then This Happened

https://video.fosshq.org/w/c6vpd2PG5k5sD3ykiEN8KE

I Was Ready to Buy the Steam Machine — Then This Happened

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Kevin Karhan

Jan 12

@adr Granted, just by the hardware parts they'd loose out if they were to sell at €749 (you can thank the #AIbubble as well as #RAM & #NAND - #Tripol #Cartel and lack of #regulation for that).

OFC #retailers also want their margin, and unless one's in a position like #Apple, the #retail margin will be 10-20% depending on the market, whether it's a #online or in-presence stores or whatever. And that is already a low margin.

Everyone who expects this a €499 box is fucking dellusional at this point, because with the current memory prices and expected developments people would just buy truckloads of them to harvest the #GabeCube for it's #RAM, #SSD & #VRAM and scrap the rest.

Cuz already we're seeing the #RAM sticks that would be in it to cost €250+ and unlike #Sony or #Microsoft this isn't a #SBC they can sell at a loss unless they want to break their advertising promises and risk expensive #ClassActionLawsuits in #SueHappy #USA and extremely high return rates in the #EU respectably.

If the #GabeCube is competitive priced if not cheaper than equivalent #Desktops and #Servers then we'd see every #business with "strategic procurement" just buy literal truckloads expecting #DRAM & #Flash prices to not come down this upgrade cycle (aka. within 5 years) but still needing some machines to work with as the heightened prices - like the #ChipShortage before - will strangulate the #UsedMarket.

I kid you not, we'd rather see #scalpers and #businesses equipping employees with cash, credit cards and high-value gift cards just to pick shelves clean (just like it happens with #GPUs because that shit is now hotter on the black market than "research chemicals" because it has less risk and higher payouts).

So do expect the #Gabecube to cost way more than €749 + VAT and closer to €999 than €749 since #Poland has a low #VAT / #GST rate and is a 'low income' place (compared to the EU-Average)...

The €749 would've been more realistic by the time it was announced but the €499 never were for any non-closed system subsidized harder than the #PS3.

RAM: WTF?

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Kevin Karhan

Jan 12

Given that the #GabeCube will be a €999 device, everyone expects #HalfLife3 to be a #PackInTitle with it, and I'd not be surprised if it came with it, and #SteamFrame #VR support as #DayOnePatch but that's just me wishing #GabeN to literally steamroll the entire #Gaming #industry the way the #HardwareAnnouncement made the crowds cheer in the comments...

#HL3 #Gaming #Games #GameConsoles #Consoles #ConsoleGaming #Steam #Valve #tech

Steam Hardware Announcement

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Kevin Karhan

Jan 10

Since the #GabeCube is a €999 machine, it better have a killer first time startup sequence!

And I mean #GameSphere having to take a backseat!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjctmSdrWzM&t=18

WELCOME TO GAMESPHERE

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Kevin Karhan

Jan 10

@ra1n @Axolotl1 it's called the #GabeCube!

CEOTECH.IT Jan 9

Steam Machine Valve: trapelano i primi prezzi europei
#Console #GabeCube #GameNews #Gamer #Gaming #GamingIndustry #Leak #Prezzi #Rumors #SteamMachine #TechNews #Tecnologia #Valve #VideoGame #Videogiochi

https://www.ceotech.it/steam-machine-valve-trapelano-i-primi-prezzi-europei/

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Kevin Karhan

Jan 1

@robinsyl I am convinced that #Valve is gonna try to seriously support #ARM & #Linux longterm because they don't want to depend upon #amd64 / #ix86 & #Windows for survival and profit.

I'm shure the same engineers who cooked up the #SteamFrame work hard on supporting mainstream ARM devices like the #Pi500Plus, because the more platforms #Steam can serve a decent amount of their catalog the easier it is for them to make money.

And in the end that's what they care about...

Tho I don't put my hopes up high re: any new devices and espechally not reasonable pricing, cuz the "#AIbubble" and the #PriceFixing tripol of #RAM [Chip] manufacturers are currently busy #scalping RAM & #Flash into unobtainable amounts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hLiwNViMak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A-eeJP0J7c

When the #SteamMachine was announced everyone with a calculator could see this is ginna be a $/€ 749,-- #GabeCube because unlike any #GameConsole they explicitly refuse to go with the "Razer & Blades- Model" and sell the device at a loss.

At the current prediction and RAM prices everyone not deranged expects this to be a $/€ 999,99 box if Valve preordered enough RAM to have an inventory cushion at launch.

And with the current price developments I'd not be surprised if sooner or later devices get stolen just to rip the RAM & SSD out of them and distribute them second hand like weed to a coffeeshop in Amsterdam.