Kevin Karhan 

Anyone who thinks the #SteamMachine aka. #GabeCube / #GabenCube will be a $499 thing or even a $749 thing needs to get updated on #pricing for #hardware.

So already these components are $300+ as of today, and industry insiders claim this will get much worse so I'm not even shure a $999 pricetag will be possible by Q1/2026. Not to mention the 8GB VRAM of the built-on, dedicaded #GPU!

The only reason why noone expects Apple to raise prices is because they already shaft their buyers by overcharging them for their #SolderedDownRAM & #SolderedDownSSDs and they tend to buy not just huge quantites, paying abovemarket, but also fewer, higher capacity chips.

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#Enshittification #AIslop #Scams #Scalping #PriceHike #PriceHikes #SKhynix #Micron #Samsung #AMD #SODIMM #DIMM #RAMpricing #Prices #ConsumerElectronics #Greedflation #USpol

RAM: WTF?

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Show threadShadow HeartNov 17
@kkarhan I expect the GabeCubes to be somewhere between $750 - $1200 based on hardware prices. I also expect production has already started, and they are building up stock prelaunch. Too many console game journalists are ignoring PC pricing favoring ideal console prices and should be expected to rip into Valve when it is announced.
Show threadKevin Karhan Nov 17

@Sh4d0w_H34rt yeah, obviously #Valve will have everything up and running pre-announcement just because that's the norm.

But even if we assume #AMD gave them a good deal with some #binned-down chips (cuz the specs hint at that being the case!) I'm convinced they'll easily need more like $500 for mainboard, CPU, GPU, VRAM, case & PSU (#California made #80Plus Gold mandatory!) on top of RAM & SSD.

  • So I do expect the #GabeCube / #GabenCube / #SteamMachine (2nd Gen.) to cost at least $999,-- and a full bundle with the #SteamFrame or a 4-Pack of Steam Controllers to be close to $1.499,-- which depending on how you look at #GamingConsoles and #PC hardware pricing, would still be in what they claim to be "Not a Console, Entry Level PC pricing"…

Granted I do expect production to be just ramping up cuz otherwise schematics would've potentially leaked beforehand to "certain websites" known to fill in the blanks that #Apple and others leave fir repair technicians.

  • I mean, I do wish for the Steam Machine to be successful and #SteamOS too.

If Valve were to launch it with #HalfLife3 included they'd certainly steal the crowd from #GTA6...

  • Either way I hope for the success of it simply because #LinuxGaming really improved and the Steam Frame may just be the better #OculusQuest!
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@kkarhan I'm certain #RAM makers have formed a trust and are engaging in market manipulation.

#OpenAI is also likely engaging in market manipulation. There is 0% chance they're actually using 40% of global ram. Which means they're buying this to ensure no upstart companies can challenge them.

Our economy is monopolists and robber barons.

Show threadKevin Karhan 1d ago

@AeonCypher both of these claims have merit: