I want to like this since I'd really like a Steam console to hook up to my TV, but it's looking pretty weak. If it's over $300 for the lower-end model, I don't see it doing very well. If this would have been at least as good as 4070 with 12 GB (what I have in my PC), I'd have definitely picked one up, now I'm going to hold off and see what Microsoft offers in the next Xbox.
700$ seems like a realistic starting point for the 512GB tier. Maaaybe 600$. Expecting anything lower than that is lunacy. Considering this will perform somewhere between a PS5 and Seriex S, I struggle to understand the market for such mediocrity.
700$ seems like a realistic starting point for the 512GB tier. Maaaybe 600$. Expecting anything lower than that is lunacy. Considering this will perform somewhere between a PS5 and Seriex S, I struggle to understand the market for such mediocrity.
I'd probably get this to play less demanding PC only games and last gen games that never got a current gen update and of course emulators. It definitely wouldn't be my primary gaming device like the PS5 is. Even with system reserves, ps5 and series x can use more of it's pool of ram as vram in games (probably already said in the video but I couldn't only take 5 minutes of them talking). That Xbox pc thing coming out has considerably better specs and can do the same things this can, but it will probably be double the price.
I've discussed this at length in other topics related to other products, but a price point of $1200 is a big ask for non-upgradable hardware.
Once you get to that sort of price category for PC gamers, you tend to be dealing with more savvy customers, and most will be reluctant to dump that kind of cash in to dead end hardware.