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You are clearly NOT the target audience of the gabecube. The steam machine is fricking useful for whoever want a tiny PC and not a fucking tower, a machine that is quite good and that is plug and play
It also targets people who don't (want to) know about pc building. I have a few friends who just stick to consoles and laptops, because they are to scared of trying a pre-build or building on there own. But they seem to be intrested in this cube
I would also be in the target audience I think.
I’m a software engineer, been one for 20+ years. Built my own PCs before.
I’m just not super interested in doing it anymore. A reasonably priced steam box that just works out of the box without any troubleshooting and is a common enough hardware profile for developers to put in the effort to make work so I don’t have to burn the precious hours of my life fixing stupid bullshit to play a video game, yes, take my money.
This is me. I've built enough PCs both for myself and my siblings to recognize the value in hardware that's been purpose-built and tested by people I trust more than myself. Plus ongoing software and firmware updates I don't need to manage and a form factor I don't think I could match.
I have a feeling the RAM shortages are going to fuck us all over on price, which might keep me from buying one right away. But it's gonna be tempting for sure.