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"It's Too Much": Valve Insider Warns Steam Frame Could Touch $1,500 at Launch (respawnfirst.com)
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[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 9 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Again, 500-700 yeah sure. 1.5k? Absolutely not.

[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 20 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I would never have put money on it being less than $1k.

Even the index was expensive and that was in a more affordable time period.

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I thought it would even out to about 800 dollars before the component crisis.

[–] PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (2 children)

At one point, Valve had stated that they were shooting for a price under the Index, so that would have been below $1k.

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 5 points 6 days ago

Sucks Valve got back into the hardware right when Chat and Claude ate it all

[–] bizarroland@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I said this before when they first announced it, but my boss bought the Apple Vision Plus or whatever the hell it was called, and I got to use it, and it was actually a really great experience. Only it's tied to an Apple ecosystem.

I said then that if Valve could bring in their version and it's 60% as good as the Apple headset for under $1,800 then it would be worth it.

My only real concern is dealing with scalpers, and I'm probably not going to be an early adopter, but who knows if I get a Christmas bonus this year or accidentally stumble into a couple extra grand, I might just go ahead and pull the trigger on it.

[–] PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

I skipped the Steam Machine, so I think I’m going to get the Frame unless it’s like $2k.

The market is what the market is, and that doesn’t look like it’s going to get better anytime soon

[–] kibblebits@quokk.au 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It will sell out

[–] 64bithero@lemmy.world -5 points 6 days ago

I know people who would pay a full 60 dollars for a game on Steam they could get for free on the Epic Store. I’ve seen people do it out of spite the very week a game was free on Epic. I would not be shocked to see this sell out.

Steam is kind of a cult ..

[–] dudeface@lemmy.world -1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Don’t think valve will mind if you decide it is too expensive, don’t worry

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Fuck me for wanting gaming hardware to be affordable, I guess.