Tariffs, component volatility, and Valve’s tolerance for losses all lead to uncertainty.

The title is a bit misleading, as the article lists diverging analysts’ opinions, ranging from Valve willing to sell at a loss or low margins, to high prices due to RAM and SSD price volatility.

  • Domi@lemmy.secnd.meEnglish
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    7 hours ago

    There is zero market for an underpowered “PC” console with less VRAM than literally every other current console including switch 2

    The Switch 2 only has 12 GB of LPDDR5X shared memory between CPU/GPU. 3 GB are reserved for the system, that leaves you with about 9 GB shared between CPU and GPU.

    The Steam Machine uses GDDR6 and has 8 GB of dedicated VRAM.