If the price is right I’ll be getting one. I've never been a PC gamer but this looks neat. RIP to my wallet 🥲

It all rides on it being sold in every store.
The steam deck was powerful and had a decently priced version but hasn't outsold the Vita and the Switch 2 already out sold it.

It's good for people who still want that console like experience but more open ended and you don't have to pay to play online . Steam also has way more games then PSN and alot more games get released earlier on PC then consoles . If I wasn't getting a gaming PC soon I'd consider this as I personally wish I could get more out of my PS , PS3 was a great media hub for its time but 4 & 5 not so much , general apps are really inferior on them or non existent compared to my pc or phone . Unless I'm strictly gaming my ps5 basically get no other use

It's a small box with fairly low end hardware really. There's nothing special about this except for maybe the form factor and if you like Steam OS.

This won't sway any PC gamer as they likely already have a much more capable system. The CPU in this is the only capable thing in it, the rest of it is passable.. Just.

That is unlikely based on historical data. If Valve limits the distribution of this mini pc to their own store similar to the steam deck then it will limit the sales.

In addition to this, the vram is half as much as the Xbox Series X and base PS5. At 8 gb vram, it would be in the realm of the Xbox Series S where it would be difficult to load high or ultra quality textures. This limits the amount they can charge for the device a lot of gamers may still choose to get a PS5 over this device even there is no online subscription.

At this point, it all comes down to the price. If it is too high, then you will see a flood of tech youtubers building their own steam console for less money thus canibalizing on what Valve is trying to bring forward.

How so? If anything it is basically the exact same concept MS seems to be going for their own “console” but this one is clearly aimed at a much more budget spec, basically base PS5 (with strangely low VRAM).

If this is successful, it would prove the concept at least, is sound. Then it would be a matter of whether going for a more higher spec’d machine / price, with the option of more storefronts (but Windows, though hopefully they continue to build on their current work) is also an appealing proposition

Highly doubt it. Are they gonna convince ppl who play fortnite, Minecraft, Roblox crowd? No are they gonna convince them to leave their library of games Worth's 1000's? Most importantly are their friends gonna move over to it and follow them? No. It's gonna grab the ones who already have a X, 5, S2 even handhelds. That small. Market of hardcore gamers who buy everything. The guy who only plays Madden, FIFA, MLB every year? Definitely not. Customers at large won't even know what this thing is, nor would they even care. Hell if you can't even convince PS4 or X1 users to upgrade to current gen to what makes you think this thing will replace the Xbox? It'll sell 5 maybe 7m max if that.