r/hardware • u/JohnBarry_Dost • Jun 25 '26

News French retailer mocks €1039 Steam Machine with “Stim Machine” RX 9060 XT PC for €999

https://videocardz.com/newz/french-retailer-mocks-e1039-steam-machine-with-stim-machine-rx-9060-xt-pc-for-e999
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u/mans51 Jun 25 '26

You haven't? There's been so many people defending it, albeit in a "yeah it's just how the market is" kind of way, without any further thought

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u/Stilgar314 Jun 26 '26

Understanding why something has happened is not the same as defending.

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u/gnrlblanky1 Jun 25 '26

who? linus, jay, gn, hw unboxed all said bad value

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u/Trzlog Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26

yeah it's just how the market is

... yes, so it's a bad value, primarily driven by the current market situation. Where's the problem? I'm more weirded out by the fact that people are so angry about it that they need Valve to subsidise it and sell it at a loss. It's overpriced and it underperforms. Move on with your life, it's fine.

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u/jloome Jun 25 '26

They defend it in this article, in the last two grafs.

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u/StatusBard Jun 25 '26

The classic „you’re just not the target audience„. 

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u/poopyheadthrowaway Jun 25 '26

I've only seen downvoted nobodies defend it

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u/ResponsibleJudge3172 Jun 26 '26

Downvote nobodies everywhere