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Reporter suggests Half-Life 3 will be a Steam Machine launch title
(arstechnica.com)
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So the steam machine won’t be launching then, got it.
ram prices are absurd, so probably
RAM prices will impact all computers, including consoles, so while it will undoubtedly negatively impact sales, at least it will impact them across the board.
That's one of the least "at leasts" I've seen in a long time.
Haha true true, but they'd be in a whole lot more trouble if it didn't.
... You... don't think they already locked in at least an initial tranch of component supply, retooled their factory and warehousing spaces, and have been churning some number of these things out... for some weeks or months already?
You normally don't uh, instantly assemble tens or hundreds of thousands of computers, the week before product launch... you work out an entire time line of prep for sourcing, assembly and storage, you do that quarters before hand, and then start doing assembly, and then release when you think you have enough to sate initial demand.
And you'll even do parts of that before the design spec itself is totally finalzed in all ways, often times.
Also....the Steam Machine uses LPDDR5 RAM, as the Steam Deck does.
Its already, literally physically soldered onto the mainboard.