[0:00] What's up everybody? Damon here and for
[0:01] today's daily fix, we have the Steam
[0:03] Machine's [music] price finally revealed
[0:05] and just how long God of War La has been
[0:07] planned. [music] This is your daily fix.
[0:18] [snorts]
[0:19] Presented by Universal Orlando Resort
[0:21] and its newest theme [music] park,
[0:22] Universal Epic Universe.
[0:26] After months of speculation, the Steam
[0:28] Machine is finally here. starting at
[0:30] $1,049 for the 512 gig version. If that
[0:33] price is still within your budget, you
[0:34] can reserve it now on Steam. That
[0:37] starting price gets you just the 512 gig
[0:39] version of the mini gaming PC without
[0:41] the Steam controller. If you want to add
[0:42] the controller, there is a bundle for
[0:44] $1,28, which means you're getting
[0:46] Valve's controller for $79 rather than
[0:48] the 99 bucks it'll cost you by itself.
[0:50] Valve is also selling a two terbte model
[0:52] which will set you back 1,349 for just
[0:55] the machine or 1428 bundled with the
[0:58] Steam controller. That's a steep price
[1:00] to be sure, but Valve is packing two
[1:02] additional face plates with every two TB
[1:04] console. So, you at least get some added
[1:05] customization options. Way back when
[1:07] Valve first revealed the Steam machine,
[1:08] we guessed it would cost somewhere
[1:09] around $7 to $800. We were probably
[1:12] right at the time, but the costs for PC
[1:14] components, particularly RAM, have
[1:16] skyrocketed over the last 6 months. That
[1:19] 149 is going to be a hard pill to
[1:20] swallow for anyone weighing it against
[1:22] the PS5 or Xbox Series X, both of which
[1:24] are more affordable, at least for now.
[1:26] But while the Steam Machine is quite a
[1:27] bit more expensive than any of the
[1:28] gaming consoles, it is still a gaming
[1:30] PC. And in that world, the Steam
[1:32] Machine's price tag isn't quite as
[1:34] painful, especially when you consider
[1:35] how tiny it is. Many gaming PCs with
[1:37] this kind of horsepower can cost
[1:39] hundreds more than the Steam Machine
[1:40] currently does. Moving on, God of War:
[1:43] La Fay, featuring Kratos's wife Fay as
[1:45] his protagonist, may have come as a
[1:46] surprise to some, but not to its star,
[1:48] Deborah Anwal, who first heard about the
[1:50] project almost a decade ago. She
[1:52] revealed in an interview with CGM, I've
[1:54] known about this for nearly 10 years,
[1:56] and I haven't been able to talk about
[1:57] it. The Daredevil actor went on to say
[1:59] that the director of God of War's 2018
[2:00] reboot, Cory Barlo, not only told her
[2:02] about this plan way back around the time
[2:04] of that game's release, but also knew
[2:06] that it would feature one of her
[2:07] sidekicks in the reveal trailer, Jack
[2:09] Quig's Talking Cube. Wall said he
[2:11] pitched it to me in 2018 and they had
[2:12] known about it before then. It's wild.
[2:14] Like when Corey brought me in to talk
[2:15] about doing Ragnarok and show me the
[2:17] 2018 game, he already had a poster for
[2:19] the La game with me in a cube. A cube
[2:21] that's been there since the beginning.
[2:23] It's deeply a part of the lore. We still
[2:24] don't know when we'll be playing God of
[2:26] War Lay, but fear not Kratos fans, there
[2:28] will be more games featuring everyone's
[2:30] favorite angry Greek god with
[2:31] PlayStation saying there are many more
[2:33] stories to tell. And that is your daily
[2:35] fix for Monday, June 22nd. [music] Now
[2:37] that you're caught up on the news, watch
[2:38] our Steam Machine review. I'm Damon
[2:40] Hadfield and for all your video game
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