Quote Originally Posted by Bolivar View Post
Because it's not just for video games. It's intended for most people to hook on the back of a monitor as an incredibly small, yet very powerful (and supposedly very upgradeable) desktop PC. The price isn't really that bad for those specs.

It just so happens Valve is supporting it as the first of the Steamboxes, although not the official Steambox that will be designed and brought to market by Valve.
I'm pretty sure people that want to have powerful computers can just build them themselves.