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I'd say it's the opposite - it's just a small form factor PC with off the shelf components
Like I said, it's likely cheaper if you're not going to sell many units, but if you can recoup the design costs through selling a decent amount, it can easily become cheaper.
Less in the way of packaging costs, fewer VRMs and other power circuitry, a less advanced cooling setup, and – probably most critically – you only need one pool of memory, not dedicated RAM for the CPU and separate VRAM for the GPU.
RAM is dirt cheap lately, so I don't think it would make sense to design entire custom circuitry to save on that
It absolutely would. 16GB of VRAM and another 16GB of system RAM adds up. Plus the other associated costs.
The rumour is nonsense and Valve isn't making a console with a 9070.
Valve isn't making a console, but independent OEMs definetly are. There were branding guidlines released by Valve some time ago. It looks like Valves plan is to maintain the operating system, while everyone else is making hardware running it.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/valves-new-branding-guidelines-hint-at-steam-decks-steamos-for-more-devices/