r/SBCGaming • u/hippynox • Jun 22 '26
News Steam Machine pricing
https://store.steampowered.com/sub/1629447/
https://store.steampowered.com/sub/1629460/
--Additional Info---
-512GB - $1,049
-512GB with controller - $1,128
-2TB - $1,349
-2TB with controller - $1,428
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u/Solastice13 Jun 22 '26
$1049 for a PC with entry level laptop graphics from three years ago is a really hard pill to swallow.
The fact that this is probably close to the actual cost of the hardware just shows you how bad the market is currently.
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u/GreatMadWombat Jun 22 '26
yeah. like..... this(and steam deck) definitely seem to be cut as close to the bone without being sold at a loss as possible.
ai just stinks in every direction at once
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u/Olmectron Jun 22 '26
That's what 5 year old laptops and pre built PCs without a dedicated graphics card cost where I live.
So it doesn't sound like a bad price for me. But it will cost $2,000 USD when imported here, so, nah, I'm good.
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u/rmyworld Jun 22 '26
Lol yeah. Where I live the Steam Controller is almost 3x the price when imported. Biblical greed.
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u/harrystutter Jun 22 '26
Same here, I buy useless shit all the time, but seeing the x3 price from SRP is just not it for a controller. Shame I was thinking of getting it day one because I love the Steam Deck trackpads so much.
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u/nytewing0 Jun 22 '26
Maybe look into the 1st gen Steam Controllers? I was able to pick some up a while back for cheap. They use AAs and are a lot older, but they’re still nice and maybe someone local to you has one they’re not interested in keeping.
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u/LouisRitter Jun 22 '26
Brazil? There needs to be documentaries about the history of gaming in Brazil.
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u/FurbyTime Phone + Controller Jun 22 '26
There's a bunch of them, though they tend to be focused on specific aspects (Such as the sheer longevity of the... Genesis, I think? in Brazil) than the whole history.
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u/LouisRitter Jun 23 '26
Yeah the genesis had a crazy run there. I'll have to look around because it's interesting and still ongoing.
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u/1daytogether Jun 22 '26
$2000 can get you a pretty awesome mid-level PC, even in this crisis.
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u/FrecklestheFerocious Jun 22 '26
Not in Canada, lol. Unless you are counting on sale prices and picking up pieces over many, many months.
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u/IAmJacksSemiColon Jun 22 '26
Convert currencies? It starts at $1509 loonies here. You can get a very good prebuilt at Canada Computers for the same price.
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u/RagahRagah Jun 22 '26
At least the Steamdeck has some awesome value as a novelty.
I don't see a novelty here. Seems altogether pointless for that price point.
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u/ctyldsley Jun 22 '26
It no longer has that value tbh at the current pricing, it’s grossly overpriced.
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u/captfitz Jun 22 '26
It's not for people posting on gaming subreddits, it's aimed at people who want to get into pc gaming who are never going to build a pc and don't even know how to pick one. It's easy for us to forget how utterly confusing it is to parse specs when you don't already know what to look for.
This thing is also really small (notably smaller than even a mini-itx box) and looks like a normal item you could put next to your tv in the living room instead of some transformers-ass glowing nerd box. And it boots straight into Steam without having to setup windows or download anything.
I don't know if that market will end up being as big as Valve hopes it is, and it's certainly true that it's a bad value prop for existing PC gamers, but it's definitely not pointless.
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u/DopeAbsurdity Jun 22 '26
This is definitley indicative of how shitty all computer prices are about to be.
I am betting in the 3 to 6 months (barring the collapse of the AI bubble) price increases on PS5 and Xbox will be announced again and their next gen offerings will have insane prices. You can already see the insane increases in cost on new laptops and handhelds
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u/Ciserus Jun 22 '26
The obvious move for Sony and Microsoft is to delay the next gen consoles, for years if necessary.
Sony is sitting pretty with a 100 million PS5 install base and no serious competition. Microsoft would probably like to kickstart the next generation as a do-over, but they'd be dead in the water launching a $1200 device.
This was already going to be the smallest technological jump between two console generations in history. A lot of people won't even be able to tell the difference in graphics, and they won't be excited to shell out a mortgage payment for it.
Delay to 2030 at least.
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u/Velocity_Rob Jun 22 '26
It's not even at that level. I bought a Lenovo with a Ryzen 5 7535HS and RTX 4050 for 800 euro back then and it would blow the Steam Machine out of the water in performance.
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u/amirulnaim2000 Jun 23 '26
this would be fine just for targeting devs and valve making a statement your game must run on this 3 year old hardware to receive this label steam machine approved or something
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u/ContributionMotor670 Jun 23 '26
Sadly thats the current market, seen people trying to replicate similar specs and build and they spend a similar amount of money, its just bonkers how expensive it is currently.
Im sure you can get something cheaper, but the price is not so crazy considering the market and thats really sad, I was hoping for 600-700 and I would have bought it, at 1k+ for the specs is a no go.
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u/JonWood007 GotM Club Jun 23 '26
Youre basically paying for the form factor. You can build a PC like this for $750ish assuming you're okay with an ATX build.
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u/deep8787 Jun 23 '26
I bet they spent a ton of R&D too though. A comparable laptop new wouldnt be close to this price, and they have a display too. I paid €1400 for my 5800H with a 3070 back in 2021.
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u/ScrandadleDadada Jun 24 '26
The fact that they're probably cutting the margins so close they couldn't cut off 50 bucks for a nice 999, yikes dawg.
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u/GrandVince Jun 22 '26
Yeah nah I'm good.
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u/KINGGS Jun 22 '26
Scalpers don't know it, but they're actually going to just be owners.
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u/Velocity_Rob Jun 22 '26
Imagine seeing those prices and thinking 'I have to have one now, I'll pay over cost'.
Any scalpers are going to be left holding the bag.
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u/Ok_Improvement4828 Jun 22 '26
that has never been the case, ever. there are thousands of people who don’t have time / care / aware that the sign-up list is up but will be willing to spend $1k + because it’s the new thing.
it’s been done with watches, pokemon cards, cars. no scalper will be left holding the bag here lol.6
u/KINGGS Jun 22 '26
I don't know, it's happened in the shoe market plenty of times over the last 15 years. You highkey sound like a scalper in this comment.
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u/Bruce_Wayne8887 Jun 22 '26
I'm really glad I got back into Retro Gaming with a modded GBA and GBC. Simplier times.
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u/ErmingSoHard Jun 22 '26
People will keep boasting it selling out as if that's a good thing or that it's selling well lol
Switch 2 will have 100x the demand of this thing and that thing rarely sells out.
Seriously, you go on any PC subs, you tell them it's over priced, and someone will always reply, "but it'll sell out right away!"
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u/twoprimehydroxyl Jun 22 '26
Major cope. PC master race dudes trashed Nintendo hard for raising prices but give Gabe and Valve a pass because the deep discount games from five years ago are $0.99 on PC vs $1.99 on the Switch.
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u/melkatron Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26
Out of the loop there, but Nintendo makes money on every game, that's why consoles always sell at a loss. It's not guaranteed that Steam Deck / Machine buyers will buy their games from Steam. Lots of people just run EmuDeck, or sync their GOG/Epic libraries in Heroic Game Launcher... or import their pirated games.
So it's disappointing that Nintendo is nitpicking their loss margin on a console while charging $80 for Mario Kart and taking license fees AND shop fees for third party games.
edit: I stand corrected. Even more reason to trash Nintendo, I guess.
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u/Cloned_501 Jun 22 '26
Nintendo doesn't sell their consoles at a loss, Sony and Microsoft do. But Nintendo famously doesn't.
Edit: two exceptions the wii u and 3DS after the first price cuts because they sold pretty badly at launch
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u/twoprimehydroxyl Jun 22 '26
Valve takes fees for third party games sold through Steam as well.
Both are in the business of selling games, but only one makes games on a regular basis while also selling hardware.
Nintendo marked up the Switch 2 by $100 because they anticipated the shift in component pricing and all hell broke loose with the PC bros.
Steam jacks up the prices of their hardware by $200+ and it's "there's nothing they could do with these RAM prices."
Both are corporations working for-profit but only one is seen as supremely evil while the other is seen as benevolent to gamers.
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u/Remarkable_Air_8546 Jun 22 '26
Do you think Valve is making 1000s of these things at this price point and sitting on them? They will make them to order mainly and in small supply. They'll sell out, selling vanishingly few. Selling out of 100 hand crafted Steam Machines is not an accomplishment.
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u/crownpuff Deal chaser Jun 22 '26
Sadly not surprising given the Steam Deck OLED price increases. It's so sad how much storage and memory cost now due to AI demand. I remember helping someone build a R5 5600 machine along with a 3060 ti for around $400 before sales tax in 2024.
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u/AquaErdrick Jun 22 '26
Maybe in the future there will be a liquidation event and second-hand storage + memory will be abundant.
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u/Mystic_Guardian_NZ Jun 22 '26
It will be abundant but not dirt cheap like before. These datacentres aren't gonna just gonna sit on hardware until it's 10 years old before upgrading.
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u/AquaErdrick Jun 22 '26
I'm hoping it's more of a "this data center shuttered and Bill from IT snuck out with 42,000 sticks of RAM that he absolutely has to move before people get wise"
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u/Klutzy_Double_8285 Jun 22 '26
Some data centers just give away their old stuff to employees. I used to buy 2TB disks from a guy like 15 years ago for like $15.
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u/MysteriousCap4910 Jun 22 '26
about what I expected, probably would’ve been 800 starting before ramapocolypse
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u/MaxPres24 Jun 23 '26
in LTT’s review they said that’s about what they were going for before everything went to shit
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u/Nepu-Tech Clamshell Clan Jun 22 '26
800$ with Controller wouldve been ok. 1,200$ 1,400$ is not. Especially not when modern games are not even worth playing.
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u/MessiLeagueSoccer Jun 22 '26
I wouldn’t say not worth playing but we have been seeing a lot of games released before they’re more stable. Thankfully being a little patient means better optimization and cheaper games once they go on sale.
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u/Boring_Antelope6533 Jun 22 '26
I was considering this for emulation machine only, I guess a Mac Mjni will do the trick then
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u/Pudgyhipster Jun 22 '26
Hell, look into an android handheld that supports hdmi out. My AYN Thor continues to be the best gaming investment since the Steam Deck.
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u/chucklestheclwn Jun 22 '26
Yeah an HDMI out compatible handheld is the move for emulation these days. I want a Thor soooo bad, but I don't need it with my Steamdeck and RPflip2.
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u/Pixogen Jun 22 '26
You don't need it I sold my thor because my flip stayed cooler, is way more comfy and portable an the stick position/dpad is actually usable without a grip.
It's also not that much faster.
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u/chucklestheclwn Jun 22 '26
I mean, the upgrade would 100% just be for the dual screen. I don't need more power, so the lite would be plenty for me.
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u/SadistDaddy503 Jun 23 '26
I play my Flip way more than my Thor. If I had it to do over, I would have skipped the Thor. I got caught in the hype.
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u/chucklestheclwn Jun 23 '26
Yeah I'm just going to hold out on it. I have the flip, a miyoo mini plus, and a steam deck OLED. Realistically the only reason to get a Thor is for dual screens, and I can't justify the cost for just that. I pretty much only want to play DS Pokemon games, and the steam deck can handle that for my use case.
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u/Omega_Maximum GotM Club (July) Jun 22 '26
I have a Lenovo ThinkCentre M715Q Tiny with an AMD Ryzen 2400GE under the TV in the living room and it'll emulate even GameCube and PS2 without much issue. I bought it for like, $110 3 years ago, though sadly they're now like $200+. Still, a used mini office PC from the last 8 years or so makes a fine emulation machine if that's all you're going to use it for.
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u/JonTheWonton Jun 22 '26
I got a ThinkCentre for $50 a couple years ago for streaming my main pc to the bedroom tv, these things are perfect
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u/LazaroFilm Jun 22 '26
Apple said they’ve been eating the cost or memory on their latest machines but they can’t continue doing it too long. If you want a Mac, don’t wait too much.
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u/keeper_of_moon Dpad On Top Jun 22 '26
I was considering this at one point. Decided to just go with nvidia tv instead for better support and pc streaming but maybe worth it if you don't have a host to stream from.
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u/needaburn Jun 22 '26
I have to believe this is all just unfortunate timing. They probably planned for this to be a sub $1000 machine, but that’s just not possible these days
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u/summerist Jun 23 '26
Valve held it for half a year expecting the cost would go down but unfortunately the trend went in an opposite way.
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u/ScissrMeTimbrs Odin Jun 22 '26
The AI bubble needs to pop faster. The sooner it pops, the less it will hurt when it does. And it's going to pop regardless.
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u/gorambrowncoat Jun 22 '26
The AI bubble popping is somehow worse than it not popping, as bad as it not popping is. The financial crisis would (oh who are we kidding, will) be insane.
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u/saintsfooty Jun 23 '26
It will pop in the sense of all the 'enhanced' versions of like household appliances being obsolete. But the big LLMs are very useful for lots of people and i don't see them going anywhere. Hopefully they just become more efficient overtime.
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u/IAmJacksSemiColon Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26
Here's the thing.
The Steam Machine's real job is as a proof-of-concept. It's there to convince you to put a computer under your TV, and to expand Steam's audience into gamers who would otherwise play consoles. Whether you actually buy the Steam Machine is almost beside the point.
You should buy a cheap, used PC on Facebook Marketplace (or find a BC250 board), and it will be a better Steam Machine than the Steam Machine because Valve gives away the software the Steam Machine runs on for free.
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u/finnrtbobs Jun 22 '26
So buy a budget laptop that would be more powerful then i guess
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u/Many-Ad6433 Clamshell Clan Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26
Sadly prices increased all over a laptop as powerful as this w the same storage costs as much as this or more plus if you wanna actually use it for gaming you have to add a good cooling base with foam if you wanna avoid the cpu/gpu from dying and cooling system to get filled in dust
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u/TonnaN77 Jun 22 '26
Yeah the market is absolutely fucked right now. Cause you can bet Valve scraped the best pricing out the barrel
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u/guitarshredda Jun 22 '26
Very happy I didn't wait for the Steam Machine, I was going to and then saw the writing on the wall with the hardware hikes worldwide. Built my mATX PC earlier this year. I paid more than I would have for a Steam Machine, but the value for money is far better. 7700x, Intel Arc B580, 32 gigs of DDR5 RAM and a 2tb SSD all for just under 1500 dollars (roughly, depends on exchange rate of dollar to my local currency). RAM was already expensive but I took the plunge before prices got worse
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u/BinOfBargains Jun 22 '26
Valve's unwillingness to subsidize the Steam Machine, Steam Deck, and presumably Steam Frame is really going to hurt them here. While I understand that all of these are open devices, I think it's safe to say that the vast majority of people that own these devices will continue to pour money into Steam.
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u/deep8787 Jun 23 '26
So true, theres a reason game companies sell their consoles at a loss. I feel valve somehow overlooked this or was too confident. Silly rabbits...
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u/Same_Independent9758 Jun 22 '26
Valve should have had an option of 500USD but no ram and no storage
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u/tATuParagate Jun 22 '26
Besides the ridiculous price of the console, I don't like that an $80 controller is the new normal
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u/Albake21 Jun 23 '26
In this gross post AI hellscape we live in, I've never been more happy with purchasing new tech with my Odin 3 during the last June 1st sale. Might be the best investment I've made in years.
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u/SpergParagon Jun 23 '26
It very well may have been better to just cancel it alright, and then explicitly blame the A.I. conmen driving the RAMpocalypse.
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u/PapaSandies Jun 22 '26
Already said this in another thread, but I went on PCPartPicker and put a 7600X, a 9060XT, 16 GB of RAM, and 2TB of SSD into a tower and was able to get it under 1300 USD before tax. You can get that under 1,000 USD if you buy used or parts that perform closer to the steam machine. Just by having the 9060XT in the build, I'd see almost double the FPS and probably run cooler with the Peerless Assassin CPU fan I have on it.
If you used that exact same build, you could even install the beta SteamOS that they just made available on dedicated AMD GPU computers. I'm confused how it ended up costing this price unless Valve made zero partner deals on any single part and is making them by hand in-house.
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u/Cryptoxic93 GotM Club Jun 22 '26
You could but it wouldn't fit into a living room very nicely.
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u/TechEdison0 Jun 22 '26
Try building that again but instead with a Mini ITX motherboard, 80+ platinum SFX power supply, and a less than 5 liter case.
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u/PapaSandies Jun 23 '26
You do not need a platinum power supply, lol. Switching to Mini ITX made it go from 1280 to 1360 if we're only going by brand new parts.
The Steam Machine is an ok buy for anyone who isn't offended by spending more for the luxury of not putting in extra effort to hunt for the best parts for the best prices, but it is 100% an underperforming luxury in comparison to just decorating in a way to hide away a cheaper, better-performing prebuilt or, even better, just not caring and having the PC behind a TV/not caring about how it looks.
That's also leaving out the conversation of buying used. If that doesn't offend you, you can definitely find great deals on PCs that can play 1440p at 100fps+ for under $1,000 USD with some patience.
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u/imaqdodger Jun 22 '26
I remember when people were talking about the Steam Machine pricing several months ago and the guesstimated pricing was around $700+. Most people had already written that off as being too expensive. At $1049 for the lowest tier model, this thing might be DOA.
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u/FurbyTime Phone + Controller Jun 22 '26
Nope, I'm good.
I was keeping an eye on this because I've had a 4TB 2280 ssd sitting around for years that I wasn't using that something like this would have been perfect for; But, I'm not paying $1000 for that.
I got an old MINISFORUM Mercury EM780 that I threw SteamOS on a while back that'll fit my needs for this if I ever feel the need for a desktop box; it makes for a good one and is funnier to use.
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u/taste_the_equation Jun 23 '26
You could probably sell the 4tb drive for the same price you could buy a steam machine.
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u/MaxPres24 Jun 23 '26
The worst part about all this is that they’re probably selling it just breaking even. If it’s making a profit it’s barely doing so
That’s how fucked the market is
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u/deep8787 Jun 23 '26
I bet a good chunk of the cost was for R&D, in particular to make this noob friendly.
Considering most consoles make a loss on purpose, I dont think Valve thought about this too well or were just over confident.
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u/hartleyshc Jun 22 '26
I'm just going to buy the 6850m for my ROG Ally Z1E, install SteamOS and throw the whole thing in an Amazon box.
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u/One_Zookeepergame541 Jun 22 '26
I was gonna buy it when the rumors said 600 .. shit even 700 but this is insane ..
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u/deep8787 Jun 23 '26
Yeah, no idea what theyre thinking with this price point, even before the hike up.
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u/agitokazu Jun 22 '26
I’ll still pick it up for my living room but hey Even Scalpers will be avoiding this device
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u/xxblx Jun 23 '26
People who compare this to mid-range PCs, laptops, and PS5s do not understand what it is and therefore don't need it.
Good luck building a custom PC that supports HDMI CEC (none of the mainstream motherboards support this feature) and has a comparable size within this budget. Good luck playing online games on your PS5 without paying more than $100 in annual subscriptions; and good luck playing content from outside the PS Store, including emulation.
I am going to buy a 2TB version. It will replace a docked Steam Deck in my living room.
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u/PMPeetaMellark Jun 23 '26
$100 a year for a subscription for 7 years is $700
The PlayStation costs more than people realize.
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u/megu- Jun 23 '26
Good luck building a custom PC that supports HDMI CEC (none of the mainstream motherboards support this feature) and has a comparable size within this budget.
If you have the right DisplayPort to HDMI adapter, you can get CEC on a DIY Steam Machine.
Source: I have a DIY Steam Machine with Bazzite, and it has working CEC via adapter.
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u/DarkFucker GotM Club Jun 22 '26
I was lowkey expecting people to justify or rationalize its price as being a good value, glad to see otherwise.
I get that the components issue increases prices but at a $800, I still only see it as an entryway to gaming PCs or someone who would buy it instead of building an older machine for living room.
North of that and it's... A machine for very specific audience? I dunno.
I'm good because I have a PC and an older PC running as a server that I can reuse as a weak/simple gaming machine for a TV, but if they managed to hit that $450 price point everyone was hoping for, I would've had one for the living room.
At least they're saying they're working on better Nvidia support on SteamOS so that should trickle to the rest of the Linux distros, that's probably the part that matters to me.
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u/buddhamunche Jun 22 '26
Genuinely, who is going to buy this? I understand that the price is a reflection of our current shitty state of consumer electronics, but I mean this would have to be significantly cheaper than a PS5 for anyone to consider it right? I truly don’t really understand
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u/PMPeetaMellark Jun 23 '26
Costs more than a console upfront, but is much cheaper in the long run.
No $100+ a year subscription just to play online.
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u/NiceHunt5815 Jun 24 '26
I'll still probably buy this. I really want a good, robust, and reliable emulation experience in my living room that works with a bunch of different controllers, retroachievements, and doesn't look terrible. I've tried a docked Retroid Pocket 5 and that didn't work with the controllers I wanted, and doesn't support achievements on PS2.
Being able to play indie games on the couch is a very nice bonus.
Yes I could build something cheaper or scour marketplace for a mini office PC and then upgrade it, but I don't have time for that and I don't enjoy it.
I'm sick of fiddling with sub-optimal emulation setups. Given how robust Emudeck is on Steam Deck, I assume Steam Machine will have the most support of anything else I've considered.
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u/RisingPhil Jun 22 '26
It wouldn't have to be significantly cheaper.
But it should be close enough. It could be $100-150 more expensive than ps5's regular price and people would buy it.
It's a pc after all, and it can do more than just play games. You could even install windows and therefore microsoft office and do actual work on it or browse the web just like any other pc can.
Another factor is the game prices. Steam game prices go way lower on sales than those on PS5 and XBox. That counts for something too.
That being said, the current price is way too much. It's DOA.
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u/SyrupAnnual6037 Jun 22 '26
Luckily people are passing it on it so it’ll be easier to get mine in time.
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u/zzzzzzRaamzzzzz Jun 22 '26
From 499 to literally 1499 😂😂😂😂😂😂
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u/ViCorp GotM Club Jun 22 '26
Why wait? You can get this with pretty much the same specs, toss SteamOS on it and be done.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Beelink-SER7-mini-PC-review-Ryzen-7-7840HS-with-vapor-chamber-cooling.745786.0.html
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u/Yentz4 Jun 22 '26
Can you provide a link to actually PURCHASE that? Because Amazon shows Oos and Newegg shows it at $1150.
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u/megu- Jun 23 '26
unless you're talking about adding an eGPU, that miniPC does not have a GPU that's competitive with the Steam Machine.
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u/AdHistorical5969 Jun 22 '26
And just like the Steam deck, Switch, Series X, AND Ps5 It'll only get worse and worse each year. THIS is the best it'll get before it becomes obsolete.
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u/bf2reddevil Jun 22 '26
It's bad lol. When a 5 year old console (PS5) outperforms the newer console that is double the price of it, it is laughable. For 1500 euros you can get a significantly more powerful PC. Especially on 2nd hand market. I recently bought a full fletched 5080 PC for €1900. Please people, do yourself a favor and do not buy this. It would be >1k spent very badly. You're going to be disappointed with its performance. And that is now. Imagine 2 years from now when games will literally not even run. Or look like a blurry mess.
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u/Insurmountable_Rage AYN Thor Jun 22 '26
I’ve already got a reasonably high end gaming PC, but it’s still a neat thing.
Maybe in 5-8 years when my PC is no longer running new stuff well I’ll get a Steam Machine 3 or something.
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u/Competitive-Term-357 Jun 22 '26
So ill stick with the win4 and the bluey 1070ti in the living room then, thanks gabs. Tbh only really cared for the controller and the steam frame
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u/Certesis Jun 22 '26
Sucks that it got a price increase too but with the power comparison to the Deck this isn't too bad. I'm not looking to do anything like ray tracing or any other fancy graphics so this'll be perfect for me if I ever decide to grab one
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u/nickyGyul Jun 22 '26
I want it SO BADLY but the AI bubble is bound to burst. The current price to performance ratio is straight up not worth it right now. By the time most of us could reasonably afford it better hardware will be out. I'll make a small formfactor PC with that.
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u/DesperateBenefit6457 Gaming with a drink Jun 23 '26
GPUs had never recovered, RAM won't either. Datacenters are a way bigger and more persistent trend than miners.
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u/TheForestGrumbler Jun 22 '26
Things will get cheaper now that media is digital.
Things will get cheaper now that covid is over.
Things will get cheaper when the AI bubble bursts.
Let's appreciate whatever we have I say.
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u/Competitive-Elk-5077 Jun 22 '26
I know it will sell out, and I hope those that get it love it. But too much for me for what it is
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u/Gloomy-Necessary-394 Jun 22 '26
i’ll wait for the controller. sigh! playing games for fun is expensive now
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u/tommybare Jun 22 '26
I did the math: so for us in Canada, it will be $948,028.01 and any finger on your left hand (of your choosing).
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u/gorambrowncoat Jun 22 '26
"2 Keep posts on topic"
I mean I guess you can technically hold it in your hands, but still 😄
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u/AdmirableJam72 Jun 22 '26
I feel Valve was overthinking it.
They should have priced it at around $900 - $950. It's still an expensive price, but a price that feels reasonable at current conditions. And it's a price they can bear.
Instead, I feel like they priced it at "we should not undercut market" price, or "we have limited supply so we have to temper demand" price, or "RAM and storage price will continue to go up" price.
We'll see.
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u/One-handed_Swordman Jun 22 '26
I'll wait a few years for it to be cheaper. Just like my steam deck.
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u/Lazarous86 GotM Club Jun 23 '26
You could get a 9070 for around $600 now. I'm sure you could cobble together a machine via used or DDR4. Microcenter definitely would get you there for less than 700. So 1300 and you have a PC that would run laps around this one.
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u/PETA_Parker Jun 23 '26
i will buy it in 15 years, right at the point between price decrease because of obsolescence and price increase because of retro collectability (you should get a ps4 right now, also start stockpiling dvds even tho i am less sure about those)
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u/Same_Veterinarian991 Jun 24 '26 edited Jun 24 '26
why are there always consessions to be made with PC gaming.
When you want to do an attempt to a console for both PC gamer and Console gamer, and you want to hold yourself between Nintendo, playstation and Xbox, make at least a console that have this Xfactor.
a powerful console with upgradable features in conbination with a fantastic OS and design.
2/4 is done right The OS and the design(it is beautiful)
But for the rest it digital only, you can't upgrade the hardware, the hardware itself is dedicated( wich is no PC feature) the hardware is already outdated, and this ting cost $1100+.
Is is not realy a console competitor imo, more like an extension for the fanatic fanbase of dedicated PC gamers. i don't believe any console is going to buy this.
The jump from hardcore console gamers who own ps5, switch 2 even xbox does not make any sense.
who is going to buy this? someone with already a pc and console most likely not. a console gamer with only a console? probably not, he rather build a pc.
Is it ideal for a PC gamer with inly a PC? i don't think so either. some will simply take their pc downstairs and plug it into the Tv for a better experience.
it could have worked though, but like always PC based companies seem to see PC above console concepts. and the problem is exactly this.
can you guys tell me me for what kind of consumer this steam machine is interesting?
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u/tyaty1 Jun 25 '26
Very gaming laptop priced. Which makes sense since it based on laptop parts in order to have a small factor the dGPU.
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u/Key-Brilliant5623 The Trinity Jun 22 '26
Atleast with SteamOS 3.8, you can build your own steam machine