Steam Machine pricing announced (from $1049-$1428 USD), reservation lists open
2026-06-22 17:19 UTC
Replies (27)
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@Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 2026-06-23 01:55
This is overpriced for the hardware. Building one is so easy guys, don’t fall for this sort of thing. The GPU is amazingly underpowered. Build a computer - buy a cheap cpu, a 5700, and 16gb of ram. You’ll be fine with that.
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@Angryhumanoid@fedinsfw.app 2026-06-22 17:36
I imagine most of the more tech savvy people on Lemmy would scoff at this and say “Might as well build a PC” (me included, which I already did), but this is aimed at the consumers who do not have that skill set and are willing to pay that price point for a Steam gaming system /shrug
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@hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works 2026-06-23 00:22
The sad part is that Valve really did price all the parts for pretty much as low as they could go:
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@Gerudo@lemmy.zip 2026-06-22 19:50
I’ll throw steam os on my mini PC and just pretend it’s a steam machine. I knew they were going to break $1k but yeesh, breaking it AND only 512gb is tough
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@KindaABigDyl@programming.dev 2026-06-22 17:29
8 GB VRAM :( 16 GB RAM :(
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@tomkatt@lemmy.world 2026-06-22 17:52
Rough timing. My entire gaming PC cost less than this and is much more powerful, judging by the specs. But I built it out with 32 GB RAM and a few terrabytes of SSDs and NVMe before the current silicon panic, and just upgraded the GPU last year before the prices increased. I don’t see how there was any way of winning for Valve on this with the current market. It’s not worth the cost, but there’s also likely no way they could make it cheaper.
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@shiv@sh.itjust.works 2026-06-22 19:21
Should I even try to build a PC for $1000 or just give up at this point?
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@vane@lemmy.world 2026-06-22 17:59
AI pushed gaming 10 years back
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@SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-06-22 23:49
This makes me wonder about the next time we have to buy new phones …
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@Vertelleus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-06-22 20:03
I wonder how much it would be if they sold one without RAM or SSD or with DDR 4 instead?
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@drmoose@lemmy.world 2026-06-23 04:00
I’m still getting one but this is clearly a luxury item now rather than a competitive console. Sucks to be Valve here, the timing really worked against them. I just really hope the VR headset is not much worse than this as I just want to play No Man’s Sky on linux VR.
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@nixukty@lemmy.zip 2026-06-23 04:11
quite a deal, as a 262 year old unc, steam machines back in my day took nearly $2000 to make
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@kandoh@reddthat.com 2026-06-23 04:15
And they’ll probably increase the price by next year.
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@Kolanaki@pawb.social 2026-06-22 21:21
I could build a better PC than this for cheaper than this even with the current shit going on. What an absolute disappointment.
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@spacegoat@lemmy.world 2026-06-23 04:18
I see that the controller bundled already sold out in Japan.
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@Amaterasu@lemmy.world 2026-06-22 18:24
I wish they would have licensed it to use with Stream providers. That would replace Nvidia Shield and/or Apple TV devices in a few homes.
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@QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 2026-06-23 04:30
Valve can call me when it makes products I can actually afford on a janitor’s salary
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@robocall@lemmy.world 2026-06-22 22:27
Am I the only one that has a computer hooked up to their tv?
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@imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-06-23 04:33
It could or should have been around 700-800. We must be thankful AI companies that it is how it is now.
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@Kaligalis@lemmy.world 2026-06-23 00:56
It’s a hipster PC. Even if there wasn’t the current hardware pricing bubble, you’d still pay the form factor tax.
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@EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-06-22 20:21
Well, guess I’m sticking with an old laptop and console for the foreeable future. I wonder how all the people I know are gonna take this, considering they’ve been rubbing “pc specs at console price” for who knows how long…
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@Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 2026-06-23 06:42
Funny, cause whilst its very pricey, i spent more than this on my phone. And most flagship phones cost about the lower end of this. But because i get my phone essentially interest free over a 4 year contract i somehow justify the cost without thinking too much about the fact that i spent 1500 quid on a small slab of glass and metal. Maybe i need to rethink my grasp on the concept of money.
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@DupaCycki@lemmy.world 2026-06-22 22:29
Just like the Deck (after price increase) and the Controller. Great, but absurd at that price. Not necessarily blaming Valve, but the fact remains. That much money for essentially a small PC with a Ryzen 5 5600 and a mini RTX 3060. Who would buy that? You can just build that yourself, for less than half the price.
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@Datz@szmer.info 2026-06-23 07:14
Base price seems fair for a PS5 form factor PC, if you want that (I do). But I was hoping to grab the 2TB model… that’s making me reconsider. Apparently 2TB hard drives are already pricey anyway, but maybe I’ll try to be careful and uninstall games more, like with the Deck? 512GB is already mostly full with emulation and games I want available on hand though…
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@Mordikan@kbin.earth 2026-06-22 19:30
I'm curious what companies like EA are going to do if this continues. If your customers cannot obtain the hardware to run your games, what do you do? Start releasing pixel titles or just hope for a whale?
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@But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 2026-06-23 12:34
Steam is a cult, and their fanboys will buy up this overpriced crap
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@garretble@lemmy.world 2026-06-23 14:19
It’s funny to see that when the main console makers all raised their prices for the same reasons as this thing is expensive everyone was like “Nintendo/Sony/Microsoft are so greedy! They hate their consumers!” And this thing being overpriced it’s “oh sweet baby angel Gabe, we know the hardships upon thee in thine many literal ships at sea. Please accept my money.” I’m joking here so calm down Steam nerds. But I do think some folks need to realize none of these companies want to jack up their prices like this. Everyone wants to make a profit, sure, but AI is screwing everyone.