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Steam Machine Price Announced - Starting at $1049 / £879
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Mr Moose
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It's shit. No controller and 512GB space.
Memati187
Member
Nah, just taking the piss out of this hilarious situation. Idgaf lol
PeteBull
Member
Its basically smallformfactor prebuild pc, ofc no discdrive, u buy everything digitally
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Donald mac Ronald
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Wow all that good will gabe and value had; has finally run out of steam.
Themacabre
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Random lottery is an odd choice
JMart100
Member
So weird to go with 1049 or 1129 rather than round numbers. 1000 and 1100… greed got the better of them here. These numbers LOOK way worse just because they're so specific.
Either way though… this thing is pointless and WAY niche. It's luxury, except the product itself isn't luxury in its actual tech.
Either way though… this thing is pointless and WAY niche. It's luxury, except the product itself isn't luxury in its actual tech.
Madserb2023
Member
Yeah, no. I paid £700 for the PS5 Pro with the disc drive and the GPU is a fair bit more powerful. I can't figure out who this is targeted at especially the 2TB model. Wouldn't you just spend a little more and build a Pc that's more powerful.
Itchy Tickles
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1) Losers calling out "Valve fanboys" thinking this is the price they wanted and not because of a.i and their virtual girlfriends is certainly something. Sad cunts.
2) With how fucked the prices for hardware are, I was actually expecting worse. Not saying this is good of course, but I genuinely felt the base model would be over £1000, easy. Still too rich for my "get one as an extra box for another room" though.
2) With how fucked the prices for hardware are, I was actually expecting worse. Not saying this is good of course, but I genuinely felt the base model would be over £1000, easy. Still too rich for my "get one as an extra box for another room" though.
thicc_girls_are_teh_best
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The price would probably be justified if you had expandability options, or Thunderbolt ports for an eGPU expansion. But even that isn't present from the looks of it, and I don't think you can expand system RAM either.
Yeah I can use it as a PC but the moment RAM prices come crashing down this thing will be extremely outdated relative the price of just buying more RAM & storage for your current setup, or buying new OEM setups around that time that'd cost similar (or cheaper) but with much better specs & expandability. So it's probably just best to wait things out; I'll have to look into dual-booting for my current setup once October hits (or just be extremely careful about any websites....I actually don't venture that much beyond the usual websites anyway like this, Youtube, etc.).
Hopefully Valve are looking into fixing things up with a refresh once RAM/NAND prices come back down. Maybe in time for Steam Deck 2. Sucks...
My main issue is lack of upgradability for the price. If they had eGPU support or a means of adding more system RAM, I think $1049 could be justified. But without those things, (potentially) without means of overclocking the APU, it really is just a (slightly weaker) PS5 with same level of upgradability (i.e none; closed box) and a Linux-based desktop experience on top.
How long will that desktop experience feel fluid tho given the RAM limitations and GPU constraints? These websites keep getting more and more resource-intensive every passing month, usually due to bad coding, but it is what it is. I just don't know if I can put a grand into a closed box with PC desktop functionality and admittedly great console-like OS & UI for gaming. If I'm looking for a whole package solution that isn't constrained in upgradability, then this doesn't do much for me unfortunately.
I'm still gonna keep an open mind tho, and see how things develop.
Yeah I can use it as a PC but the moment RAM prices come crashing down this thing will be extremely outdated relative the price of just buying more RAM & storage for your current setup, or buying new OEM setups around that time that'd cost similar (or cheaper) but with much better specs & expandability. So it's probably just best to wait things out; I'll have to look into dual-booting for my current setup once October hits (or just be extremely careful about any websites....I actually don't venture that much beyond the usual websites anyway like this, Youtube, etc.).
Hopefully Valve are looking into fixing things up with a refresh once RAM/NAND prices come back down. Maybe in time for Steam Deck 2. Sucks...
My main issue is lack of upgradability for the price. If they had eGPU support or a means of adding more system RAM, I think $1049 could be justified. But without those things, (potentially) without means of overclocking the APU, it really is just a (slightly weaker) PS5 with same level of upgradability (i.e none; closed box) and a Linux-based desktop experience on top.
How long will that desktop experience feel fluid tho given the RAM limitations and GPU constraints? These websites keep getting more and more resource-intensive every passing month, usually due to bad coding, but it is what it is. I just don't know if I can put a grand into a closed box with PC desktop functionality and admittedly great console-like OS & UI for gaming. If I'm looking for a whole package solution that isn't constrained in upgradability, then this doesn't do much for me unfortunately.
I'm still gonna keep an open mind tho, and see how things develop.
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Topher
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Don't forget to make fun of folks (like myself) who predicted the price would be $499
DragoonKain
Neighbours from Hell
Hopefully it has horrific backbreaking sales. The only way to push back against these rising costs is to not pay them. Companies start realizing it, they'll pivot.
winjer
Gold Member
There is another option. Just install SteamOS on your current PC.
Mortisfacio
Gold Member
I'm a steam fanboy, but no thanks. Can't justify $1k for an 8gb VRAM device.
Hideous Snake
Gold Member
People saying good luck with that. Watch it sell 
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
And not even packed with Half Life 3.
bender
What time is it?
The road to 300k lifetime sales starts now.
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ShadyAcshuns
Gold Member
Well I'm sure you've collected a bunch of games and have a PC or a semi-modern console to still enjoy? Right? I hope you weren't the type to buy a new game, beat it then sell it back to GameStop? Or maybe just play on subscription services for your games? Surely not.
neo raider
Member
U could just turn your pc into a Linux machine easily
I think steamos is also coming to pcs so dont get that overpriced cube
Puscifer
Gold Member
LTT had a video implying it was pretty much wholesale prices and that this was clearly coming in hot around 7-800. Assuming that's the 2TB model and prices have gone up 50% easy it's clear you can see the 1200 strictly on DRAM, the SoC and NVMe.
Unless you're dead set on the steam Eco System this is a non starter. I figured for sure because it wasn't a custom thing like the steam deck it wouldn't carry the handheld tax.
Anywho, I built this over the weekend and I'm running cachy so I have my own Steam Machine.
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Topher
Identifies as young
Sure, but not a lot of existing PCs would fit in an entertainment center like this does.
ChorizoPicozo
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Bojji
Member
It has 3 sreenshots of Half-Life:And not even packed with Half Life 3.
So I've been replaying Half-Life 1 lately and I remembered how iconic this was when I played it for the first time.
Probably a weird thing to say but how could you not be impressed at the NPCs back in the day? Really added to the atmosphere when you first enter Black Mesa.
The part that lead to this scene was really awesome. Not only the visuals but it was also really well-paced, I really felt that shit was gonna go down and then bam...
... Shit...
PeteBull
Member
And since its pc u can always modernize it whenever u subjectively feel games u play stop looking good/running smoothly at ur preferable settings/fps target
Hideous Snake
Gold Member
Valve did not get the price right. I believe it will still sell but those prices are outrageous
kevboard
Gold Member
LTT had a video implying it was pretty much wholesale prices and that this was clearly coming in hot around 7-800. Assuming that's the 2TB model and prices have gone up 50% easy it's clear you can see the 1200 strictly on DRAM, the SoC and NVMe.
Unless you're dead set on the steam Eco System this is a non starter. I figured for sure because it wasn't a custom thing like the steam deck it wouldn't carry the handheld tax.
Anywho, I build this over the weekend and I'm running cachy so I have my own Steam Machine.
damn, that's sexy
General Lee
Member
Seems about where I expected it to be, both before and after the ram/nand price hikes. 512 GB SSD is a measly size though. $800 with 1TB SSD and controller bundle would've been ok for this. That said, I didn't expect good value from Valve to begin with.
GravityMan
Member
Welp. I was hoping that they could come in under $1K for the 512GB model, but nope.
I won't say it's outright DOA. There are Valve crazies and Gabe nutjobs out there with money burning a hole in their pocket, and they'll buy the Steam Machine. But once you get past them and get to the more normie PC gamers...this device is gonna be a VERY hard sell to that crowd at those prices. Even when considering that the SM (just like all other Valve hardware) is targeting a very niche market.
I won't say it's outright DOA. There are Valve crazies and Gabe nutjobs out there with money burning a hole in their pocket, and they'll buy the Steam Machine. But once you get past them and get to the more normie PC gamers...this device is gonna be a VERY hard sell to that crowd at those prices. Even when considering that the SM (just like all other Valve hardware) is targeting a very niche market.
Emmy Ator Best
Member
Well maybe the so called PC Master Race should've shut the fuck up when Nintendo announced a future $50 increase for the Switch 2. Now we don't wanna hear any excuse with Valve raising the price by $450.
Puscifer
Gold Member
I have some custom cables on the way that'll clean it up. I bought this production model directly from the designer himself.
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