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[andreacusi]

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Stupid ass product and Valve is a retard for this, but we have an obligation to continue providing generational wealth to that pos on his yaacht

Pre-ordered

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

I would if I could.

Here in Europe you can build a much more capable system for around the same price if you're willing to settle for 16GB RAM and a smaller non-nvme ssd. That price is ridiculous, even for a custom design with a small footprint and all.

 

[Chuck Berry]

This thing is gonna be the new OUYA

 

[Banjo64]

Thread 'LCD Steam Deck on sale for £279, worth the purchase in 2025?'

Nov 24, 2025

£200 cheaper than the 512gb Oled model.

£110 cheaper than the refurb 512gb Oled model (whenever they get stock of that one again).

I think I'll pull the trigger, at £270 there's no regret if I don't use it all the time (vs a £470 device).

Just wondering if anyone else has picked one up cheap and if they've got anything to contribute. I've read how bad the screen is supposedly (however I don't think it can be that bad surely) and battery life/noise.

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Feels like a long 6 months since I posted this thread. £600 price difference, for not a lot of feature differences if you ask me.

 

[Pop]

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

 

[mckmas8808]

Pure DEAD!!!!

 

[.hacked]

Looks over at my ps5 pro…

 

[Senua]

 

[Themacabre]

Fucking lol dude.

They're going to sell as many as they can to blind Valve fanboys and hope they can recoup as much of their dev costs as they can. the randomized pre-order process suggests they're making fuck all of them. "selling out" of them will be absolutely hollow. Anyone can make a product launch look successful these days, long term sales are what matters and this machine has no chance with that price tag.

Its not going to sell as many as the PS5? that's a serious understatement. The market for this thing at this price is in the hundreds of thousands, not millions.

Cool so not DOA then.

 

[PeteBull]

You seem fairly confident for someone that has no idea what the world of IT is facing right now. Servers, NAND and RAM pricing is going up 30% or more every quarter with no end in site, now PCB's are going up in price. So to assume that you will be able to get your hands on a PS6 that's going to be extremely more powerful than a PS5 at $999 means you will be waiting till 2030 or beyond.

Welcome to the new normal. Even the Switch 2 is $500. There's no way that machine should be more than $350.

Bro, i just bought end of feb brand new rtx 5080 here in poland at over 1500$, current price for same gpu went down 80$, i know perfectly well gabecube is terrible deal for vast majority of gamers, only ppl hunting for small form factor and not caring about price nor performance could bite, so extremly tiny niche

 

[mckmas8808]

This is stronger than PS5 Pro:

But they managed to use GPU weaker than base PS5 in a 1049$ machine...

Maybe it was due the size?

 

[firegamer273]

well ... its DOA .

 

[Damigos]

Why the extra $49?

Why not an even $1000?

Cause the new $71m super home has sea parking for his super yachts

 

[ResilientBanana]

Bro, i just bought end of feb brand new rtx 5080 here in poland at over 1500$, current price for same gpu went down 80$, i know perfectly well gabecube is terrible deal for vast majority of gamers, only ppl hunting for small form factor and not caring about price nor performance could bite, so extremly tiny niche

Ok, this whole machine is not a GPU, but it has one.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

1000 bucks with 500GB, no controller and hardware comparable with a base PS5 from 2020?

Like...holy shit.

 

[cormack12]

Launch PS5 DE remains the best investment in gaming since 2020

 

[SegaSnatcher]

With performance on par as a console released almost 6 yrs ago....

People will say "But Switch 2 is weaker" yes but its a freaking hybrid console and has Nintendo exclusives.

Why bother releasing this? That price is absolutely insane for what you get.

 

[RoboFu]

the only downside is the 8gig ram. they should have worked in 16 gig.

 

[Magic-DEI-Hire]

 

[Zamana]

1080P upscaled low-medium settings gaming at barely 60fps for an insane price in 2026 lmaoooooooo

controller not included and also RAM is single channel. F

Why would you buy an obsolete "console"? This is not going to play games the more we go into the future.

This will play old games fine so that's it. A toy to play older games, I simply don't understand why would you buy this and not save this much money for a new PC or PS6/Helix? which are going to decimate Steam Machine in every new game that will come out.

 

[phant0m]

Holy shit, absolutely DoA. Go buy a PS5 Professional.

I also wonder how much of the controller delays are because they're reserving stock for these bundles

 

[near]

Who reasonably expects the PS6 to launch for any less than £1000? We are so cooked.

 

[ByWatterson]

 

[NormalGamer]

 

[DeepEnigma]

Who reasonably expects the PS6 to launch for any less than £1000? We are so cooked.

Sure, it very well could be $899 or so.

But it will also run circles around this package.

 

[Sevyne]

 

[MayauMiao]

The problem with Steam Machine is that its a device that is suppose to sit in your living room and connected to a 4K TV.

We know how horrible 8GB Vram performs at 1440p, let alone 4K.

 

[Fabieter]

There is a way that Valve could make this more appealing, to give away some games with it.
The problem is that Valve no longer makes games. But if they had something like the Orange Box, it would make this price point a lot more palatable.

It would be playable on all devices anyway so i dont see a difference tbh.

 

[mckmas8808]

And with 8GB you are already fucked in some games.

This is legit UNBELIEVABLE!!!! This seems like a decent product in 2024 (if the price was around $600).

 

[MiguelItUp]

If anyone legit expected it to be less than this, where were you this whole time? Lmao.

I mean, look at the current price of the Steam Deck. Why would a Steam Machine (that is said to be 6x stronger) be cheaper than that? Or SLIGHTLY more. That wouldn't make sense.

"But competition..." Sure, but the PC/tech component market has been trash for awhile now. Multiple sources said they were planning to drop this awhile ago, but then they hesitated due to surging costs. I don't blame them, it just really sucks.

I'm sure they're prepared to drop prices when and if the market shifts. But at the moment this is the best they can do. At least, I'd hope so, lol.

 

[ThisIsMyDog]

For highest tier price i got Ultra 7 270k+, 32GB DDR5 6000MT/s and RTX5060Ti 16GB GDDR7, and it just smokes that steam machine, fuck thats ridiculous, i wonder how Gabe stans gonna defend this.

 

[winjer]

It would be playable on all devices anyway so i dont see a difference tbh.

Imagine a pack of top games, worth a couple hundred dollars. Bundled with the Steam Machine, for free.

 

[Rambone]

These will sell out no matter what the price. That's just the sad truth.

I had the brilliant idea of buying a gaming laptop instead of a Steam Machine, and it was a spectacularly shit decision.

Picked up a Lenovo Legion with a 5070 less than a year ago, right before prices went completely insane. The fans on that thing are loud as hell and instantly murder any immersion or desire to game. Even with a cooling pad underneath (that adds further bulk) the fan speeds needed to keep the laptop calm are still louder than I would like.

I've thought about going small form factor PC, but I'm convinced there won't be enough room in those tiny cases to keep any card worth a damn both cool and quiet.

So yeah… guess it's time to man up, buy a Steam Machine, and just bend over so Gaben can pump me full of his Gabies.

 

[GymWolf]

This is gonna sell as much as dustborn...

 

[Bojji]

Maybe it was due the size?

Size, recent release date, price (they probably got those GPUs RDNA3 GPUs much cheaper) etc.

 

[cireza]

Why even release anything at that price ?

 

[GoBs]

Gabe wins again Give him money for a new yacht.

 

[Jesb]

Your a moron if you buy this. Should of just delayed or cancelled this.

 

[Lupin3]

 

[R6Rider]

 

[Disciple of MSSP]

This is more embarrassing than that Google game streaming service lol. I forget the name.

 

[NormalGamer]

This is worse than that Google game streaming service lol. I forget the name.

Stadia

 

[Zamana]

RT is the issue with the Steam Machine.

That GPU can't really do RT and forget AMD upscaling and FG tech, it's much behind Nvidia's software.

Any game which "requires"/compulsory RT like DOOM Dark Ages and more in the future will decimate this device. Absolutely sub 30fps.

 

[yogaflame]

Looks over at my ps5 pro…

You got to give that ps5 pro or even a base ps5 a kiss and a hug

 

[DarkShadowXI]

For highest tier price i got Ultra 7 270k+, 32GB DDR5 6000MT/s and RTX5060Ti 16GB GDDR7, and it just smokes that steam machine, fuck thats ridiculous, i wonder how Gabe stans gonna defend this.

Did you build or buy prebuilt? If you bought prebuilt, where did you order it from?

 

[Gamer79]

Meanwhile at Valve reading the public response

 

[DeepEnigma]

Gabe wins again Give him money for a new yacht.

He owns the yacht company.

Oceanco. Specialised in building innovative high quality custom superyachts.

As an industry pioneer Oceanco's ambition is to create and support the most advanced and inspiring motoryachts and sailing yachts in the world.

www.oceancoyacht.com

Gabe Newell Buys Superyacht Firm | Wilkin Chapman Rollits

Gabe Newell acquires superyacht builder Oceanco with legal advice from Wilkin Chapman Rollits

www.wilkinchapmanrollits.co.uk

 

[Steve Holt]

I'm not gonna lie. £879 isn't bad in this mess. I thought it would be 999.

I would guess they were targeting 649 to 699 before, which would have sold boatloads.

Ahhh, simpler times.

You were begging people to boycott PS5 Pro because it was missing a disk drive and 699£, but this underspec'd offering without even a controller would have been fine at 649-699?

It's quite something..

The more time passing today the more pissed off I am at this whole thing. What a joke of a console, the prospect at this price and missing key parts is downright embarassing.

I'm actually taking the stance of, you don't have a clue about tech or money if you buy this thing.

Get a pc, never look back.