Valve Officially Opens Pre-Orders for Steam Machine with Prices Ranging from $1,049 to $1,428

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Valve has at long last, granted it’s been under a year since announcing the Steam Machine, revealed pricing for its PC console. The sticker shock is strong with the base model going for $1,049, which has a 512 GB SSD for storage and does not include a controller, or the $1,428 flagship 2 TB model […]

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Oh, I am curious to know what the sell through is like. Here's hoping valve has a hit and if not that the scalpers get reamed.
 
I don't understand all they hype. It's a branded PC box running Linux (Proton) to play PC games.

I'm not the intended market audience, I guess.
 
I wish the rumor of a higher speced box to justify the price were true. It was a hard sell at the rumored $799, it's sure to bomb @$1,050 with no controller.
 
I just don't know when it comes to how this has played out and where it will sit six months to a year from now. What I mean is the obvious, that at $699-$799 it would've been a pretty big hit. Meanwhile, thinking about it from the perspective of somebody who wants to buy something that's all setup ready to do what its marketed for, the $1K still might not be DOA if theres enough out there who feel that way.

Think of it this way: how long has Apple marketed machines that were subpar on a technical level but designed to do a few things well, and that was enough to have some pay through the roof? The sales numbers will tell a part of the story but the rest will come later on down the road from those who bought one. In some ways it's the same story of a prebuilt vs what an enthusiast could build but a slight twist in branding with Steam's name thrown in. Will that matter enough to draw customers who just want to play games?
 
I honestly have no idea what the value of a machine like this is in today's market. Everything has changed so much since mining bubble, then Covid, and continues to change with AI.

Off the cuff, i can say - that's a lot of cash for a glorified Steam console. I was interested, but not at this price point, at least right now.

But... I mean, a year from now, in hindsight, we could easily be looking back and thinking what a great deal this was. A good chance the next gen of consoles comes out at similar price points.
 
Brian_B said:
A good chance the next gen of consoles comes out at similar price points.
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This right here is very true.

Kind of why I got my 5090 now... I just don't see it dropping in price any time soon when servers with a couple AI cards in them are running 90k a pop WITH steep discounts.
 
The only market segment this is viable for are PC gamers who already have a sizeable steam library and want a secondary system to play games in the living room on a TV. But the specs seem to weak to satisfy most enthusiasts.

At this point this is just an expensive gimmick made for no-one.
 
MadMummy76 said:
The only market segment this is viable for are PC gamers who already have a sizeable steam library and want a secondary system to play games in the living room on a TV. But the specs seem to weak to satisfy most enthusiasts.

At this point this is just an expensive gimmick made for no-one.
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seems like a demo of steam OS.

Expect 3rd party solutions by Asus, Lenovo et al in 2 yrs time
 
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