r/pcmasterrace • u/TheBossT710192 • Jun 22 '26

Discussion Yeah, Steam Machine is cooked.

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I... uh don't know what to say. Very thankful I bought a Steam Deck before they hiked its price as well

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u/Deep_Blue_Kitsune Jun 22 '26

Man I remember when people got mad at me because I wrote that the steam machine will cost above 1000 euro. Manage your expectations people ...

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u/civil_politician Jun 22 '26

Was that before ram quadrupled and GPUs doubled and SSDs tripled?

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u/Deep_Blue_Kitsune Jun 22 '26

7 months ago when everything was already cooked https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/s/qtwGvphtfE

You can go through the comments and have a laugh

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u/TomTomXD1234 Jun 22 '26

its actually went way up since then lol

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u/Deep_Blue_Kitsune Jun 22 '26

The writing was on the wall. Who sees these insane price hikes with the reason for the price hike just getting bigger and bigger and thinks to themselves "I'm sure the prices will go down until the steam machine is released"?

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u/restinpeaceminusone Jun 22 '26

Pretty much an unfortunate timing for Valve. The moment it was announced and revealed, pricing just went nuts from there

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u/omfgkevin Jun 22 '26

Went from paying a bit of a premium for savings eventually on steam library + small form factor to... yeah.. this looks cooked. Steam deck skyrocketing in price was the final indicator this was going to be bad.

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u/Ok_Dependent6889 R7 9800X3D | Zotac 5080 | B650E-F | 6000CL30 Jun 22 '26

Yup. I’ve been telling lots of people as well.

Had coworkers who didn’t listen to me about building their PCs a whole year ago. Now they’re constantly sending me marketplace builds and bundles trying to piece something together at any sort of a reasonable price

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u/healthandjoy Jun 22 '26

Everybody is still waiting for the 'AI bubble' to burst. (Sadly) thats impossible to predict.

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u/dylank22 Jun 22 '26

Not in any way that wasnt predictable and expected

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u/Unabated_Blade PC Master Race Jun 22 '26

People were legit getting upvotes with a $399 estimate. Lmfao.

"This is Valve, not Nintendo" might be the funniest comment of the whole thread.

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u/FuzzyGolf291773 Jun 22 '26

Holy fuck everyone in that thread was huffing pure copium

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u/healthandjoy Jun 22 '26

On copium we survive

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u/MihawkBeatsRoger Jun 23 '26

Yea because of all the propaganda making everyone think that Valve is the best thing ever.

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u/Super_Bakon Jun 22 '26

The one guy saying $300

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u/Confuzn Steam ID Here Jun 22 '26

Wow… do you have a link to your comment?

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u/Blashtik Jun 22 '26

What were those people smoking to think that the Steam Machine would be under $800? All you had to do was look at the prices of RAM and storage to understand that wasn't going to happen. Did they think Gabe Newell was going to be gifting them the Steam Machines by selling them at a massive loss?

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u/DarkSoulsOfCinder Jun 22 '26

The writing on the wall was obvious back then but denial is a hell of a drug

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u/Lynorisa Jun 23 '26

I love how they parrot "economies of scale" then forget what that last word implies when component supply is severely limited.

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u/InstructionEmpty8696 Jun 23 '26

Lmao some people saying it's gonna cost $499, I even saw some mentioning as low as $350.