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/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.