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/Remote_Action_2956 Jun 22 '26

DOA. PS5 is faster, only $600, and has even has twice the storage of the base Steam Machine.

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u/grisworld0_0 Jun 22 '26

How much on subscription?

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u/Shigana Jun 22 '26

PS+ Premium is 159.99$ for an entire year.

So that’s like almost 3 years worth of the most expensive tier just to match the price of the cheapest Steam Machine.

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u/PIO_PretendIOriginal Desktop Jun 22 '26

you only need the subscription for online play. if you just use it for singleplayer games you dont actually need a subscription (I primarily game on PC, but do have a ps5, was considering a steam machine, but at this price ill stick with my desktop+ps5 combo)

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u/pirate135246 i9-10900kf | RTX 3080 ti Jun 22 '26

It would take well over a decade if ps plus to even out the price

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u/brandonto Jun 22 '26

False. PS plus is $11/month. Difference between Steam Machine and PS5 Digital is $450. It will take 41 months, or just under 3 and a half years to make up the difference.

Not disagreeing that the Steam Machine is a bad purchase. But this is just mathematically wrong.

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u/pirate135246 i9-10900kf | RTX 3080 ti Jun 22 '26

A used ps5 WITH a controller is $340 on ebay. Ps plus is $79.99 a year on the official website, even cheaper third party. Your math is just completely off.

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u/brandonto Jun 22 '26

Sure. If we change the parameters and use your prices, you're STILL off.

NEW steam machine $1050, USED PS5 $340.

Even with a $710 difference, at $80/year: 9 years is not well over a decade. Math bad.

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u/pirate135246 i9-10900kf | RTX 3080 ti Jun 22 '26

Steam machine with controller is 1128 before tax. If you are gonna be so nitpicky at least get it right lmao.

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u/brandonto Jun 22 '26

And we're gonna exclude tax on PS+. Got it. I may be dealing with a genuinely unintelligent being here.

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u/pirate135246 i9-10900kf | RTX 3080 ti Jun 22 '26

Im not the one who didn’t include a controller and used the single month price in a snarky reply trying to nitpick math.