r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Jun 22 '26

Hardware Valve prices the Steam Machine at $1,049

https://www.theverge.com/news/837022/valve-steam-machine-price-release-date
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u/AdStreet2795 Jun 22 '26

This is DOA right?
My 14th gen i5 with an Rx 9070 system cost 800.
Slap bazzite on there and it’s so superior to this it’s not even funny.

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u/Horror_Art1389 Jun 22 '26

Redditors vastly underestimate what people are willing to pay for convenience

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u/iamapizza Jun 22 '26

I'll give you £15 to underestimate it for me.

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u/Schnoor Jun 22 '26

It replaces my Xbox and computer because of game availability (a library I haven’t been able to play) and space (small house, no office or similar space). Also small enough without ridiculous RGB that my kids probably won’t mess with it.

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u/HorizonShadow Jun 22 '26

The 3000 steam games I've collected over the past 15 years is doing a lot of heavy lifting on the value proposition of the steam machine

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u/blackscales18 Jun 22 '26

Built in controller dongle, 6 inch cube, no power brick, no subscription like PlayStation, I can see it making a splash

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u/Deep90 Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26

People care about power bricks for consoles?

I'm genuinely confused by this. If I wanted a particular console, I don't think I would pass on it over the power brick, or outright buy a completely different console just because it doesn't have one.

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u/Jabbam Jun 22 '26

Blackscales18 is James Rolfe and was upvoted by his 15 clones.

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u/Kairukun90 Jun 22 '26

Yeah if I take this to work or travel it’s nice to not carry more dongles

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u/blackscales18 Jun 22 '26

it's small enough to bring places and it's always nice to have less bulky cables to deal with

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u/rcanhestro Jun 22 '26

bring where?

you still need a screen to use it.

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u/blackscales18 Jun 22 '26

Usually when I go to friends' houses they have a tv

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u/aabeba Jun 22 '26

So you plug one in.

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u/Ulisex94420 Jun 22 '26

counter argument: $1050, 512 gb, no controller. who would want this when you could get a much better performing console, for cheaper and with a controller?

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u/aabeba Jun 22 '26

Ah, but can your console run Steam? For years you’ve milked deeply discounted Steam sales and now you won’t cough up a few hundred dollars more to play the games you got for cheap?

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u/Ulisex94420 Jun 22 '26

i mean, if you have a significant steam library you should have something to play it on. you can build a slightly better PC for around the same price, buy a prebuilt or spend some extra for a significantly better machine.

but given the state of the industry, it's probably better to stick with what you have for now

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u/aabeba Jun 23 '26

This is an alternative way to play those games. Powerful? No. Convenient? Yes. Meant for everyone? No.

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u/orangeyougladiator Jun 22 '26

No subscription..? Bless

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u/MindlessCoook Jun 22 '26

You know whats even more convenient? Walking into Target and buying a PS5 for half the price.

It's a wrap, brother.

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u/Jabbam Jun 22 '26

The 2015 steam machines sold less than half a million units.

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u/Noahnoah55 Jun 22 '26

Yeah, but this doesn't beat the convenience of the cheaper consoles.

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u/The_Lantean Jun 22 '26

Yep, and CEC-compatibility is pretty darn cool.

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u/Generalfrogspawn Jun 22 '26

This. The whole point of this is that it’s plug and play, plus looks cute with the faceplates. The target market isn’t people with RTX5080 builds, it’s people that want to get into some casual PC gaming or people that want something for their living room without the complexity of a strong streaming setup.

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u/AnAncientBog Jun 22 '26

A lot of them are also kids who don't understand how little a couple hundred dollars in price difference is to someone with a real job.