The Steam Machines price just leaked

[Blueskunky]

The steam machines price just leaked and it's.......... $950?!?!?!?!?!?
Im sorry but personally, that's way to OVERPRICED
Not to mention it's less powerful then the PS5 and Xbox Series X too
Anyways will you be buying a Steam Machine?
(Also please don't take this as an opportunity to post negative comments, I don't like influencing that type of stuff tbh)

 

[SliperyHippo]

I don't really think I'm the target audience for a steam machine since I've already got a pretty nice computer, but at those prices? Call me fruit stripe gum because YIPES!

I'm not sure I'd go around saying it's overpriced just yet since ram prices, cpu prices, and gpu prices are all over the place right now and since it isn't coming out for a while I think they're tentatively pricing based on if prices will keep increasing (also this isn't the final released price). Also comparing it to PS5 and Xbox prices is tough since they sell them like printers, where the console is cheap on purpose to get people in and they charge for internet and stuff, but I doubt steam is gonna charge for- like- steam online or something. Those also were priced before the shortages and stuff, so who really knows what's gonna happen in the future, y'know?

 

[Naltic]

I mean atp with all the prices for consoles being extremely high, that excuse of buying one because it's cheaper than a PC has gone now, so really, there isn't much of a reason not to buy a PC becasue it can do anything a console can do and more plus, exclusives have really stopped being that big of a thing nowadays so you can play almost every type of game on the PC.

 

[bjork]

Tracks with the poster here saying the next Xbox should clock in at $1000. That's probably how next gen is going to shape up, and someone's gotta go first. Might as well be Valve? I'll stick to my PC.

 

[LiberoVulpesLiberoVulpes's icon]

Taking into account the current prices to build a high end PC, 950$ is roughly what it would cost you to build a mid end PC in 2026... If you are going for cheapo parts.

Since the gabecube appeal is to be good enough, and that it actually has games, is still more bang for your buck than the glorified Netflix player, and the other one that no one cares about.

Not buying it, but it is the least bad option currently.

 

[TechBlisSTer]

I was really hoping it would have been under $800. I'm not sure at that price point if it's going to have the market impact I was wishing for. Personally, no I'm not interested in getting one. I'm interested in seeing it change the Personal Computing landscape and taking it further away from M$.

 

[Zerpina]

Well, this is aimed at more people who are already heavily invested in the Valve ecosystem..
Steam Deck, SteamVR, etc. Because Valve knows anyone can slap Steam on any system or just use it under Linux or Windows. They're not really worried about people buying a Steam Machine, as they know people will.

And as stated above, the price is probably high due to all the RAM and other components shooting up in price. Most likely, it was going to be fairly reasonably priced initially. But no, I am not the target audience either. I have PCs that can play my Steam games just fine, and if I'm going to invest in a new PC, I'll build my own (like I always do)

 

[PhaseJump]

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The steam machines price just leaked and it's.......... $950?!?!?!?!?!?
Im sorry but personally, that's way to OVERPRICED
Not to mention it's less powerful then the PS5 and Xbox Series X too
Anyways will you be buying a Steam Machine?
(Also please don't take this as an opportunity to post negative comments, I don't like influencing that type of stuff tbh)

Likely bullshit.

It was leaked from a 3rd party European reseller that has the high end Deck model priced higher before conversion, so it realistically would be expectations of like 650usd from Steam, if the store was keeping the same margins or whatever.

That is to say they sold the 650 dollar Deck in the same estimated converted ballpark price of 950, so this is probably a big nothing burger. A placeholder to get sales ready for that particular retailer.

We will know officially soon enough. March is only a few months away.

 

[RageBurner]

Not for me. I feel the target audience for this is either:
-Someone that already has other Valve devices to round out the ecosystem
-Someone that never had a PC and wants this as an entry point

 

[PhaseJump]

I will buy it day one. Sold a bunch of skins and crap on the marketplace and already have the cash for it waiting for orders to open.

 

[Holic]

idk where they are going with this, with that money anyone can build a top tier pc that will run games for the next 10 years.

 

[PhaseJump]

idk where they are going with this, with that money anyone can build a top tier pc that will run games for the next 10 years.

Not really the case. Nothing is fixed. You will need to spend a lot more for a top tier pc, because prices on parts have skyrocketed in the last few months, with no expected drop for years.

Valve will probably sell the entry level Steam Machine at 650 or 700 usd. Maybe even 800 range depending on how bad things get. They will still try to compete with and undercut OEM pre-builts, but those will rise in price too the same as consoles.

 

[SoThankful]

Not for me. I feel the target audience for this is either:
-Someone that already has other Valve devices to round out the ecosystem
-Someone that never had a PC and wants this as an entry point

I'm the second, but if this is true I'm out.

 

[Sorion]

idk where they are going with this, with that money anyone can build a top tier pc that will run games for the next 10 years.

not really, a good ram kit right now costs over 200 dollars, just for the ram kit, plus 300 dollars for a decent GPU, 150 dollars for a good motherboard and 200 dollars for a good ryzen 5 tier CPU, that's 850 dollars and we haven't even included the PSU, Case, cooling and storage yet.

 

[contrail_]

I might be tripping, but doesn't this price keep getting "leaked" every couple of days for the past month?

 

[G.L.a.D.O.S.]

Just wait until Valve announces it, then you'll know for sure.

 

[Sheepy765]

I’m doubtful this is the real price, but even if it is I’d maybe buy it. Only thing holding me back from buying one at all is already having a pc.

 

[Graves Ruinwalker]

No , thats too expensive . My Backlog keeps me still entertained .

Call me crazy but im betting now that older consoles are getting a huge ressurgence later on with the modding scene and maybe small hobby-devs that will occupy older tech and make new stuff for those older consoles .

The future is retro .

 

[Geocide]

Somebody doesn't understand that silicone prices have skyrocketed in price (specifically solid state and RAM chips). SK Hynix AND Samsung are both dedicating almost all their spaces for making everything for AI companies, so both RAM and storage prices have shot through the roof (I would be 0% surprised if nearly half, if not more, of the cost of the whole machine was just RAM and storage memory now.). Think RAM prices in 2020, but worse. And the prices are only going to get worse for consumers, as well, because at the end of the day, the general consumers are the very last people these megacorps think about. It's all about b2b (business-to-business) selling now, don'tcha know~?

But I agree with @Graves Ruinwalker: The future is retro.

Unfortunately for Steam, AI really ruined everything for the PC space. This really is one of the absolute worst times to release new hardware, though I can see Valve pushing back the release dates if the prices get too out of hand because otherwise it'll just be a repeat of the first time they tried (and failed) to release Steam machines (early 2010s when the hardware just wasn't there yet).

 

[Evaccaneer Doom]

It’s a new piece of software that got announced not long before RAM companies turned to AI, I can’t say I didn’t expect this to happen honestly. Not like I would’ve bought it anyway, I own a Mac, I can’t play most steam games. That’s why I have a deck. If I do buy anything new, it’ll be that controller probably

 

[aru.aru]

I think that price point got debunked recently, although with the current state of things I wouldn't be at all surprised if it ended up being true.

For me $950(I was braced for over 1k) is just within reason for me, so long as the controller is bundled in(the thing I actually care abt tbh). I really like the form factor and my most powerful device rn is actually my Steam Deck so its a good excuse to upgrade to midspec.

For me personally its not too shabby of a deal since I'm already on the ecosystem.

 

[moonbits]

I'd like to see how it performs before hammering on the price. $950 might be excessive compared to a console but it's an enthusiast machine, it does more than just playing games.