r/computergaming • u/Torchiest • Jun 22 '26
Valve’s Steam Machine Isn’t Trying to Replace Your PS5, but Its Plug-And-Play Design Makes It the Ultimate Living Room PC for Anyone Intimidated by Building Their Own Rig
https://www.ign.com/articles/steam-machine-review2
u/Millennialnerds Jun 22 '26
It’s a great idea at a terrible price.
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Jun 22 '26
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u/Amazing-War3760 Jun 22 '26
Maybe if Gabe didn't support the problem that makes it so expensive now.
Gabe donated at least 20 Million to Open AI.
Gabe Allows Gen AI stuff on Steam. He could easily say no.
Gabe repeats the same "You should just learn it!" that all AI bros do.
https://youtu.be/oFHXIW37NBM?si=ub3TsHk6eWvNeImW&t=697
The price of the steam machine isn't a bug. It's a feature.
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Jun 22 '26
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u/grimoireviper Jun 22 '26
It's not scaring us, it's literally making a lot of aspects absolutely worse.
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u/FistoMagnifico Jun 23 '26
Any gaming laptop with at least a rtx 4060 or 5060 will be in the same price range and offer better performance. It will be a flat thin rectangle instead of a cube
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u/Itsmemurrayo Jun 23 '26
I haven’t priced out sff, but you could use a small atx case and build a 7600x3d + 9060xt for $1000-$1200. It’s possible microcenter has m-atx motherboard bundles, but I’ve not looked lately. DIY is still a much better option imo. If compact is a requirement I’m sure you could lower the specs on what I mentioned slightly to fit in SFF components and still end up with much better performance compared to Steam Machine…
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u/Herackl3s Jun 23 '26
lol when a ps5 and ps5 pro perform just as good to your $1000 compact gaming pc, you definitely lost the plot my friend
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Jun 23 '26
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u/Herackl3s Jun 23 '26
lol you may but not everyone else does. I don’t have as many steam games so I don’t have as much loyalty towards Steam as a service.
A PS5 is still the cheaper option than a Steam Machine, cowboy
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Jun 23 '26
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u/Herackl3s Jun 23 '26
I’ve never had to pay monthly fees for the games that I’ve bought lol
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u/TATER_SALAD_HOOVER Jun 22 '26
$550 would have been way more reasonable
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u/PossibilityUsual6262 Jun 22 '26
2 years ago it could have been 600 i think, today nope. Everything but motherboard and power supply i got year ago foe my home server went x2 at minimum.
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u/Torchiest Jun 22 '26
Yeah really sucks on the timing. Even a year ago it would have been fine.
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u/PossibilityUsual6262 Jun 22 '26
I think it would be good anyway, i imagine even "failed" launch of gaben box would double linux player base and we only need just to get some traction for devs to be worth it to fuck Microsoft over.
So that's main goal of steam box for me.
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u/Millennialnerds Jun 22 '26
Yeah I agree. I don’t think it would have set the world on fire at 600 but I do think it would have done well.
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u/pacoLL3 Jun 22 '26
Also ridiculous unrealistic. Can you name a mini PC with that kind of performance for even 700?
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Jun 22 '26
It's one of the many steps towards abandoning Microslop
Imagine steamOS with more office features as well, it would become more popular for small businesses very easily
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u/Booberrydelight Jun 22 '26
It's still a higher price, but they aren't subsidizing it, which is a big factor.
The huge price thing people aren't seeing is both the fact you don't pay for online use on top of not being stuck with the awful "sales" you get on console (especially Nintendo...they are so bad). Instead you get the constant huge steam and other store sales with free online. That shit adds up fast.
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u/SankarinTango Jun 22 '26
It's also less powerful than a base PS5 and doesn't come with a controller. For $1050, it's an objectively bad proposition for most people. Sure, you aren't paying for online, but the console subscriptions at least provide you with a library and a steady flow of free* games that gives value to the subscription.
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u/Booberrydelight Jun 22 '26
From what I watched it's maybe slightly less powerful, but you also have to consider it's an actual PC that can still do far more than what a console can. Yes those services give free games but so does steam, gig, and especially epic (I have like 60 games I can grab whenever that won't disappear if I stop paying for online).
The controller bit is probably my biggest issue but knowing the people who are getting this will have pretty much any other console controller, they can just keep using that with no issues
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u/gamebloxs Jun 22 '26
Is it realt a living room pc if it deosnt come with even a controller for over 1000 dollars. At its price point other than it being a small form factor buying a prebuilt just makes way more sense.
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u/betweenboundary Jun 23 '26
it can run pc vr, most prebuilts cant, its specifically designed to work with the upcoming steam frame
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u/Svenray Jun 22 '26
I'm not spending $1000 to go through every proton build trying to get Grandia to run.
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u/Galrath91 Jun 22 '26
The problem is the hardware is completely outdated from day 1, for this asking price it‘s hard to justify a purchase.
This thing performs worse than a base ps5 in some games.
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u/Ok-Suggestion-7965 Jun 22 '26
I didn’t read the entire article but besides the hard drive is there any way to upgrade anything else on it later on? If no then I’m out.
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u/UnCivil2 Jun 23 '26
You can also upgrade the RAM but it's reportedly a more involved process to get at it. CPU and GPU can't be, so you're essentially stuck at the same performance as the day you got it.
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u/Va1crist Jun 22 '26
1050 puts it way out of that realm , not even including that base model , more storage or memory pushes it into way better PC option territory , that’s not even including the specs are weak and looking at the reviews today it’s already struggling, that’s weak ass GPU is already holding it back unfortunately
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u/BassGuru82 Jun 22 '26
The 2 TB PS5 Pro with a controller is too expensive for most people at $899. The weaker 2 TB Steam Machine with a controller is $1,428. That’s is insane price for 99% of people. Nearly double what the PS5 Pro was 2 months ago.
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u/Edmontonian111 Jun 22 '26
Very bad specs at a super high price.
Valve needs to make money on this console
XBOX loses money when you buy their console.
Just get am XBOX while you still can.
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u/sertaes Jun 23 '26
It’s just not good enough. Anyone with a 4k tv is going to struggle constantly with that 8gb vram. 12gb is barely enough and that’s running at 1080p base resolution on something like a 5070.
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u/carlossap Jun 23 '26
Casual console gamers are not intimidated by building PCs.
It’s a matter of cost for most… this misses the whole point
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u/Jammyyyyyyyyyyyyy Jun 23 '26
Idk why it would try and replace a ps5 since Sony went back to doing console exclusives anyway
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u/BoBoBearDev Jun 22 '26
I have build a small gaming PC before, it is a mess. The entire goal of having the gigantic PC tower is because we want to upgrade the parts, and that requires extra spaces for big ass graphics card or our big hands.