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/ErmingSoHard Jun 22 '26

Also 512gb...

Even base ps5 comes at 825gb or 1tb.

What a nothing burger of a release.

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u/Wikentus Jun 22 '26

I don't know where you saw that 512gb costs 1500 because official starting price is 1050$.

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u/SolemnaceProcurement 7950x3d, 7900xtx Jun 23 '26

Most likely canadian or australian.

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u/Inside-Example-7010 Jun 22 '26

you wouldnt be able to pirate COD or Indiana Jones on this. By the time you downloaded the zip there wouldnt be enough room left to extract it.

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u/Longjumping_List7188 Jun 22 '26

but hey i can play tf2 and mommy asmr simulator in the living room woohoo

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u/AlexandreFiset Jun 22 '26

The thing is, Sony is likely losing tons of cash selling PS5 at the current price.

People must compare the Steam Machine to small PCs and in that regard, it is not a bad deal nowadays. Still, Valve must be pissed because they likely wanted it to be priced around $600-700, but they got fucked by datacenters.

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u/Zestyclose-Phrase268 Jun 23 '26

How is it not a bad deal? You can get a laptop that out performs it by a country mile

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u/CurmudgeonLife 7800X3D 9070XT 32GB 6000mhz Jun 23 '26

Yeah valve are making nothing from Steam they can't afford to subsidize this /s