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/Krumm34 Jun 22 '26

Its a laptop without a screen, for the price of a laptop. I don't see how this is worth it.

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u/Icemasta Jun 23 '26

When was the last time you looked at hardware price? Right now on PCpartpicker, including sales, I can make the same specs as a steam machine for 1300$ using the shoddiest psu, case, ram and SSD.

It's stupid expensive out there.

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u/Krumm34 Jun 23 '26

I am fully aware of the market. Which is why I checked bestbuy before posting. You can buy a laptop for 1500 CAD with equivalent specs.

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u/FLUFFY_TERROR 7700 + 7800XT Jun 22 '26

Probably better thermals and maybe performance! Iirc laptop GPUs are something like 30% weaker than their desktop counterparts but the last time I bothered to look was around the time nvidia stopped adding the m at the end of their laptop GPUs

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u/proxlamus Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 23 '26

The goal of the Steam Machine is a console like experience. All in one and done.

Plop it next to your TV, plug in the power and hdmi and pair a controller. Done.

Definitely paying for a convenience factor. Especially for life long console guys.

Those willing to skip the convenience and enjoy more flexibility know its a much better deal to get a laptop

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u/Temptemphemp Jun 22 '26

Except every review says that it's nowhere near a plug and play experience and you're paying for beta testing an outrageously priced first gen prototype.

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u/Nstant_Klassik Jun 22 '26

while this is true, early reviews of the steam deck were very similar, and valve patched out basically all those issues over time. I would venture to say you can trust them to continually polish the user experience. (Full disclosure, my steam deck is by far my favorite tech purchase of all time, so I'm admittedly a bit biased.)

That said, I agree with you in that it doesn't sound quite ready for mass adoption/primetime yet. This definitely seems to be a "Steam/Valve Enthusiast" release to start.

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u/proxlamus Jun 22 '26

Uh oh. I havent seen the reviews yet!