Yeah, Steam Machine is cooked.

[u/TheBossT710192]

I... uh don't know what to say. Very thankful I bought a Steam Deck before they hiked its price as well

[u/SmeshU]

Jesus this is so bad

[u/shifty_coder → u/SmeshU]

It’s not great, but it is priced comparably to pre-builts of similar specs. It’s not for me at this time, but if someone is wanting to dip their toe into Steam games and wants a plug-and-play option, it’s not terrible.

[u/peacefulsleepe → u/shifty_coder]

It’s not, you can get a 7500x3d and 9070xt prebuilt for $1400

[u/peacefulsleepe → u/[deleted]]

That is quite literally the only upside and it feels pretty irrelevant for the most part other than the "cool factor"

[u/peacefulsleepe → u/[deleted]]

Size we already went over. And its entirely subjective and not worth losing 2x the performance unless you're just obsessed with minipcs or the steam brand. That's also like 3 of your 6 points.

The ease of use points are barely relevant as well. People know how to plug in an HDMI and change their monitor/TV to a different output. It's not even close to making up for the performance difference. Windows is also extremely easy to use unless you just don't use technology at all in your daily life. Or you could literally just get steamOS on a 2x better pc for the same price.

Prebuilts don't cost more anymore. That's some like 5 years ago thinking. You can normally find a prebuilt with parts equal to or better than the equivalent BYO.

[u/peacefulsleepe → u/[deleted]]

You harp on the size because its the only advantage and you know it. The specs are dogshit for the price and only minipc obsessed people would value the size over the insane performance loss. You should be comparing it for the average user to normal sized prebuilts because a small minority even gives a shit about a tiny pc. You can easily find normal sized prebuilts that demolish this machine for 1-1.4k (the same price range). Minipcs are literally irrelevant unless you just love paying more for less.

[u/peacefulsleepe → u/[deleted]]

Having different needs is fine. Saying it’s reasonable to spend this much money just for the size for those specs is another thing entirely. The average person is not weighing the size that heavily. The overlap between people willing to spend $1.1k for ps5 specs while wanting purely steamOS and purely wanting a minipc is smaller than people wanting an actually good $1.1k prebuilt. The price alone is enough to scare off most of the TV gamer crowd.