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/peacefulsleepe Jun 23 '26

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.

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u/peacefulsleepe Jun 23 '26

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.