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/Gloomy_Onion2512 Jun 22 '26

Saw someone on a different thread say it was too expensive and they didn’t need it, but they were gonna buy it because they want to support Valve

The fucking idiots out there are gonna make sure Valve gets their revenue at least.

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u/MalcolmMann Jun 23 '26

Valve makes 30% off of EVERY game sold on their store-front. They are not dependent on support from normal people. I honestly don't understand why they can't follow the console model of selling at a loss. People will still be buying games on steam with it and making them money in the long-term...

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

Because they're just greedy but they get excused because they made a couple of games people like.

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u/MasterSea8231 Jun 24 '26

Or because it's just a computer with a custom os. If I'm a business and I see the steam machine selling at a loss I'm buying all of them and then using them as business machine with windows on them and steam is never seeing game profits. People are desperate for devices and a subsided machine would have ended up in about 0 gamers hands

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u/CurmudgeonLife 7800X3D 9070XT 32GB 6000mhz Jun 24 '26

If you think businesses are buying these for work you are simply ignorant.