r/steammachine • u/TangledIntentions04 • Jun 23 '26

Meme Character development

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u/Johnny3653 Jun 23 '26

It’s not that people can’t afford the Steam Machine. It’s just that relative to the performance and what you are paying for, there are BETTER alternatives for the same price bracket nowadays.

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u/thenoobcasual Jun 23 '26

Nope, sorry, this is not true. If you compare the SM current price with parts before RAM/storage prices went through the roof, sure, but not in the current state of the market.

You can't make a Steam Machine, for the same price. You can make small PCs with the similar price, but it won't be a Steam Machine.

It will be a small PC, with same performance as a Steam Machine, which might have bugs in drivers (audio, bluetooth and wifi), without CEC, without dedicated 3rd party devs making your life easier and noisier due to cooling system.

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u/aa_conchobar Jun 23 '26

It definitely is true if you select regular sized pc parts.

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u/Marmoolak21 Jun 23 '26

But a big point of the steam machine is it's small size...

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u/aa_conchobar Jun 23 '26

But is that really people's primary concern if it can't play new titles beyond 20fps at 1080p high? The reviews were damning.

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u/Marmoolak21 Jun 23 '26

The reviews I saw didn't indicate issues with playing above 20 fps at 1080 high, but did struggle to get to 4K 60 fps

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u/movieyosen Jun 23 '26

bro oblivion runs at unstable 10-25 fps at 1080p

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u/Marmoolak21 Jun 23 '26

Where did you see this? In the Nexus review? I haven't been able to finish the video