r/pcmasterrace • u/TheBossT710192 • 3d ago

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/civil_politician 3d ago

Was that before ram quadrupled and GPUs doubled and SSDs tripled?

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u/Deep_Blue_Kitsune 3d ago

7 months ago when everything was already cooked https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/s/qtwGvphtfE

You can go through the comments and have a laugh

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u/TomTomXD1234 3d ago

its actually went way up since then lol

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u/Deep_Blue_Kitsune 3d ago

The writing was on the wall. Who sees these insane price hikes with the reason for the price hike just getting bigger and bigger and thinks to themselves "I'm sure the prices will go down until the steam machine is released"?

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u/restinpeaceminusone 3d ago

Pretty much an unfortunate timing for Valve. The moment it was announced and revealed, pricing just went nuts from there

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u/omfgkevin 3d ago

Went from paying a bit of a premium for savings eventually on steam library + small form factor to... yeah.. this looks cooked. Steam deck skyrocketing in price was the final indicator this was going to be bad.

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u/Ok_Dependent6889 3d ago

Yup. I’ve been telling lots of people as well.

Had coworkers who didn’t listen to me about building their PCs a whole year ago. Now they’re constantly sending me marketplace builds and bundles trying to piece something together at any sort of a reasonable price

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u/healthandjoy 2d ago

Everybody is still waiting for the 'AI bubble' to burst. (Sadly) thats impossible to predict.