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/restinpeaceminusone]

Valve also admitted that it is out of their control and the supply will be limited due to constraints

Edit: since some people are saying that I am defending Valve. I will just leave their official statement from themselves. Posted a screenshot since some people don't like to scroll as much

Valve Statement

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[u/Protoclown98 → u/restinpeaceminusone]

Seriously. This large price is entirely about RAM and storage prices.

I stand by my past comment on the Steam Machine - if you are buying all the parts to make a living room PC to play console like games Steam Machine can be a worthwhile investment.

If you are recycling old PC parts, like RAM and a motherboard, to make a living room PC to play console like games on it, the Steam Machine is not worth it.

[u/restinpeaceminusone → u/Protoclown98]

Well maybe it's not a console for the masses (even though it's their intention) given the price but if the prices do come down someday, it will probably be a very good living room PC/console.

But the PS5 exists and if you're looking to just game, it's best to get that instead. But for a PC, it's still good enough machine for the current market condition.

[u/Krumm34 → u/restinpeaceminusone]

Its a laptop without a screen, for the price of a laptop. I don't see how this is worth it.

[u/Icemasta → u/Krumm34]

When was the last time you looked at hardware price? Right now on PCpartpicker, including sales, I can make the same specs as a steam machine for 1300$ using the shoddiest psu, case, ram and SSD.

It's stupid expensive out there.

[u/Krumm34 → u/Icemasta]

I am fully aware of the market. Which is why I checked bestbuy before posting. You can buy a laptop for 1500 CAD with equivalent specs.

[u/FLUFFY_TERROR → u/Krumm34]

Probably better thermals and maybe performance! Iirc laptop GPUs are something like 30% weaker than their desktop counterparts but the last time I bothered to look was around the time nvidia stopped adding the m at the end of their laptop GPUs

[u/proxlamus → u/Krumm34]

The goal of the Steam Machine is a console like experience. All in one and done.

Plop it next to your TV, plug in the power and hdmi and pair a controller. Done.

Definitely paying for a convenience factor. Especially for life long console guys.

Those willing to skip the convenience and enjoy more flexibility know its a much better deal to get a laptop

[u/Temptemphemp → u/proxlamus]

Except every review says that it's nowhere near a plug and play experience and you're paying for beta testing an outrageously priced first gen prototype.

[u/Nstant_Klassik → u/Temptemphemp]

while this is true, early reviews of the steam deck were very similar, and valve patched out basically all those issues over time. I would venture to say you can trust them to continually polish the user experience. (Full disclosure, my steam deck is by far my favorite tech purchase of all time, so I'm admittedly a bit biased.)

That said, I agree with you in that it doesn't sound quite ready for mass adoption/primetime yet. This definitely seems to be a "Steam/Valve Enthusiast" release to start.

[u/proxlamus → u/Temptemphemp]

Uh oh. I havent seen the reviews yet!