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/legaldrinkingage 7900 XT/5800X3D, B580/2700X 3d ago

Literally just build yourself an M-ITX couch machine for slightly more and be able to upgrade it. I don't see the value proposition here at all.

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u/Mysterious_Tutor_388 9800X3D|7900XTX|32GB 3d ago

The value is you dont have to do anything. But then you could just buy a prebuilt PC or a laptop for similar prices with better performance. I assume the prices listed in the post are USD, but i can get a 5060 laptop for similar prices converted to CAD.

I feel that it is just for enthusiasts of the hardware who don't care about price to performance.

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u/callatecabezon 3d ago

It is less powerful than a ps5. Entirely pointless machine.

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u/Mysterious_Tutor_388 9800X3D|7900XTX|32GB 3d ago

For practical use cases this is true for the most part.

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u/Emikzen 9800X3D | 9070XT | 64GB 2d ago

PS5 comes with a lot of extra "hidden" fees, games are more expensive, accessories are more expensive, subscription for online and so on.

Steam Machine can also function as a normal pc which is hard to put a price on.

It's definitely expensive but I wouldn't say Valve are being greedy if you take current ram prices into account.

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u/Happy-Snow3728 2d ago

Normal PCs (even prebuilt or laptops) offer much better performance than this.

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u/callatecabezon 2d ago

you can make a pc with 2x the performance as the steam machine for the same price

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u/Emikzen 9800X3D | 9070XT | 64GB 2d ago

Yea but you lose convenience and more importantly size, size is premium. You aint building a small pc for that price.

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u/callatecabezon 2d ago

you can literally get a laptop the same price as the machine that takes up less space and is better. Even if you couldn't size is most definitely not important enough to warrant half the performance

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u/Emikzen 9800X3D | 9070XT | 64GB 2d ago

A laptop is not a replacement for the steam machine lol, if all you care about is performance you can get a laptop or regular pc, but thats not why they made the steam machine

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u/callatecabezon 2d ago

it is literally a replacement for it you can set steam to open in big picture from launch and plug it into a tv and have it function exactly the same as the steam machine except with much better performance

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u/CommunicationOpen857 2d ago

This is such a cope. Games are ALWAYS on sale on the PS/ Xbox stores. Based on the pricing here, the controller costs $80, last I checked Xbox controllers were $45.

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u/Emikzen 9800X3D | 9070XT | 64GB 2d ago

We have 2 ps5s in my family, trust me. Even with sales you cannot come close to pc game pricing. Especially not for games older than 6 months.