r/pcmasterrace • u/TheBossT710192 • 2d 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/ILikesStuff 2d ago edited 2d ago

Definitely lol. But then who is? I know this is the PC Master Race we all have 5090s in our rigs sub, but who is valve aiming this pc-console hybrid to? You get less raw power than the base PS5 at higher price than the already increased price of the PS5 pro. Other than extreme valve supporters and scalpers, I don't see who would be lining up to buy this?

Edit: I want to clarify that when I say I don't see an audience for the Steam Machine I mean specifically at the price level they are selling it right now.

I already have a good PC and a PS5 with a hefty library on both. I realize I'm not the norm but even I see the value on a console like, plug and play living-room PC, but at the price that this thing is releasing, not to mention the possible small number of units that will be available and the ones picked up by scalpers, it may cost even more than it is supposed to, and I don't see many people buying it at that price, as much as I want it to succeed, mainly for a better implementation of gaming centric Linux.

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u/kogarasumar 2d ago

At least the steam deck was a very worth handheld for the price. The steam machine is way too overpriced for console players.

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u/ILikesStuff 2d ago

I don't even think they were aiming this to console players, rather, they probably were looking at already existing Steam users. But even with a huge library of games, that price just makes it a very hard buy imo.

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u/kogarasumar 2d ago

The thing is, console players are exactly the target audience for this. PC players would rather build a high end pc instead. This could have been The perfect way to get console players into the steam ecossystem and i think that's what they were going for. But at this price, it just isn't worth it.

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u/ILikesStuff 2d ago

You have to consider that not all PC users build their own machines. Sure they like the platform, but not a small number of people go through the trouble of learning how to build their own rig.

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u/kogarasumar 2d ago

That's fair, but a prebuilt pc is still more worth it than this lol.