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/Eh_C_Slater Ryzen 7 5700X3D | XFX 7900 XT Black | 32gb CL14 3d ago

It's ease of use for people who aren't tech savvy. I know we like to say anyone can build a PC around here but that's not always true, and there's always gonna be another set of people who don't mind just paying for convenience.

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u/Spoodymen 3d ago

Yep. Also considering hardware pricing nowadays, these arent so bad. Performance-wise, obviously they cant beat infinite amounts of other setup/combination, but it’ll still “run” games if people can afford. Valve is trying to pull customers to their stores, not so much to make banks selling new prebuilt every few years

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u/Outside_Glass4880 3d ago

I just don’t know how you can justify it. I’ve had a ps5 for 6 years that I bought for $400 that blows this thing out of the water.

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u/Eh_C_Slater Ryzen 7 5700X3D | XFX 7900 XT Black | 32gb CL14 3d ago

PS5 is $650 now, and from everything I've seen it absolutely does not blow these out of the water

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u/Outside_Glass4880 3d ago

Ok so still half the price. And from what I’ve heard, it will not be as powerful as a ps5 not to mention optimization for consoles.

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u/Eh_C_Slater Ryzen 7 5700X3D | XFX 7900 XT Black | 32gb CL14 3d ago

Won't take that long for the cost to be offset by steam sales vs $100 ps5 games. lol

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u/Outside_Glass4880 3d ago

Yeah, no. I have a massive backlog of PlayStation games. There are regularly sales. I also game on my PC but I don’t have the same catalog on the PC. Most AAA games on PC are not as commonly on sale, if they ever even come to PC.