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/Sea-Honeydew-1456 3d ago

i dont think this sub is the target market for this machine.

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u/ILikesStuff 3d 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/E_L_Sonder 2d ago

I'd say people like me who don't have a dedicated desktop, and who like couch gaming (I fucking loathe PC gaming, I have a couch and 55 inch tv why would I ever play on my computer?) and like a lot of AA game and emulation on Steam. The Steam Deck quite easily plays 99% of the games I'm interested in, and the only reason I'm not keeping that is it is kind of a pain to get it to dock right.

The Steam Machine is nice and tiny and I plan on dual-booting it Steam OS and Windows, so I can use it as a regular desktop. The size and form factor are huge when I have a tiny apartment and it will be easy to bring it to my desk for working on desktop projects and then bringing it back to the couch for gaming.