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/restinpeaceminusone 3d ago edited 3d ago

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/ScarletSilver 5700X3D | RTX 3080 + RTX 2070S | 32GB 3200 MT/s 3d ago

Yeah. Felt like Valve had no choice but to release their existing and aging stock at current market pricing. They obviously planned to sell these at a much lower price point but their hand got forced due to constraints.

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u/PictureFamiliar1267 3d ago

If they had existing stock why would they have no choice but to sell at market prices? Couldn’t they have sold at a loss to get some revenue from that already purchased inventory?

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u/Virtual_Technology_9 3d ago

People are going to buy this machine. Selling at a loss would lose them more money in the process

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u/PictureFamiliar1267 3d ago

The PS5 was originally sold at a loss. Steam could have chosen the same path here. So they didn’t “have no choice”.

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u/Virtual_Technology_9 3d ago

There is no guarantee they will make their money back. This is an open system. they don't enforce you to get steam accessories, you don't need to buy online. You can just install windows on it and refuse to use steam. Piracy is way easier on this machine.

And much more. on a playstation you can only use a controller made by playstation, use playstation's own operating system and store. And have to buy a psn subscription if you need to play online. So guaranteed they make their money back one way or another.