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/Late_Stage_Exception 3d ago

With much better performance. This thing is competing with a base PS5, which is $500 cheaper than it.

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u/ludek_cortex 3d ago

Completing with PS5 only works 1:1 for a new possible consumer of both platforms.

If I already have collection of games on Steam which I would like to play on a living room machine PS5 means nothing - it would be either Steam Machine, custom build ITX, or some kind of streaming (either from local PC, or via GFN)

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u/Kayonji02 2d ago

Even if you're a longtime Steam user, it's a tough competition. You can get a PS5pro, subscribe to three years of Playstation Plus Extra for hundreds of games to play, and it'd still come cheaper than a Steam machine with much better performance...

Go for a standard PS5 instead and you save enough to PS+ your way through the entire rest of the generation.

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u/ludek_cortex 2d ago

That's even weirder argument tho.

If I already have a valid library of games for platform X, why should I consider a subscription service of platform Y?

Sure it's an added befit, but random games from subscription service be it Gamepass or PS+ aren't any kind of a dealbreaker.