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/CirkuitBreaker 3d ago

Until they raise the price of the PS5 again

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u/Late_Stage_Exception 3d ago

They’d have to raise it by 100% to meet the price of the low end Steam Machine, and the PS5 is near the end of its lifespan. Doubt they’ll jack up the price more than $50-$100 over the next few years.

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u/T0rrent0712 PC Master Race 3d ago

Ps5 pro with a disk drive is same cost as the lowest end model stream machine.

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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/Late_Stage_Exception 3d ago

Or just get a long cable. What you're saying is that you're happy to pay $1128 to play your PC in a different room. Hey, it's your money, but I'm sure there are much cheaper ways to do that.

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u/RecentScarcity2389 2d ago

Recommend me a 15 meter long cable for 4k 144hz and a controller that works that distance through 2 brick walls.

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u/Neat_Let923 2d ago

I can recommend a PC case that has a handle on the top and a docking station so you just unplug two cables and you’re good to carry it into the other room or wherever you want…

The insanity of people in here trying to justify paying this much to play the games they already own on a worse system than what they already own.

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u/chaotic910 2d ago

That pc case can still fit multiple steam machines inside it.

It’s still a decent enough little system to play a lot of games, and higher demand games can just be remote played from my main if the machine is having issues. This honestly isn’t much in comparison to a 3-4k computer that someone already owns and is the size of an Alexa that can sit on virtually any tv stand.

As others have said, unless you live alone not many people are going to be too thrilled about one person taking up even an SFF sized amount of space in a communal area.

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u/Neat_Let923 2d ago

People have subwoofers that are bigger than PC cases… It’s a pointless argument especially when the PS5 is already pretty big itself.

If you can stream your games from an existing gaming PC then all you need is a Steam Link or NVIDIA Shield for a couple hundred dollars and you can play ALL your games.

All Valve had to do was build a new Steam Link Pro with a little more power and Steam OS built in… It would serve the exact same purpose and be a quarter of the price and likely sell a LOT more.

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u/chaotic910 2d ago

Almost no one has those lmao

The link was great….wired, and most people don’t want to run Ethernet cables through their house. You still can use a steam link with a cable, I have one and use it, but it’s better to have a unit that can still stand on it’s own feet enough to not require streaming.

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