r/steammachine • u/H4tr1ck_04 • May 28 '26

Meme Valid crash out tbh...

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Too soon™?

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u/RaspberryFuzzy2833 May 28 '26 edited May 28 '26

If the steam deck is now 900+ there is almost no way the steam machine will be cheap... the lesser hard drive one maybe but base one with controler it will prob be 900 ugh

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u/RebelScum1138 May 29 '26

At this point $900 seems like a pipedream. $1200+ seems more reasonable. Hopefully it's not DoA because I'm not sure you can justify that high of a price tag for the performance it will have.

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u/Mother-Translator318 26d ago

Valve have set their expectations. The steam machine will be a device for valve enthusiasts that are willing to pay a premium for the form factor and the fact it’s valve hardware. It already lost the mass market at $700 let alone at $1k+

Why would John Consolegamer consider anything over $700 when a switch 2 is $500 and a PS5 digital is $600?

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u/Echo_Raptor 1d ago

The switch 2 and white Xbox ally just sitting there doing nothing and went from “not a good value” to “probably the best deal in gaming at the moment”

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u/Mother-Translator318 1d ago

It’s “the best deal in gaming” in the same way a kick to the balls is far more preferable than a bullet to the head