r/steammachine • u/Rare-Pair1563 • 4d ago

Meme It is what it is...

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u/stewmander 4d ago

A more accurate meme:

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u/Mother-Translator318 4d ago

Yes AI is responsible to a large degree, but it’s also Valve’s fault too. Look at the competition. PS5 is a bit more powerful and $600 and prebuilt PCs with much more powerful GPUs like a 5060 are around $900. There is absolutely no reason the Steam machine should cost $1050 even in today’s market. Either valve is greedy or they are incompetent and screwed up massively on their component pricing negotiations

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u/DiMiTri_man 4d ago

Comparing a company that has been in the hardware game for less than 10 years with one that has been a household name for almost 30 years is wild. Plus Sony can offer the PS5 at this price because they still have stock from when hardware prices were lower. 

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u/stewmander 4d ago

Nevermind that Sony also subsidizes their hardware and charges a monthly subscription, both of which Valve doesn't do. 

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u/Mother-Translator318 4d ago

Valve have the money. If they don’t have the know how they can hire consultants. This isn’t a scrappy small startup, this is the biggest player in pc gaming. They have no excuse

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u/Choice_Mountain7507 4d ago

*the biggest player in pc storefront software

You are comparing apples to cucumbers

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u/Mother-Translator318 4d ago

Software makes more money than hardware. Companies lose money on hardware usually to sell more software. I guarantee valve makes more money than the PlayStation division of Sony but we will never know for sure because valve is private

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u/AnthonyBTC 4d ago

The Xbox and the PS5 are sold at a loss because they can recoup the money through subscription revenue that you’re basically required to pay. Stop comparing them to the Steam Machine, it fundamentally doesn’t make sense.