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Valve confirms Steam Machine will be priced ‘like a PC with the same level of performance’
(www.videogameschronicle.com)
Where am I supposed to be able to get $3,600 to buy this?
SLPT: Drug dealing. You can make a lot of money in a short amount of time
You have two kidneys, don't you?
I went to PCPartPicker and tried to assemble a similarly spec'd PC, not with the absolute cheapest components, but definitely from the lower end sorted by price, it came out close to $800.
I guess if Valve can price it at that and be smaller it might have a market, but if much more than that people are better off just buying a PC.
P.S. Since Valve is not buying retail I think there is room for lower than that, and it'd definitely be welcome, but I'm not sure Valve will make that decision.
2x8 GB RAM for 130 dollars? What the fuck? I knew theyve gotten more expensive recently but that stings.
PCPartPicker has a general price tracker where you can see how much RAM has spiked in such a short time. It really emphasizes how crazy things have gotten
"more expensive" really is underselling it. It's out of control. Some kits have tripled.
Brother it's so bad. I've been trying to help a friend do one recently, or at least plan it, and I've watched my previously $85 2x16 sticks of GSkill DDR5 (like the cheapest option I had) shoot up to like $260 in under a month has been insane. It's not even good ram....
Yeah, the AI (manufactured) hype has caused RAM prices to skyrocket thanks to them buying out ALL the fucking RAM for those servers.
It would cost me about a grand to make a pc that still not up to par with a ps5 where I live.
Remember, an Xbox series X now costs $600 for digital edition ($800 for 2tb + disk drive)
Why would anyone want it then? Just install Steam on your machine and use it...
As it says in the article, it'll be smaller and quieter, so less offensive for most people's living rooms than a full-size desktop. It's not meant to replace your existing PC if you have one, unless it was getting old and you were about to replace it anyway. If you don't have a PC, or don't have one in the living room, then it might be a better option than anyone else's prebuilt.
And, as with any standardized hardware, it's a lot easier to ensure games and services (like Proton) perform reliably.
Time will tell if this sells enough, but it could become the new standard for industry benchmarking/testing.
I mean, it's fine to do so, as long as you have PC hardware that meets your needs. Valve would be fine with it too. As long as it can run Steam, all good. For Valve, I expect that the Steam Machine is to provide an easy-to-set-up option a la consoles that let them move into the living room for people who have an issue with that. If you can already use/configure a PC and have one, then that option is gonna work too.
The biggest advantages it has over other PCs is CEC and Wake on USB(controller) enabled out of the box. Those are the two features I miss the most on my HTPC.
Other major advantages are the form factor and standardized design making it smaller and most likely more reliable than a comparable PC.
There are people who exist between "I build, format and otherwise manage my own gaming rig," and "I don't need a PC for games."
My partner is a perfect example. She has my old PC shell, with some $500 of GPU, internal memory, and accessories, hooked up to the TV. She uses it daily, almost exclusively for Steam games and streaming services that she finds more comfortable to navigate with a keyboard and mouse. A smaller, quieter, streamlined, "this more or less will do the things you want to do straight out of the box" product would have saved both her (and I, because that thing has has some troubleshooting) a lot of headache, while looking far more presentable to boot.
Maybe she's the odd one out and the target audience is more niche than my bias' recognize, but I guess we'll see for sure when this thing releases.
That's a lot for someone who doesn't understand computers beyond Windows and MacOS. People also don't realise that since the PS4 and the Xbox One every console is just a X86-64 machine. So, I think it's a good move from Valve. Also it will be easier to manage and optimise for Valve if all their hardware is the same, a bit like Apple.
People without gaming rigs that don’t wanna spend almost as much for a console
I don't understand. Why pay the same for the same power just to get a less maintainable machine that is barely usable outside gaming?
How is it barely usable outside gaming? Its a fully functional Linux desktop computer
I used Linux for regular desktop stuff before I installed Steam on it. Steam got me back into gaming.
Almost same, I use Linux on my laptop for regular stuff and just have a console.
Now suddenly valve has made steam and almost all gaming Linux native! I definitely want one lol
Why is it barely usable outside of gaming?
People do occasionally buy new computers, and this one looks likely to be a better choice than most of what's on the market.
Ofcourse it will. Anyone expecting any less are just optimists
Think about it this way, people. Yes, it may be more expensive than a PlayStation. However, Steam offers numerous deals several times a year, so it will be worth the investment. In the long run, owning a Steam Machine or PC will pay for itself.
Unfortunately, due to the craze of AI server farms, PC parts are becoming more expensive. For example, the price of RAM has doubled, and analysts say that SSDs will suffer the same fate.
Maybe we will all benefit if the 14 year old kids gets a steam machine, instead of some cheap pos with loads of errors, slowness etc = extra rage in games.
Thanks all the same Valve. For 900 or more, you can keep it. We're good. 👍
I know speculation is fun, but until we know the price officially, all of this is moot. Wait until next year when they announce actual pricing and judge it then for its value.
I, personally, don't think it'll be a successful product if it isn't less than $800. They don't have to have it cost console prices, but it does need to be at least somewhat within spitting distance. If the price is the cost of an Xbox or Playstation plus, say.....a year of their online service subscription, I think that could be marketable.
If it's closer to a grand, it'll be a flop like the first Steam Machines.
Over, under
$500 USD?
Definitely over 500$. Considering the statement it sounds like it will be at least 800 dollars.
Yeah, I've been guessing $800-1000. That's a decent deal on a prebuilt with this performance.
IIRC from an earlier article, they're still looking at factors and don't yet know for sure (I suspect that it might be that Trump tariffs and whether they will stand is an input).
That sucks. I hoped Valve would price it competitively to boost the sales and adoption. But why would I buy this "crippled" PC for the same price I can buy retail? The main gripe for me is Gabecube has no room for upgrade, not even second drive, nothing. Which obviously is not the case with self built PC.
Don't get me wrong I still like the idea, but the price just must make sense.
I'm curious to see how the price will be affected as consumer PCs get stronger every year. Will they update the Steam Machine every couple of years, or will they decrease the price? I have to assume they are targeting a neutral price because their primary goal is to assemble a linux box with as little margin as possible and put it in front of you for an actual fair price, but "fair price" is a moving target.
Personally, I'm all for getting what I pay for. People who sell to you at a loss are up to something.
Is this anounced to boost the sales of a yet-to-be-revealed steam link 2 ?
Steam Link 2 is just a Google TV or similar device with the Steam Link app installed. They never stopped the project, just shifted focus.
A PC of similar performance is about $550 so I don't get what they're saying about it not been priced like a console. That's about exactly what a Series S would cost.
A PC of similar performance is about $550
where did you get that? With the price increases of pc components in recent months, it's more like $750+.
