Comment on Steam Machine pricing announced (from $1049-$1428 USD), reservation lists open
black0ut@pawb.social 1 week agoGamers Nexus released a parts list with better performance for cheaper. And it’s more upgradable than the Steam Machine. And it doesn’t suffer from high temps.
The sad reality is that this product is not competitive in today’s expensive market. The original leaked price range ($550-$750) would have been competitive, and a price hike to $850 would have been reasonable after the AI hardware price hikes. But Valve is a company that can make use of the economy of scale, and it shouldn’t have developed a PC that has issues and still turns out to be more expensive than a DIY PC with similar specs.
And before anyone mentions it, yes, I wanted this product to succeed. Valve has been bringing a lot of gamers to the Linux world, and that could be good for us. If the price was good, I was even thinking about buying a steam machine myself, because my system is getting old. I’m still hyped for the steam frame, but the steam machine is not it. Not at this price, at least.
I literally said “it has to be more than a 10% price difference”. And if you’re bad at math, that’s more than $100.
And that extra $100 gets you warranty from Valve, a sleek compact form factor, and a ready-to-go system.
The price from GN is less than a $100 difference. And their point was basically to show that you can’t get much cheaper than Valve’s price, and that it is actually competitive.
hirihit640@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
only $70 cheaper…
And considerably larger. The small form factor of the steam machine is a big advantage for many.
Gamers Nexus just proved that the steam machine is competitively priced in the current landscape