Steam Machine launches today • Hacker News Board

Re: Steam Machine launches today

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Post by GL26 » Mon, Jun 22, 2026, 5:34 PM UTC

This seems very expensive for what a PC can do :(. A PC can be fully customizable with price ranges that are lower than the steam machine. The "hardcore console gamers" live on PS, and Xbox, and for "casual gamers", a Nintendo Switch would provide much better bang for you buck.

Re: Steam Machine launches today

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Post by bravetraveler » Mon, Jun 22, 2026, 5:35 PM UTC

Mildly disappointed to see 1GbE when spending [at least] a thousand dollars. Stupid datacenters squeezing all the chips.

Re: Steam Machine launches today

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Post by vachina » Mon, Jun 22, 2026, 5:35 PM UTC

I have a Series X with a very similar spec just sitting there collecting dust. I hope one day it will run linux like the PS5 and run Steam lol.

Re: Steam Machine launches today

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Post by asmnzxklopqw » Mon, Jun 22, 2026, 5:36 PM UTC

Are they crazy to ask for this price? Few months ago I have bought a minipc with amd 8845hs 8/16c, 32GB RAM, 512GB NVME for €519

Re: Steam Machine launches today

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Post by pursuitofugly » Mon, Jun 22, 2026, 5:36 PM UTC

calebio wrote: post #17

pursuitofugly wrote: post #11

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Did you just stop scrolling at the first group of people to come and make this comment?

Yes

Re: Steam Machine launches today

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Post by panikal » Mon, Jun 22, 2026, 5:36 PM UTC

Ekaros wrote: post #6

Component pricing is bad. As even Valve can't get half of the hardware while other half is semi-custom... And this likely goes on until AI really dies or stabilises...

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Re: Steam Machine launches today

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Post by Tiberium » Mon, Jun 22, 2026, 5:37 PM UTC

I think a lot of people expected it to be in the ~$600 price range, maybe ~$800 at worst. RAM prices made it quite expensive...

Re: Steam Machine launches today

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Post by red_hare » Mon, Jun 22, 2026, 5:37 PM UTC

Venn1 wrote: post #7

I was expecting $1200 for the base model, so $1,049 without a controller is nice to see. Having to enter a lottery to buy one makes it feel like Valve doesn’t have new stock in the pipeline for the foreseeable future.

Eh, it was the exact same system for the Switch 2 and no one I know waited more than a week for theirs.

Given it requires a Steam login of a certain age to register, I suspect this is just to limit the scalpers.

Re: Steam Machine launches today

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Post by littlecranky67 » Mon, Jun 22, 2026, 5:37 PM UTC

itsrobreally wrote: post #5

Rooster61 wrote: post #4

$1049 for the base package? Much better than I thought it was going to be. I figured minimum $1200.

I mean, it is $1200 if you want a controller included

If you want a steam controller included. You can use also PS4/PS5 or Xbox controllers easily on linux (and thus steamOS) nowadays. I use a Ps5 controller on my setup, even though I never had a ps4 or ps5.

Re: Steam Machine launches today

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Post by matthew_hre » Mon, Jun 22, 2026, 5:37 PM UTC

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