Steam Machine Announces Pricing

[RAMROD 116,571]

 

 

 

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steammachine

[EART HL I NG 946]

Damn those prices, I’ll stick with my PC/ Steam Deck thanks.

also that controller looks hideous

Edited 8 hours ago by EART HL I NG

[nATAH 56,014]

jesus wept

[Bronco 23,271]

Looking at the specs vs the UK price and you can genuinely build a gaming PC with a similar spec for less or a better spec for the same price. 
Hell you can go to pc builders, pay their build fee and still do better for the same price. 

The ram is okay but 16GB DDR5 is only £160. 
The CPU is good. 
But the GPU is not exactly the greatest. RDNA 3 is old in tech years. It's been out for 4 years by the time the steam machine is out and this specific GPU has a weaker performance than mid-range GPU's using RDNA 3 on the market like the RX 7600 which is £300 on average. 
High end GPU's are struggling with the latest game engines, an older and below-mid tier GPU is just not worth it. Unless the "semi-custom" element is significantly custom. 

So at £460, you've already got equal ram and a better GPU. You can get an slightly weaker CPU (4.2 GHz vs 4.8GHz) in the Ryzen 5 for £150. And a 2TB SSD for £230 (can get cheaper if you don't go for the NVMe and stick with SATA). 
So with the big ticket items above, you're at £840. The 512GB model without a controller is £879. 

And then there's the added factor - you can update your custom built Desktop. Switch out a GPU when an upgrade is possible. Grab extra RAM when finances allow etc. 
If you want an updated Steam Machine, you'll need to buy a fully built sequel model in a few years or just buy a new desktop PC. 

Feels like a shameless cash grab aimed at people who don't know enough to get a better deal tbh
 

Edited 7 hours ago by Bronco

[Roughhouse Dandy 13,388]

Yeah, nah. PS5/6 it is. 

[Petie Estie 5,694]

AI really ruining literally everything on earth including the planet itself. This is crazy. Maybe one day they will build enough damn factories to meet demand again and things will calm down. idk why capitalism is failing at the one and only thing it's supposed to do right now. 

[Charmi3 162]

are they serious? so if I want the base model and a Switch 2 that's a quick $2300+ AU 

[Junko Enoshima 4,428]

In this economy? 

Genuinely **** AI

[TheOriginalOne 11,477]

What even is the point of it at that price. Might as well buy a PC

Edited 2 hours ago by TheOriginalOne

[StarstruckIllusion 53,481]

…hype: canceled i fear

[Princess Diana 24,487]

Diabolical 

[Hadrian 2,392]

I don't know what this is, but I for sure don't want to waste money on one. 

And what the fvck is that controller. 

Edited 3 hours ago by Hadrian

[TwistedTeeth 2,596]

I want it.

It's basically a really good PC that's ultra compact. It can have a keyboard and mouse plugged into it too! Also, the only reason the price is so high is because of AI and data centers. 

[RAMROD 116,571]

1 hour ago, TwistedTeeth said:

I want it.

It's basically a really good PC that's ultra compact. 

It's not very good, or actually at that price, it's terrible, it can't even beat base PS5 & XBox Series X performance during test  

 

 

https://www.digitalfoundry.net/reviews/steam-machine-beautiful-hardware-console-performance-at-a-price

 

It will be glorified paperweight at best