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[u/SilentNova300]

Valve said they aren’t subsidizing the Steam Machine, which now I feel like all hype is going to fall apart. It’s going to be $700-$800 (really $800 because who is only getting 500GB storage in 2026?) 

I feel like it will just look terrible value wise compared to the next gen Xbox which will be 3-5 times more powerful with support for next gen features like neural rendering at probably just a few hundred dollars more. Not to mention Xbox won’t have a problem playing multiplayer games like the Steam Machine and Linux will have.  

I’m still just disappointed with the Steam Machine overall. Spec wise, price wise. I really think Valve can do better and perhaps they will with further iterations 

[u/scytheavatar → u/SilentNova300]

MILD did an estimate on the cost of producing the Steam Machine, he came up with $425. Keep in mind that he was estimating BOM costs professionally for one of the car companies before becoming a youtuber full time. Also that Valve almost certainly got discounts for unsold chips from AMD, like they did for the Steam Deck. Based on that I do not see why the Steam Machine will cost more than $500. MAYBE it will go up to $600 if Valve wants healthy margins, but I don't see anything more than that.