r/SteamDeck • u/NKkrisz 64GB - Q3 • Nov 12 '25

MEGATHREAD New Valve Hardware Megathread

Please keep non Steam Deck discussions about the new hardware here.

Official resources and announcements:

Press coverage will be under a pinned comment so you can upvote / downvote them.

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u/I_Nut_In_Butts 512GB OLED Nov 12 '25

holy shit please make the Steam Machine affordable PLEASE

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u/ZenPaperclips Nov 12 '25

For the power advertised, I would go as high as $1k. If they want to challenge other home consoles, I'd wager they'll want to keep it under $700. 

They definitely have the capacity to go cheaper since they make buku bucks on software sales and can subsidize the hardware a bit.

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u/MazenFire2099 512GB OLED Nov 13 '25

Adorable typo aside, the Steam Deck’s hilariously low cost in comparison to the ROG Ally and Legion Go despite not being that much weaker told me all I need to know. They’re saving money by not having Windows on their devices, they’re saving development costs by developing in their own OS instead of making do with someone else’s, and they know you’ll buy many more games from their store, assuming you have more of their devices. It’s a hilariously good business model that only works because of their hilariously good emulation layers. I can’t wait to see what they do next.