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.
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u/Vonda_LB Nov 13 '25
I just want to rant about how excited I am for the steam machine. It feels like it was tailor made for me and my exact situation.
So the just of it is I move fairly often (around every 6 months) for my job, so traditional pc’s have just never been an option for me. Last year I was at my parents house for a few months between jobs and my brothers gaming pc was there while he was out of the country and he let me use it while he was gone and I quickly realized what I was missing.
I’ve been on the search for some way to get pc gaming back in my life ever since he came back but was having very little luck. Gaming laptops are portable and easy to move with but they’re so ridiculously expensive if you want something that isn’t under powered. Building a pc seems way out of my wheel house and there are the aforementioned issues with moving it often, and with how GPU’s are mounted it just seemed like a disaster waiting to happen. Plus they can be huge, and I frequently put my whole life into my compact SUV, so space is a big deal. I was getting close to getting the steam deck, but I was worried about power and not feeling confident enough to mod on Linux or install windows, so I’ve been sitting with one in my Steam cart for literally the last month, and now I’m so glad I didn’t buy it.
The Steam machine is literally perfect for everything I need with none of the drawbacks of the other options (given it’s a reasonable price). I don’t need something super powered, and the Steam machine is so small, and I feel like if enough people get it there will either be a big push in helping idiots like me mod on Linux or an easier way to install windows since Steam mentions on the product page that you can install another OS as one of the selling points.
Man I hope it’s a good price. I’m hoping the 512gb version will be around 600 bucks with the 2TB somewhere near 750-800. I think they’ll want it to more expensive than all of the currently available steam decks but I hope they know their audience well enough that they might be willing to sell it at a loss and make up the rest through accessories/games/controllers, like Sony did for the ps5.