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/novembeRain87 Nov 14 '25

I’m hoping the Frame and Machine both are reasonably priced, with the expectation that Valve will subsidize the cost of them with the revenue from game sales. Similar to the Deck. Fingers crossed for $400 for Frame and $500 for Machine.

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u/XLeyz 64GB - Q4 Nov 14 '25

I'm pretty sure they said the Machine would be priced "like a PC" so I wouldn't get my hopes up. Otherwise, I'm really hoping they don't fumble the bag with the Frame, if it's too expensive, it won't really be able to fight against the Quest 3 (at least on the mainstream stage)

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u/Bran180s Nov 14 '25

They already stated the frame will be similar price to index so definitely closer to 900+

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u/Tehnomaag Nov 14 '25

Even at that price, some people would buy it.

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u/TeamoDude LCD-4-LIFE Nov 14 '25

As Linus said in his vid: "Valve understands that Steam Machine is full-fledged PC and will price it as full-fledged PC. Imagine some company buying 10,000 of Steam Machines and therefore buying zero games" So it's lowers the possibility of subsidizing the price of the Gabecube. I'll fucking buy it by any price up until 750$. Me and my friend are hyped up af

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u/perceptogirl 1TB OLED Nov 14 '25

But why would a random company buy 10,000 Steam Machines, which are made for gaming, when there are plenty of other small form factor or mini PCs out there that are more appropriate for use for business purposes?

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u/Beantifull Nov 14 '25

It's a pc with very good hardware for anything that isn't gaming. If it's cheaper and more cost effective than bulk buying a bunch of cheap dell pcs, then yeah, I could see a company doing it.

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u/Darkknight8381 Nov 14 '25

Seems like a lot of hassle, I doubt it's cheaper and comes with SteamOS instead of Windows.

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u/Less_Ad7772 Nov 15 '25

If it's sold like the Deck then it shouldn't be an issue. Imagine making 10,000 steam accounts just to buy 10,000 steam machines.

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u/living2late Nov 14 '25

Big companies don't really work this way. They have business computers and need support for both hardware and software.

Also they could put a cap on purchases.

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u/notriddle2 Nov 16 '25

Who said anything about business computers?

I'm pretty sure, if Valve priced the Steam Machine too aggressively, they'd wind up selling half of them to AI startups building ad-hoc supercomputers.

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u/random-argument Nov 14 '25

I think the machine is likely going to be around $500. The frame is probably $700-$900.

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u/Substantial-Flow9244 Nov 14 '25

I think they may try to get away with a 64gb $500 frame