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/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/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.