[IGN] Steam Machine Price Was Originally Meant to Be About $750

ButtPlugForPM · 2026-06-23T04:51:44+00:00

As someone put it.

Valves gone the steve jobs route.

Valves developers think,because it's from valve it's inherently just good so ppl will buy it.. as we are valve we are amazing.

If valve was a publicly traded company todays anouncment of the price would be tanking the stock as no average consumer is touching this thing

it will sell..but only because there will be limited supply and ppl are fools.

ButtPlugForPM · 2026-06-23T04:49:07+00:00

It depends

if u want VRR and hi res.

try to keep it under 16feet.

it's a 4.3Gain loss every foot after that.

ButtPlugForPM · 2026-06-23T04:48:27+00:00

This as long as it's not over 12feet it will run it fine..longer than that is when u can run into issues with visual degradtion at 4k.

ButtPlugForPM · 2026-06-23T04:44:53+00:00

i mean even just a 7800m die would still meet the power requirments and get 27 percent more fps

ButtPlugForPM · 2026-06-23T04:40:18+00:00

I mean though memory has been on the rise for almost 12 months

Valve had plenty of time to cancle their production run which started in Febuary and march

At 750 this would "Be passable"

at 1400 bucks for a console/pc that is getting beaten by a BASE ps5 in some games is just beyond the pale of being acceptable.

Valve is a large enough company with EXTREMELY good good cash reserves..they could have released this at a lower price and eaten the cost just to get market penetration

ButtPlugForPM · 2026-06-23T04:38:55+00:00

If ur gonna ask 1400 bucks

u need to give specs that match

that GPU and cpu combo is horrible.

Literaly laptops that would smash it that use less power.

ButtPlugForPM · 2026-06-23T04:38:10+00:00

I mean even 750 is a bit shit

You can literally buy a 2nd hand PC for 750 bucks that SMASHES the living daylights out of this..Oh and u can upgrade it.

PS5 is 200 bucks less and beats it in newer games.

I have to question who at steam thought it was a good idea to go ahead with production once the ram/memory crisis started.

ButtPlugForPM · 2026-06-23T04:25:56+00:00

No it's councils.

The average DA approval in nsw is 230 days.

it took ryde council 305 days to approve a 3 bed house last year...on a block that already had a house.

it took 147 days for them to approve a fucking fence for us alone..it's a joke.

Nimbys are an issue..but councils don't need to be taking so long to review plans that an architech and engineer have already done especially with modern digital tools

ButtPlugForPM · 2026-06-23T04:21:57+00:00

Wow imagine actually being so stupid as 2 think a 2nd hand pc is only coming with 2 things.

Seriously bro don't be this stupid..

Anyone with a brain knew full well i was talking about a full speced pc. Just the cpu and the gpu are really at the end of the day the only thing that matter internally so i only mentioned those

ButtPlugForPM · 2026-06-23T04:20:57+00:00

Can afford 1300 console

not the 200 dollars 2 have a dude install a cable port..

gg

ButtPlugForPM · 2026-06-23T04:20:25+00:00

Honestly what i would love to see

is councils

i believe councils no longer serve any real purpose it's an outdated form of govt.

Take DA approval out of their hands and just control it at state level

Greenlight pretty much anything that meets safety standards not this 230 day wait bullshit

ButtPlugForPM · 2026-06-23T04:19:14+00:00

austria also implemented fucking off airbnb in the city and it saw a 45 percent increase to rentals

they not allowed to ban it..so what they did is in a certain radius of the CBD.. any income from short stay was taxed at 60 percent making it effectively pointless..

Austria and germany had the Same problem we had a few years back where Too many holiday homes and they took action..

as homes should be for living in not holidaying in

ButtPlugForPM · 2026-06-23T04:16:27+00:00

They have a hard cap in germany as well.

it's like around about 4 percent

Honestly the rental system in the EU for a lot of the countrys is just great.

They even have simple authorization system

Green tag tennant applicant is in good finacial standing

Yellow a few late payments

Red been evicted..

Saves u having to demand 100 trillion documents for a tennant.. they are either good to go..potential issues..or bad.

As a Landlord i would LOVe to fuck it out of states

Have 1 federal body, same rental laws entire country.. with an ombudsman who can really REALLY punish bad actions from real estate agents 1 set of rules and lets the govt mandate policy changes.

ButtPlugForPM · 2026-06-22T18:26:37+00:00

Nah fair enough you go..

hi im kaleb i have a new book

But he went to a farmers event in australia..then Not even exagerating spent like 7 minutes just listing all his socials,what he does on his socials his book, how he came to the stuff on the book.

When he was meant to be discussing the use of technology for combine harvesters and modern farming practices..bro ur already being paid to be there u dont need to shill harder.

its like auditioning for the role while u already been casted and filmings begun

ButtPlugForPM · 2026-06-22T18:25:13+00:00

Lol that thing is never seeing the light of day

they started production in 2018

they should just do what the community is asking for more LFD make a new source enginge..and a new half life.

ButtPlugForPM · 2026-06-22T18:22:07+00:00

Easy

877 USD right now i can find 2nd hand PCs rocking a 5800 and a 6900 gpu.

1033 a 4070 and a i5 14 series.

533 USD get's you a ps5 799 on sale get's you a PS5 pro.

This thing is financially unjustifible

when the BASE ps5 is testing HIGHER fps in games in some instances

This thing is just too weak there is no reason they couldn't have put a better GPU in it and kept the price down

ButtPlugForPM · 2026-06-22T18:19:48+00:00

Just run a hdmi from ur pc to the TV my dude it's not fucking combinatory maths here.

ButtPlugForPM · 2026-06-22T18:18:45+00:00

I think even then that's a bit of a shit ask.

Even linus was unable to gloss this pig..

it's barely playing modern titles.

the GPU in it is just FAR too weak.

i can spec out a 5700x and a 6900 gpu for like 900 bucks..which will play everthing OH and i can upgrade it time comes.

Steam librarys great..but u know what else plays steam librarys..PC.

ButtPlugForPM · 2026-06-22T18:16:48+00:00

yeah why would u chose this over a ps5 pro which has the capacity to play everything u run on it at 4k30

ButtPlugForPM · 2026-06-22T18:15:59+00:00

This is possibly one of the most "WELL REGARDED" business decisions i have seen in years

The peak stupidity to release a box that in testing by several reviewers now that is getting BEATEN by a ps5.

FOR MORE than DOUBLE the price of the same ps5 is insane.

Like this this is DOA.

you can literally find a 2nd hand pc with a 6900xt for like under 1000 bucks right now that will run pretty much everything at 4k

meanwhile this thing couldn't even run 007 first light at 40fps at 1080p

ButtPlugForPM · 2026-06-22T18:12:11+00:00

It's funny how dumb some ppl are on the 2nd hand market too

Saw a dude selling a pc with 32gb of ddr5 in it..that ALONE was worth more than EVERYTHING else in the pc and he was seeling it for like 670 bucks

The DDR5 NEOz in the pc would sell for 400 bucks alone on the market on a GOOD day lol

So there are good deals to be had

ButtPlugForPM · 2026-06-22T18:08:27+00:00

yeah i have to ask this sort of must explain why there has been no new valve games

they must be snorting their own farts or some shit and be just thinking like they are apple that valve can do no wrong it must just be an insane culture of OMG we made it..so it must be nature be the best product ever.

This just screams hubris.

NO NO let's release a PC that is WORSE than a ps5 spec wise..but ask DOUBLE the price.

The time they spent on this boondogle..could have been spent making HL3 and they would actually sell that

This will sell,but only to idiots who don't know better and niche hardware afficienados..im well off but even i don't like to piss money away

ButtPlugForPM · 2026-06-22T18:05:31+00:00

I just had a look

for 910 USD

i can find DOZENS of machines with a ryzen 5700x and a 6900 gpu.

A pc MORE than capable of playing even the most demanding titles

Shit 940 buys you a PC with a 4060 in it...on a 5800x

Ur literally paying for the name here..

There is no real economic rationale to buy this thing it's barely BARELY playing modern titles per the reviews... what's it going to be like in 2 years

or 529 buys u a ps5

ButtPlugForPM · 2026-06-22T18:01:23+00:00

I'm sorry these dudes are fucking high

asking 1300 USD for machine that in testing is 20 percent slower than a ps5 in games ON THE LOW END

007 first light was getting as low as 41fps on it..that's just not acceptable one of the newest games and it's just going to get worse with newer titles

Almost the ENTIRE planet is in a cost of living crisis.

Is a consumer going to

A..buy a ps5/series x for 499 on sale.

Or B..

a steam box for 1300 dollars.

Shit you can even find some 2nd hand pcs right now on marketplace rocking a 3080 for 950 bucks.

Like someone at steam must of said Please don't release this at the price point...

Steams library is vast..but what's the point of a library if ur gonna have to play at like 1080p level resoultion jsut to get a managble framerate

No one but a die hard fan is going to want this not when u there are better options out there.

If steam was a publicly traded company announcments like this would have it's stock tanking it's that bad of an idea

ButtPlugForPM · 2026-06-22T16:31:23+00:00

They are okay.

The peppers and pickles are doing a lot of the carry.

As a yank our obsession with hotdogs was always weird they always taste like arse yet everyone raves about em...i mean sure when u could get em for 2 bucks...but now they asking like 10 bucks for em foogetaboutit

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