Predict the price for the Steam Machine

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JRPGfan said:

G2ThaUNiT said:

The price of the replacement parts for the Steam Deck isn't that much, so that doesn't seem to be much of a factor in perceived value, but then again, how much of the public are gonna go to iFixit to get replacements parts lol

I don't think the Steam Machine should be priced more than $600 at the very most for the base model. Preferably $500, but, we also don't know how much things like tariffs and the massive increase in RAM prices recently will affect the final price.

I still think it will sell well at 600$.
700$ will be pushing it..... sales will stall, because I think most pc users, will build themselves if it means they can save 100$.

Newegg pc, sold Prebuilt :

i5-13400F + RTX 5060 + 32GB RAM + 1TB NVMe M.2 SSD + windows 11
Comes in a small tower:

^ this is 870$ and  much more powerful than the steam machine is.


There are 100's of PC's like this, around this price range at various sites selling prebuildt pc's.

Why should Valve get to charge anywhere near this for its steam machine?

It shouldn't, and consumers won't go for it.

But the Steam machine is likely to have a controller of some kind. Also, they like money and it's not like consoles wouldn't be really expensive these days, as they'll likely price it competetively to consoles.