Steam Machine starts at $1049

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The pricing is insane. Even if Valve is selling it a loss, while the big 3 tend to sell their consoles at a loss or breakeven with that money being made up with subscriptions and game purchases. 

I do wonder if Sony or Microsoft is seeing the versions without a controller and are thinking if they could sell a PS5 or Xbox Series X|S for $50 less without a controller. I know the Xbox One controller works fine on the Xbox Series X|S. Not sure if a PS4 controller works on a PS5.