US EditionValve’s Steam Machine Could Cost You PC Money, Not Console Money
Valve aims to price Steam Machine around $700-$800 to match similar-performance PCs without hardware subsidies, focusing on mid-level living-room gaming PC features.
- Valve confirmed on the Friends Per Second podcast that on November 22, Pierre-Loup Griffais said the Steam Machine will be priced like PCs without subsidies.
- Estimates put the Steam Machine at $700-$800 and likely above $750, which compares to the PS5 base model priced at $549.99 and may be a hard sell if $600 or more.
- Valve says the console surpasses 70% of registered gaming PCs in GPU level and features a 7600 CPU and 7600 GPU, relying on FSR for 4K and including small form factor and four antenna design.
- Critics warn a $200 revenue gap could shrink Steam storefront sales and urge third-party manufacturers to ship SteamOS devices to offset Valve's refusal to subsidize adoption.
- Right now Valve says it is refining pricing and cannot provide a firm number because external costs are fluctuating, while recent market chatter, including Linus Sebastian and LinusTechTips' $500 console price reference, has amplified debate.
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Valve Confirms Steam Machine Will Not Be Subsidized Hardware Like Consoles, and Some Are Questioning That Strategy While Bracing Themselves for a 'Current PC Market' Price
Valve has provided the strongest indication yet that the Steam Machine price will be set with similar performance PCs in mind, and confirmed it has no plans to subsidize the hardware like console manufacturers do by eating a big loss on each unit sold.
Valve confirms the Steam Machine will be priced like a PC, not a console
The potential price of the Steam Machine has been hotly debated. With comparisons to the Xbox One and PS5 – and some using the "hybrid PC/Console" description – the expectation was that Valve would price the device closer to a console than a PC with the equivalent hardware.Read Entire Article
Valve’s Steam Machine could cost you PC money, not console money
Valve has confirmed that its upcoming Steam Machine will be priced “in line with the current PC market” rather than being subsidised like traditional consoles. The move signals a shift in hardware strategy and sets new expectations for buyers.
Valve says the new Steam Machine will match midrange PC pricing but still offer strong value
Valve’s next big gaming hardware experiment, the Steam Machine, may look like a console you’d slide next to your TV but don’t expect console pricing. Instead, Valve wants it to sit closer to what gamers would pay if they built their own midrange PC. And that says a lot about where the global gaming market is going.On the Friends Per Second podcast, Valve coder Pierre-Loup Griffais confirmed that the device is aiming for the same performance-to-p…
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