Steam Machine price leak suggests it will cost as much as an iPhone

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https://www.tweaktown.com/news/109655/steam-machine-price-leak-suggests-it-will-cost-as-much-as-an-iphone/index.html

TL;DR: Valve’s upcoming Steam Machine, set for release in 2026, aims to combine affordability and ease of use. Recent leaks suggest prices around $950 for a 512GB model and $1,070 for 2TB, comparable to high-end devices, though official pricing remains unconfirmed amid memory supply challenges.

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lambipapp@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Heads-up, the leak was from a non authorized retailer. So this has been confirmed to be more or less a retailers price speculation with added middle man mark-up. Take this leak for what it is, guesswork

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- EvilBit@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  ALSO: they include a 21% VAT
  
  ALSO ALSO: They have said online that it was just a guess and that Reddit sucks
  
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- Krafting@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Especially when this specific retailers has the hight margin of them all, adding like 200$ to their steam deck prices…
  
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squaresinger@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
“An iPhone” is such a weird comparison to make.

In my region I can buy new iPhones from €119 (iPhone SE 32GB) to €2400 (iPhone 17 Pro Max 2TB).

I hope the steam machine is somewhere in between this range.

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- cholesterol@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  It’s just a way to clickbait.
  
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- yermaw@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  An unconfirmed leak of an estimation puts the price somewhere between 100 and 2500.
  
  I’m tired boss.
  
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- nyctre@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Yeah, I read the title and had no idea what number to expect. My first thought was 1.5-2k.
  
  Also, that’s an easy wish right there. It will 100% be somewhere in between those numbers, don’t worry.
  
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  - squaresinger@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    
    Also, that’s an easy wish right there. It will 100% be somewhere in between those numbers, don’t worry.
    
    That was my joke.
    
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jordanlund@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I love all the articles going “It’s going to cost more than you expect!!!” and I’m like “Really? Because I ‘expected’ around $1,000…”

It’s like people haven’t been watching pricing in the last year or so…

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- pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Yeah. I’ve paid $1,000.00 for a solid gaming PC before, and got much worse results than I expected from “A SteamDeck that knows it is plugged in.”
  
  Kind of a non-news item, to me.
  
  I’m not buying a new model every year at that price, but if I expect it to last 5-10 years, I’ll probably end up buying one.
  
  A bunch of this is going to come down to Valve’s build quality, warranty support, and whether these Steam Machine are repairable or not.
  
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- pathief@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I was hoping for a 700/800 euros TBH. 1k is kinda pushed since this is going to be marketed as a console, a kinda underpowered one at that.
  
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  - jordanlund@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    800 Euros is $930 US which is probably close to reality, but the problem is gaming pricing as a rule looks at the number as being comparable without conversion.
    
    So you get sillyness like the PS5 Pro launching at $699 US but £699 and €799. Even though that conversion comes out to be $699 $937 and $930.
    
    I could see them launching at $1,000 US and then trying to go “Well, that’s the same as £1,000 or €1,000” when it’s not.
    
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- Xttweaponttx@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Right, though?? I’ve been expecting like 700-900$ range and have been satisfied knowing that’ll be the price! They’ve proven their hardware slaps and their software sucks the least - I don’t meet to know anything else to be sold!
  
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  - BaroqueInMind@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    What if I told you it also sucks your cock while doing your taxes?
    
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- FatVegan@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I find it quite interesting that people just put a 500 dollar price tag on it since the first leaks. And now everyone thinks it’s too expensive no matter what, because there is no way it’s 500 dollars.
  
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- leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Seriously, how was anyone expecting less than $1,000 before the RAM bubble?
  
  Given the current RAM prices anything less than $2,000 would almost certainly be selling it at a loss, or as a kit without RAM, so I expect Valve will just have to cancel it.
  
  Shit’s fucked.
  
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cecilkorik@piefed.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Whether it’s true or not, I’ve heard a lot of people complaining about the possibility of a price point like this and it really blows my mind how twisted people’s expectations are about these price points. Like people line up overnight for a chance to buy iPhones, the same as the one already in their pocket but with a new function in the camera app or something, and then you get something that is almost an entirely new class of product and far more capable for the same price at a time when we’re facing unprecedented shortages, and people are pissed off about it? Double standards much?

I wish it was $200 too, but like, we don’t live in that world anymore. I’m sorry, but that world died from Covid and any medicine that could’ve cured it was lost in trade wars and its corpse was blown up in real wars. It’s not coming back.

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- jordanlund@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  For real! And you see all those comments about “Why isn’t it priced like a console?” and I’m like “My brother in Christ, have you SEEN console prices lately?” $600, $650, $700, $750, $800?
  
  Handhelds are even worse.
  
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- tiramichu@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  People are accustomed to consoles being unnaturally cheap, and even as manufacturing costs sky-rocket manufacturers are still eating a lot of that increase because they don’t want to lose sales to the competition, and expect they can make money back later on game sales and online service subscriptions.
  
  Valve meanwhile doesn’t have that approach, and will be selling the the Steam Box for at least what it costs.
  
  It will be exactly the same story with the Steam Frame - everyone is hoping it will be price-competitive with the Meta Quest but I can almost guarantee it won’t. It will be FAR more expensive.
  
  Why? Because Meta are making money back later with advertising, and selling your data, while Valve are just providing a device.
  
  If you want a little privacy, Linux support, and hardware you control, you’ll have to be prepared to pay a premium for it.
  
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BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
That’s a few hundred dollars more than I hoped, but because of the slop-manufactured memory situation, I’m not surprised.

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- iamthetot@piefed.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I’d expect at least the first wave to not be affected by slopocalypase pricing. To target a 1Q26 release date they had to have contracts well in advance.
  
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  - leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Micron is altering the contract, pray they don’t alter it any further.
    
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kboos1@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
“Cost as much as an iPhone”, I’m not sure if you’re complaining about how expensive the iPhone is or the Steam Machine.

According to the site, the SM will be around $1,100 for the upgraded storage and the cheapest iPhone is around $1,000, so I fail to see the comparison.

Assuming it is around $1,000 that’s not a deal breaker. I heard that the leak came from a store in Europe so I would expect the price to be much lower because we won’t be spending retail.

In the US a Steam Deck is about $200-$300 more retail than if you buy it direct. So if they says $1,100 then I would expect the SM to be closer to $800, which would be closer to a lowerend gaming PC

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devfuuu@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
As expected. It’s an expected price. It’s a pc for playing in a small cube form. I have no idea why anyone thought it would be cheaper. So many phones already are above that price point.

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Chronographs@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Not too surprising, subtract around $400 and that’s what the price probably would have been without ram prices exploding.

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Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I was expecting PS5 performance at PS5 Pro prices.

The recent leaks will be including 21% VAT in Czech Republic too. It’s about the same as the PS5 Pro in the UK.

It’s not a great value proposition, but depends how much you value open source.

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absquatulate@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Is this Valve’s way of gauging the market? Cause it sure feels like it

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- boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Well likely their cost for memory has gone up by a few hundred in the last month or 2
  
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artyom@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
DOA at that price but I don’t believe it.

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MystValkyrie@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
This is clickbait. Valve didn’t use third-party resellers with the Steam Deck for anti-scalping reasons, and it’s unlikely they would for the Steam Deck as well. I’m surprised how many news outlets and commenters are taking this at face value.

I’m not saying the Steam Machine won’t be that price, though I certainly hope it won’t be. I’m just saying we shouldn’t take a random posting from a random Czech website at face value, considering Valve’s established business model.

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Lemmchen@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Ignoring the source is absolute bullshit: If it’s that expensive, they can save themselves the trouble of developing, it’s dead on arrival.

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Gerudo@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I’ve been anticipating $800+, and with storage and ram now, I honestly doubt less than $900. Look at current gaming handheld and console pricing. 1k isn’t an insane prediction with current markets.

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- cardfire@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I paid about $450 for mid-range Mini PC and another $450 for a smallish egpu that should match the performance of what’s going in the Steam Machine. That was before the Rampocalypse, and I would still expect valve company to have contracted with manufacturers and component packages upstream from the public announcement so I’m still crossing my fingers people can buy these things for sub $1000.
  
  Hot take: I think they should only allow any one Steam account to purchase one or two units total and require at least one paid game purchase in the account history, thus frustrating the efforts of scalpers.
  
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David_Eight@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I hope not, that’s pretty terrible pricing for what you’re getting.

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- pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  There will probably be a hefty convenience tax in the price of the SteamDeck, in exchange for my not having to learn a bunch of facts about graphics cards that I’m not sure I will never afford anyway.
  
  Valve bought my trust with my SteamDeck. Let’s see if they spend it well when I eventually buy a Steam Machine.
  
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  - David_Eight@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    But why buy the Steam Machine over a PlayStation at that point? Your getting worse performance for twice the money. Isn’t the SM meant to convert console players, most current Steam users already have PCs. Or am I looking at this all wrong?
    
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Sharkticon@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Woof. That’s going to be a no for me dog.

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Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
800-900 is what they can ask for it I guess. If it’s more it’s gonna get slow sales, which could be okay as Valve doesn’t really need it the way Sony needs a Playstation to sell.

I don’t think I’ll buy it on release as my Steam Deck is good enough for me alongside my Playstation. I might buy it after its first price drop (if it doesn’t increase instead).

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TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Bullshit.

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rotopenguin@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
This is all assuming that the dollar is worth anything in the future. The way things are going, uh maybe not

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