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No. Lol.

No, but it's not the issue of the price. I have a capable gaming pc, though it's been a few generations. Still it holds up and I can game what I want in the quality I'm OK with.

But purchasing hardware has gotten so unattractive that I just don't care anymore. Until that shit is fixed I'll stay off that radar. Of course that might be never, but I also have a backlog that would take multiple lives to finish and it's still growing.

maybe, to replace my ageing Minisforum mini computer

i had thought of the Framework Desktop but was waiting to see what the Steam Machine brought to the table.

I would have, if it was $750. I just can’t justify the price at $300 more. I have an ancient PC that still plays the old games I love and a PS5 for the new games. Not sure there are many PC exclusives that require top of the line hardware to run.

Are you gonna be buying a Steam machine?

Highly unlikely, so I'll say no.

The big appeal (for me) would be simplified gaming for the 1 television in my home, but I almost never get that tv to myself. The other big appeal to me would be to buy the mega max pro pro plus pro maxxx xxxl super mega 2TB with controller version and then sell at a higher price (i.e. scalp), but that's a little risky and not really a thing I'd ever really do.

I was only interested in the new controller to begin with, which that release has been botched to hell, so I'm not really likely to get one now. I simply do not want to pay that much AND wait that long to replace the crappy, god-awful, unreliable piece of shit PS4 pro controller of mine. There are a myriad of easier to find and/or cheaper options.

Going back to the Steam Machine itself: I assume it's highly unlikely that Valve is selling this kind of hardware at a loss. Given the current pricing, I'm even more confident in that assumption.

Thousands of people have "done the numbers", and while I'm not an expert on the parts and prices, the general consensus is that you can build something from off the shelf parts much cheaper. On the one hand, the Steam Machine is using some amount of custom parts and obviously using more expensive stuff for the smaller footprint, but on the other hand, they'd also likely be getting some amount of discount on a good portion of the parts/materials that wouldn't necessarily be available to hobbyists putting together a home PC. So, I'm going to say that's a wash.

You'd have to be very clear and very specific about what you mean "sells well" to comment there. I suspect that Valve knows that regardless of whether the price is competitive on a singular "by the specs" or "per performance" metric, there will be a solid number of people who will buy it. As long as they were relatively conservative with their estimates on the size of that crowd and produced fewer units than that, it will sell out. Selling out is certainly one way to define "sells well". This hardware was never going to sell at a magnitude similar to established console brands, so anybody using that as a metric for selling well is, I'll be nice, not being realistic.

Even if I had the money, my hype for it has kinda died since I bought a used desktop from a pawn shop. Would be nice, but I'm not sure I could justify the price just for a more portable desktop like console thing. It sounds nice, but my Ste am Deck already kinda fills that niche for now.

Yes, refurbished one at least

Its not upgradable. It might be appealing to console gamers but as a PC enthusiast whose been building, repairing, and upgrading my own PCs for 20 years, no.

Contrary to what people will tell you, there are some exclusive benefits to the Machine, like HDMICEC and background updates, both are really nice to have. But it's not worth it.

I already built my own loungeroom PC 18 months ago with a used rx580, amd 5600X, and 32gb RAM. This was just before the RAM crisis, so 32gb DDR4 was relatively cheap. I run Bazzite on it, and get a very SteamOS-like experience. Whole thing cost me less than half what they are asking for a Steam Machine.

nah. its not better than my PC.

I have no need for one. The PC I currently have vastly out-perforns it.

Yes. It’s going to be my linux workstation

I had been hoping to use it to stream to the steam frame when that releases, but looking at the performance I don't think it'll be able to run any games that are even slightly heavy in vr. No uevr mods, but i suppose it can probably run most dedicated vr games as they are pretty light.

Still, that's a big compromise to eat considering the price.

I could afford it pretty easily if I needed it but I don't currently need a new PC so no reason to get one right now.

If I was looking for a new PC I would consider it but I kinda like building my own and having a case that comfortably fits anything I may want to put in there. Mini PCs are currently tempting me but that is on the very low spec/price side of things.

Running an RTX2070 right now and it is more than I need, tbh I am almost tempted to just wait until an iGPU is an upgrade, would mean replacing my 7th gen Ryzen too but by that point it will probably be fine.

Either way, if I don't need more performance then perhaps more power efficient is something to go for. Maybe in 2035 I will be gaming on a low-mid spec miniPC. Should be fine to run Factorio, Rimworld, CDDA... Hey, by then it will be retro gaming too, indie games from 2010s. But some of them may well still be getting updates.

Since I build my own computers and already have a living room PC running Linux, I wouldn't have even for $700.

I'm curious how it'll sell. Steam Controller is expensive but has high demand. Possibly the same thing happens even if the Steam Machine makes no sense for (probably?) most people posting here.

So serious question....why would anyone who owns a pc already buy this instead of saving up and upgrading their rig instead? Correct me if I'm wrong but your essentially buying a console for over a $1000 just to play some steam games? Sure it will run indie games no problem but you cant enjoy any current day AAA titles at their full potential with out melting this cube that looks like has no airflow. Also unless I'm missing something it has integrated cpu/GPU?

it's a straight downgrade for me, so no way I'd replace it as my daily driver.

I could consider one if the prices go down like below 600$ range, switch up my media center with it maybe. Impossible with the current prices though.

Up until recently I think I would have considered it. Reading court transcripts and seeing Gabe and his underlings lie through their teeth has changed my tune. I want nothing more to do with this monopoly corporation artificially keeping PC games priced high. Fuck Steam.

lol, no.

I want to laugh at the ex-friend now for him thinking the steam machine was going to be affordable and be a feasible option for those looking for - AFFORDABLE - building PC options.

What a moron.