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Valve’s Steam Machine is real, but the price has changed the entire story. This was meant to be the easy living-room PC: SteamOS, console-style simplicity, and Valve finally making good on the old Steam Machine promise. Instead, the hardware market got so brutal that even Valve is explaining why Steam Machines cost over a thousand dollars.

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00:00 Valve’s Steam Machine problem
00:40 The price changed the story
02:18 What are you actually buying?
04:25 Why Valve can’t price this like a console
07:53 SteamOS is the real play
09:10 You don’t need Valve’s box

Sources:
https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steam_hardware/announcements/detail/685257114654870246

https://www.ign.com/articles/the-steam-machine-was-originally-meant-to-cost-about-750

https://www.digitalfoundry.net/reviews/steam-machine-beautiful-hardware-console-performance-at-a-price

“It will be a tough year for us and the gamers” – As MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ launches for $1,800, MSI explains it has “tried every approach” to reduce prices

https://www.wsj.com/tech/apple-price-increases-memory-supply-199845b1

https://www.theverge.com/pc-gaming/618709/steam-deck-3-year-anniversary-handheld-gaming-shipments-idc

https://steamcommunity.com/games/1675200/announcements/detail/502851820603836937

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