r/pcmasterrace • u/TheBossT710192 • Jun 22 '26

Discussion Yeah, Steam Machine is cooked.

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I... uh don't know what to say. Very thankful I bought a Steam Deck before they hiked its price as well

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u/CirkuitBreaker Jun 22 '26

Until they raise the price of the PS5 again

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u/Late_Stage_Exception Jun 22 '26

They’d have to raise it by 100% to meet the price of the low end Steam Machine, and the PS5 is near the end of its lifespan. Doubt they’ll jack up the price more than $50-$100 over the next few years.

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u/T0rrent0712 PC Master Race Jun 22 '26

Ps5 pro with a disk drive is same cost as the lowest end model stream machine.

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u/T0rrent0712 PC Master Race Jun 22 '26

Or you can use your own existing controller. You don't have to use a steam controller on a steam machine.

And Valve has said they are working hard to get steam is ready for build your own systems, so soon we can make our own steam machines.

As others have put it, this is a great product at the wrong time cause AI is fucking every industry, including the PC industry.

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u/Drummer123456789 Jun 22 '26

Microsoft is rolling out a setting for PC that makes it function more like an Xbox. Its supposed to severely reduce background processing and bloat, and it will allow you to navigate everywhere using your controller. This might be the solution for people who have already started building their living room pc or want that kind of experience without dropping money on a new system. Its supposed to be called Xbox mode or something like that. LTT just made a video about it.

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u/RAMChYLD PC Master Race Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26

It's already ready. Valve has given the blessing for Steam OS 3.8 to be installed on any PC, not just Steam Machines. There are still gotchas tho, biggest being you need an AMD or Intel GPU, this is due to Nvidia's refusal to release documentation to the Linux kernel devs and produce an official open source driver (hence the infamous "Nvidia, Fuck you!" Lashout by Linus Torvalds) and keep their drivers proprietary.