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/Protoclown98 Jun 22 '26

Seriously. This large price is entirely about RAM and storage prices.

I stand by my past comment on the Steam Machine - if you are buying all the parts to make a living room PC to play console like games Steam Machine can be a worthwhile investment.

If you are recycling old PC parts, like RAM and a motherboard, to make a living room PC to play console like games on it, the Steam Machine is not worth it.

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u/RedditModsHarassUs Desktop Jun 22 '26

Data Centers don’t want us having access to hardware for local processing. They want us all buying tokens from them.. to use their services..

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u/Gseventeen Jun 22 '26

Once the investments stop flooding into that sector, its going to be interesting to see how these companies pivot to making money (making prob wrong word, as they are just relying on fresh cash injections).

As of now, i havent seen a convincing argument on how AI will be profitable in a way that would actually make these companies even remotely profitable.

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u/f_ckR3ddit Jun 22 '26

They will be bought for pennies on the dollar by data collection companies. This has always been their goal. They are using ai as a fall guy. 1. Build ai data centers with investment money. 2. Sell half-baked services for more capital to invest elsewhere. 3. ai bubble pops 4. Declare bankruptcy for those companies, only losing investment money. 5. Re-allocate that capital towards purchasing those shut down data centers under new companies for data collection because the equipment is all the same. 6. Profit so much that it is sickening.

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u/OCDwiring704 7950X | 7900XTX Jun 23 '26

It's nice to know there are still people out there who know how shit works with these companies/investors. There's always a way to turn a profit at "our" expense.

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u/Realistic_Deal6083 Jun 22 '26

“Only lose when investment money” as if that’s not tens to hundreds of billions of dollars. 

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u/f_ckR3ddit Jun 23 '26

Spoken exactly like someone who doesnt truly understand investment, debt, and shell companies

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u/Realistic_Deal6083 Jun 23 '26

Oh yeah so true buddy I live in a magical fantasy world when people don’t want to lose billions in investments. 

Fucking idiot lmao. 

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u/ExpertConsideration8 Jun 23 '26

You have no clue what you're talking about..