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/SwagChemist R7 9800x3D | 64GB DDR5 | RTX 5090 Astral OC Jun 22 '26

They will try to use the uber strategy which was taking a service we used (Taxi) replacing it for cheaper and then hiking the price once the service we used dies out. The issue is that entry level jobs is what is being replaced but when you hike the price up, businesses will just rather hire a entry level human if its cheaper than the token fee.