Today was a big day for gamers as Valve just introduced three products: the Steam Controller, the Steam Machine, and the Steam Frame. When you add this alongside the Steam Deck, I think it’s safe to say that Valve is about to win the next console generation.
Premature celebration much? They haven’t even announced pricing. Steam Machine could be $1200 and DOA for all we know.
Sure pricing hasn’t been announced, but people can start speculating about the BOM.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Steam-Machine-price-Gamers-might-finally-have-good-budget-gaming-PC-as-leaker-estimates-sub-600-MSRP.1162206.0.html
I might be way off the mark, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see it priced like the OLED Steam Deck. At least at launch.
With a later price increase due to RAM and SSD shortages.
It’s smart of them to give it a consumer friendly price and it would track with what they did with the steam deck.
Just like the other big names, steam can sell it at a very low margin since they make their money with the store. I wouldn’t be surprised if they even sell it at a lost to quickly gain market share.