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@brown_john18944 @HeyItsExi Not really, your thinking of Apple.

@HeyItsExi So like every other fucking pc/laptop on the market

PS5; selling you a console at a loss for the express purpose of trapping you in their ecosystem with a subscription service for online use GabeCube; sold near cost, no ecosystem lock in, no subscription fees, ENTRY level plug and play pc with a custom gaming focused Linux OS

@TechGeekAnthony No because then people would buy it for Windows and their stock wouldn't go to their target audience. It's not a console so you can't subsidize it by controlling people's purchases on it.

Valve makes BILLIONS via game sales and live services and DLC. It's more profitable than Apple, Google, Microsoft and/or Netflix. And they couldn't Subsidize this even a little...? Also if they did they would STILL BE PROFITABLE!

@olivercampbell @NewmanOnGaming @mattxyzed youtu.be/8PpCZxQ-lrE?t=… There response was very reasonable for the challenges and they took it seriously.

@TheRealKoolala @NewmanOnGaming @mattxyzed That's great, can you link it?

I'm trying to understand why (and if I'm wrong, please correct me) Valve isn't offering a barebones version of the Steam Machine: Bring Your Own: RAM SSD Steam OS is free to download anyway, so it's not like there would be a compatibility problem. That'd cut the price hard.

@tax_xempt @Dontcarezh @RyozuK Its not a console 100% so its the other one. You'd never want to think of it that way cause consoles are designed to control how people use them. Performance wise it isn't a bad price for the components in today's too-high prices.

@TheRealKoolala @Dontcarezh @RyozuK Its either an overpriced console or an underperforming pc. Neither are very good

You know this shit is ass when one of the top 3 selling points is that you dont need to buy it

@olivercampbell @NewmanOnGaming @mattxyzed In the Tested interview they explain they tried to see if a no RAM / SDD option would be possible and explain why they couldn't unfortunately.

@NewmanOnGaming @mattxyzed

@Dontcarezh @RyozuK @tax_xempt It's a PC :(

@RyozuK @tax_xempt Paying 1k for a console with a CPU that only has 2 big cores and 4 zen 4c cores is a fucking insult btw. Then adding on top that the GPU is a cut down version of the 7600M card is another insult. Congrats you’re spending 1k on hardware that was build for a laptop 3 years ago 😂

@MOOOOrion @TychoBrahe In a better world it would be but we don't live in that world :(

@TychoBrahe Maybe but then so is a ps5. Very similar BoM.

I don't want to be a dick or whatever, but the Steam Machine is a computer. It's a fucking computer, guys

@RealJohnRose Did they ever show the result side-by-side? In this video they only showed a game and not the PC itself next to the Machine for a full comparison.

It is insane for the head of a media company (that sells ridiculously priced merch) to have a champagne socialist attitude to one of the most benevolent game companies in the industry. Linus knows he can’t replicate the form factor and plug-and-play experience of the Steam Machine. He’s just desperate for clickbait. I wish the cuck fairy would just shut up forever sometimes

@fraudfunk @HeadCannon1776 @gabefollower @valve @NintendoAmerica they took down CS:L when it was made in source and done legally so following their rules doesn't work nowadays either

@HeadCannon1776 @gabefollower @valve @NintendoAmerica when its done legally but i also remember when they took down tf2 source 2 project because they were using the leaked source code. unfortunately

A fully playable browser version of Half-Life 2 has just been released to the public. You don't need to download anything, just open the site and play! The webport was created by Slqnt and 98006 in just three months!

@all_of_us_are @OatmealMarble It probably won't be. They replace everything because they are upgrading their CPU (and GPU) because of improvements over the years.

@OatmealMarble Damn weird how thay 2021 motherboard is angry about the 2026 card

"man if you had a real PC you could just upgrade it" "not me i buy an entirely whole new PC every six years to take advantage of the latest intel chipset and the latest pci-e slot speed and the most SATA channels and"

@Big__TeeJ @NNiedam @theterk @The_Raxir Weird they didn't just say that though. Thats an obvious thing to be transparent about without the vague ego statement. Otherwise you can't even build this.

He's not going to be pushing it into that territory 24/7... That's what he was implying. He's configured the GPU so that it draws significantly less power (and heat) which are obviously two big factors he had to solve when putting something like this together. Undervolting can do wonders sometimes offering more performance at lower power usage.

Here she is, Terk Box v1. 1 I'm working with the designer about future improvements, but for a first major revision and she's now "complete" We added more ventilation in the back so the RTX 5060 is no longer choked. HMU if you want me to build you one.

@theterk All your parts links are broken on Printables for me

@J0nny0__ With distrobox you can install through Konsole and don't even need root. I installed Chrome that way.

@TheRealKoolala Yeah multiple times But I also had this issue on bazzite before so idk But I am way too used to install through Konsole nowadays so I guess using a normal arch based distro fits my needs better

And that was the fastest uninstall i ever had on my desktop Easy Anti Cheat worked again but i already have issues with the immutable structure of SteamOS As well as Twitch not being supported in Firefox for some reason... Maybe with 4.0 it's really desktop ready

@Infex333 That photo is a work of art.

steam machine is really bringing out some of the most dogshit takes i've ever seen

@Minskarbitrage @Niflheimm155983 That's how much the parts cost if you try to build one. Those are the facts.

@Niflheimm155983 All PC's I've made are sff. I have even used the same case in your photo but in silver. Doesn't change the fact that the Steam machine is terrible value. $1049+ for 1080p in 2026. It's hard to argue around the facts.

As one of probably very few people who have actually built a Steam Machine sized PC before, I can confirm this is true and also that it’s really hard You need to find a single fan GPU, which severely limits your choices and is usually expensive and hard to find, and then it’s nerve wracking to have to cram all your expensive components inside such a small case. I spent around the same as a 2tb steam machine + controller bundle when I was a college student for my Velka 3 build, which was also kind of loud btw Pic isn’t mine, just so you can see how small that case is

@Perrincapybara They have no reason to once they have stock. Steam Deck reservations were temporarily limited too.

@TheRealKoolala They'll probably keep it after launch too

I don't agree with the 'office stockpile' reasoning behind not subsidizing the Steam Machine (especially considering Valve's anti-scalper strategy), but assuming it's the main reason. Then Valve has NO EXCUSE not subsidizing the Steam Frame.

@Perrincapybara That anti scalper strategy is just for the launch because they don't have enough stock for their target Steam customers as it is.

@TheRealKoolala Ain't nobody buying it to flash windows, and ain't no company gonna buy them in bulk for office work because of Steam's anti scalper strategy

@dgx1776 @packet_manager Can you share the mini itx build your talking about? Or are you just guessing?

@packet_manager You can build a low power quiet mini itx that fits under your TV and still smokes this thing and costs less.

people complaining that they can do a cheaper build than a steam machine in a mid tower atx form factor should do so and then install steam os on it so they can get over themselves being angry about the steam machine on twitter dot com.

@Fur7010 @coah80

@coah80 i bet you people will make those portable kits for these

@Techjunkie_Aman You can't build a tiny PC as good as it for the same price though. It is totally valid as a good option depending on what people want. People building PCs is a good thing too.

I wanted the Steam Machine to succeed. The moment Valve announced it, I thought: "This could finally be the PC that replaces a console in the living room." Then the price dropped. $1,049. And suddenly, all that excitement turned into one question... "Why would I buy this instead of building a better gaming PC?" That's the problem. Not because the Steam Machine is bad. Far from it. It's beautifully engineered, incredibly compact, whisper quiet, runs SteamOS, gives you access to your entire Steam library, supports mods, emulation, desktop mode, free online multiplayer, and doesn't lock you into a closed ecosystem. Valve deserves credit for that. While everyone else is trying to lock players into subscriptions and exclusives, Valve is betting on openness. I respect that. But respecting the philosophy doesn't make the price easier to justify. At over $1,000, you're no longer competing with consoles. You're competing with custom-built PCs. And that's a fight the Steam Machine struggles to win. For the same money, you can build something faster. More powerful. More upgradeable. That's the uncomfortable truth. I honestly believe if Valve had launched this at around $699, the conversation today would be completely different. People would be calling it revolutionary. Instead, most people are calling it overpriced. The saddest part? The Steam Machine isn't failing because it's a bad product. It's failing because Valve priced a niche dream like a mainstream device. And that's a mistake even great hardware can't overcome. Do you think Valve got the pricing wrong, or is the premium justified?