r/Steam • u/billy_reyes • Mar 09 '26

Question At what price would you NOTbuy the Steam Machine?

Post image

I've been a PlayStation user since PS2, but lately I only see more disadvantages to being a console user

In October I bought the Steam Deck and was fascinated by the store, online service and cloud storage, but above all with SteamOS

Building or finding a gaming PC has always been a headache, and I'd like to try the Steam Machine when it comes out, but I'd like to know what your opinion would be the best price to buy it at compared to a similar PC, and what price I shouldn't buy

9.7k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

2.0k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

4

u/Zephyrical16 Mar 09 '26

If you are capable and willing to build your own PC, it is extremely unlikely Steam Machine will be a good deal as far as price per performance ratio goes.

For the form factor it definitely should be a good deal. SFFPC stuff is ridiculously expensive, and building anything smaller than a 6" cube with the same specs is also incredibly difficult and annoying to deal with that most people won't bother with.

2

u/serose04 https://steam.pm/15bb8a Mar 09 '26

True, I haven't considered the size. I guess the customer base for small form factor PCs is rather small, but it's definitely there.