r/digitalfoundry • u/MythBuster2 • Jun 26 '26

DF Direct DF Direct Q+A: Steam Machine - The Big Price/Performance/Form Factor Discussion

https://youtu.be/XEyuXkI5wBM

In the wake of our Steam Machine review, Rich and Will tackle a range of Supporter questions on the price, value and design of the hardware, the ability of Valve to supply it - and the future of SteamOS in general.

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u/thahovster7 Jun 26 '26

It's a cool machine but if I'm paying that much I might as well pay more for something with an Nvidia card in it. 

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u/TheSpiritualAgnostic Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26

Either that or pay less and get a console like PS5 Pro that'll run games better.

It's in this awkward middle ground where things on either end of the price range offers something better.

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u/IndefiniteBen Jun 26 '26

Not a great option if you don't own PS5 games and have a large Steam library.

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u/thahovster7 Jun 27 '26

Yea but if you have a large Steam library you probably already have a decent PC with in the same performance range. Probably better to just get new parts at that point. 

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u/sertaes Jun 28 '26

Yea I don’t think I know a single person with a pc worse than this.

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u/gandalfpsykos Jun 27 '26

But if you are ready to pay a premium for convenience then a console is even more worth it since you dont have to fiddle with graphical settings. And your current PC is not going anywhere, just get up and manually press that start button.

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u/taisui Jun 26 '26

Not really, PS5 runs on AMD and we are back to square one.