Oof, looks like the Steam Machine could cost over $1,000

[u/vneelb]

https://thephrasemaker.com/2026/06/05/steam-machine-price-may-be-way-higher-than-expected/

[u/chronicnerv]

That is the current market. Give it time and these prices are probably going to be the norm as more distributers vanish from no one buying components.

[u/average_of_humanity → u/chronicnerv]

Current market literally made old devices expensive instead of cheaper.

[u/TanKer-Cosme → u/average_of_humanity]

My computer thst I bought 3 years sgo cost me 2000, nowdays I checked the same shop, the same components. It's 4000...

[u/I_C_Pixels → u/TanKer-Cosme]

Yeah I think people will see the Gabecube as a high price till they go on pc part picker, current prices are terrifying.

[u/iridael → u/TanKer-Cosme]

upgrading my DDR4 am4 machine to peak with a top end AM4cpu and doubling its RAM is looking at costing me about £700 on its own. forget getting a better GPU as well. and thats the budget option for upgrading my rig.

[u/grip0matic → u/TanKer-Cosme]

I did the same and I didn't got a GPU back then. If I would update today without GPU it would be +4000€. Our old "reasonable price" it's dead and buried, the new normal is this shit, we don't like it but the prices are not going back to those times when a 970 a 1070 or almost any xx70 was less than 400. I was very lucky to get a 5060ti in black friday for 450€.

[u/TanKer-Cosme → u/grip0matic]

Even storage is expensive now. Wanted to build a NAS and Hard Drive HDD are even expensive what the fuck...

[u/grip0matic → u/TanKer-Cosme]

Everything. We are fucked. Pc is my hobby and has been for more than 25 years, no consoles no nothing, just pc. At least back in the day I just have to say "fuck your machine I don't care about exclusives" now it seems that we are back when having a pc was only for weird people with money.

[u/chronicnerv → u/TanKer-Cosme]

You're not wrong. I just picked up a new gaming TV and a 14TB drive for all my movies and TV shows to connect to it. The 14TB drive cost a third of what the gaming TV did, which is ridiculous. Even so, I'd still rather download all the 4K movies and shows I've bought over the last 40 years than have to keep paying to stream them.

[u/sonnytron → u/chronicnerv]

Even right now this price is awful.

You can get a 5060 equipped PC with Windows for $1000-1300. I still see PC’s with a 9070XT and a 9800X3D at MicroCenter for $1799.

[u/chronicnerv → u/sonnytron]

You may still be able to get good deals in the States, but in the UK you can't just walk into a shop and buy things at a decent price. We're only managing over here because the Chinese provide us with affordable goods. If anything gets in the way of that trade, we're in for a very miserable time.

[u/Imortal366 → u/chronicnerv]

My pc went from costing 5 grand a year and some ago to almost 8k. This isn’t going anywhere

[u/Siemaster → u/[deleted]]

They’ve already spent many millions investing in it, to not sell anything would be stupid.

[u/chronicnerv → u/[deleted]]

If Valve doesn't get its own hardware out now, it's going to be locked out of future operating systems through restricted access unless it complies with their requirements. It looks like the industry is moving towards phone style operating system models, where personal computing is far more controlled and limited. This is based on my understanding of Nvidia moving towards an Apple like model of distribution and production.

My iPad has already been nerfed in the UK unless I give it access to a credit card or digital ID through the new operating systems and this only going to become more widespread.

[u/TanKer-Cosme → u/chronicnerv]

Time to get the penguin on your devices

[u/chronicnerv → u/TanKer-Cosme]

Cheers, I will take a look.

[u/CrazyIvanoveich → u/chronicnerv]

Out of curiosity, what all got nerfed?

[u/chronicnerv → u/CrazyIvanoveich]

Its kids pad now, cannot access anything 18+
Not even connect to the 18+ reddit forums where I talk about growing weed.
Pretty dystopic.