A Czech retailer has seemingly leaked the cost of the Steam Machine by listing it on its website and hiding the price within the source code, and you may not be happy about it. There is as much hype surrounding the upcoming Steam PC/console hybrid from Valve as there are uncertainties and worries regarding its potential price tag. This is because of a few reasons:
Since Valve has yet to announce the release date of the Steam Machine as well as its intended price tag, things are very much in the air now. Except that a Czech retailer, Smarty, which is also an authorized seller of Valve products in the Czech Republic, may have leaked the intended price of the new console.
A Valve engineer confirms the rumors that the Steam Machine will not have a subsidized MSRP and explains why this is the case.
If the retailer has correct information about the console, then it will come in two versions: a 512 GB Steam Machine and one that packs 2 TB of storage. Both are listed on the website with their presumed price hidden in the source code. For the 512 GB version, the alleged price is 19,826 CZK,...
