The original announcement of the Steam Machine was genuinely quite an exciting moment for PC gamers, where we all imagined a world in which it served as a beefier, less-portable, all-in-one PC gaming setup that ran releases more efficiently than a traditional Windows setup.
As it so often does, reality came home to roost pretty quickly, and the torrid state of the hardware market quickly put the cat among the proverbial pigeons. AI data centers, tariffs, and just about everything in between have sent the cost of PC components sky high, and it's now very difficult to see a world in which the Steam Machine is going to cost anything like players have been hoping.
Over on Reddit, one user shared a post that cited inside information, which would put the price of the Steam Machine at something above the current price for the Steam Deck. In case you missed it, the basic model now costs $789, while the version with increased storage sits at a staggering $949.
That would likely leave the Steam Machine coming in at something above $1000, which is unthinkably more than the early estimates on pricing suggested. As you might expect, there...
