[STEAM] Steam Machine launches next week, and its price is as painful as we all expected

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The increasingly expensive hobby of gaming added another notch to its pricy belt today. If you want Steam’s upcoming PC/console hybrid, you will need at least four figures.

The base model of the Steam Machine will cost $1,049 when it launches on June 29. This model only comes with a 512 GB drive. And it only gets worse from there, somehow, because you’ll likely want a controller and more storage, right?

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If you want a Steam Controller with it, the bundle costs $1,128. And if you’re like just about anybody in this machine’s target audience and the 512 GB is not enough, there’s a 2 TB model that clocks in at $1,349 (a whopping $1,428 if you want the Steam Controller with it).

Valve will once again be running a reservation ****** for the Steam Machine, learning from scalper lessons with the Steam Controller earlier this year. This means you can register interest and then be placed in a randomized ****** for a chance to even get in the door to try and buy it.

The Steam Machine is a PC, but with the ease of a console setup. You can easily mod it to high hell if you want, like a Steam Deck, but I’m genuinely not very sure who this machine is for beyond enthusiasts with a whole hell of a lot of disposable income. That price point is going to scare away the majority of players, because at that point, I feel like I’d just rather upgrade an actual PC or get another console since they’re basically all around the same price anyway. We’re in hell.

Gaming has never been a cheap hobby, but it’s rapidly turning into a luxury one with how prices are ballooning across the board whether it’s PC components, consoles, or something in between like this new piece of tech.

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today until June 25. After that, it’s in Gabe’s hands, and he’s probably on one of his yachts watching this all go down.

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