Valve has just gone on record confirming that the Steam Machine will ship this summer, alongside the Steam Frame VR headset. That’s great news for those who have been waiting patiently for its arrival and who have deep pockets. But, with Valve just increasing the Steam Deck price by $300 and PC component prices so high across the board, there’s the very real prospect for many of us of having to choose between a Steam Machine and actually being able to go on a summer holiday this year. So, to see just how bad the financial damage could be, I’ve run the numbers to see what the Steam Machine price is likely to be based on what we know of its specs and current PC component prices. You might want to sit down for this one… As the presumptive wearer of the best gaming PC for the living room crown, the Steam Machine is a device that’s exciting for so many reasons. Not only does it offer the prospect of a sleek, living room and TV-friendly gaming PC experience thanks to Valve’s SteamOS and its Steam Big Screen interface, but it does so from a box that’s so impressively tiny and utterly covetous. If I manage to get hold of a Steam Machine and equip it with that Dbrand Companion Cube case, it truly would be a triumph.
I’ve run the numbers, and if the Steam Machine does arrive this summer, this is how much it should cost
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