{"id":582271,"date":"2025-11-20T09:58:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T09:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/582271\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T09:58:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T09:58:17","slug":"valves-steam-machine-may-not-be-as-affordable-as-a-ps5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/582271\/","title":{"rendered":"Valve’s Steam Machine May Not Be As Affordable As a PS5"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Valve's<\/a> Image: Push Square<\/p>\n

We don\u2019t know the price of Valve\u2019s new Steam Machine<\/a> and that means it\u2019s difficult to determine just how competitive it\u2019ll be against the PS5.<\/p>\n

But a report that\u2019s doing the rounds via Linus Tech Tips<\/a> suggests the new console-like hardware won\u2019t necessarily be going head-to-head with Sony\u2019s system when it comes to affordability.<\/p>\n

As part of a story shared by Dexerto<\/a>, the YouTuber noted bad \u201cenergy\u201d during a recent preview session when he alluded to the upcoming device having a \u201cconsole price\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey asked what I meant by console price and I said $500,\u201d he said on the WAN Show<\/a>, following his meeting with Valve. \u201cNobody said anything, but the energy in the room wasn\u2019t great.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

It\u2019s far from a confirmation of anything, of course: vibes are not announcements and Valve\u2019s staff may just be playing their best poker face.<\/p>\n

But considering the Steam Machine is weaker than the PS5, its overall value proposition would have to be questioned if it ends up costing more than Sony\u2019s console.<\/p>\n

Of course, there are still advantages to the appliance, such as its open nature and access to Steam\u2019s cavernous library \u2013 but as Linus Tech Tips himself points out, we think it\u2019ll be a tough sell if it costs upwards of $600.<\/p>\n

To be fair, Valve is probably not targeting the mass market with this product anyway, so it may not matter all that much in the grand scheme of things. But it\u2019s going to have to price the hardware eventually, so it\u2019s going to be interesting to see just how much it costs.<\/p>\n

[source youtube.com<\/a>, via dexerto.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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\"Sammy<\/p>\n

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He\u2019s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Push Square We don\u2019t know the price of Valve\u2019s new Steam Machine and that means it\u2019s difficult…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":582272,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[806,55,184035,53,16,15,46198],"class_list":{"0":"post-582271","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-industry","9":"tag-ps5","10":"tag-steam-machine","11":"tag-technology","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-valve"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115581442631478257","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/582272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}