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$1000 Steam Machine Price Breaks Valve’s Console Pitch

A rumored $1000 Steam Machine price makes Valve’s console-style pitch look fragile before launch.

Key takeaways

  • A $1000 Steam Machine would not be a console killer. It would be Valve admitting, intentionally or not, that its living-room PC is aimed at a narrower crowd than t...
  • Valve’s reported $1000 Steam Machine price makes the console promise feel broken
  • The latest price rumor matters because it resets expectations before Valve even announces the device’s final MSRP. Jez Corden of Windows Central said on the XB2 po...
  • > “I heard, last year when it was first announced, it was gonna be $1000… from a very, very good source, like a very good source.”

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