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Valve Tells Players they Shouldn’t want the Steam Machine at a Lower, Subsidized Price as it goes Against β€œthe Openness of the PC Ecosystem”

22 June 2026 at 22:57

The image shows the bottom front panel of an unbranded black desktop computer case with two USB ports, a USB-C port, an illuminated power button, and a glowing blue LED strip.

Valve has officially launched the Steam Machine today, revealing its incredibly expensive price tag that we all expected due to the ongoing component crisis. With a starting price of $1,049 for the most basic version of the Machine without a Steam Controller bundled in, it's a big hit to players' wallets, especially when living essentials everywhere are getting more expensive. But that's the way it ought to be, according to Valve, and it's the way that you should want it to be, for the good of the PC ecosystem. That's what Valve is telling players in its launch announcement, and […]

Read full article at https://wccftech.com/valve-steam-machine-no-price-subsidizing/

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