Interesting points. I was thinking they could sell it without much profit margin because they want to drive people to the Steam store, but as Linus said, if they price it too low then it'll just get bought up and repurposed by data centres and AI farms.
November 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Interesting points. I was thinking they could sell it without much profit margin because they want to drive people to the Steam store, but as Linus said, if they price it too low then it'll just get bought up and repurposed by data centres and AI farms.
Maybe not this model but surely a gaming PC with SteamOS is functionally identical to a Steam Machine. The only reason to get a Steam Machine would be price surely
November 27, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Maybe not this model but surely a gaming PC with SteamOS is functionally identical to a Steam Machine. The only reason to get a Steam Machine would be price surely
My expectation was that there's no way this could be cheaper than a custom setup. Also since it's only running Steam it's inferior to a regular Linux setup. I guess it will appeal to people who want something out of the box. People who want a PC already have one I guess
November 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
My expectation was that there's no way this could be cheaper than a custom setup. Also since it's only running Steam it's inferior to a regular Linux setup. I guess it will appeal to people who want something out of the box. People who want a PC already have one I guess