Valve's Steam Machine price starts at $1049 / £879; original pricing "no longer viable" due to hardware supply issues
Steam has announced pricing and extremely limited availability for the Steam Machine, the desktop/living room sibling of the successful Steam Deck. It will be available in 512GB and 2TB versions, priced at $1,049 USD / £879 GBP and $1,349 USD / £1,149 GBP, and availability will be determined by a lottery system that opens today.
Early reviews from critics have been positive, citing the design and form factor as particular highlights, although reviewers said the price meant it was not as competitive with PS5 and Xbox Series consoles as some had hoped.
Users who wish to purchase can register today on the Valve website, with a deadline of June 25 at 10am Pacific time. At that point Valve will run a randomised lottery to assign places in a reservation queue, which it described as "an effort to improve the purchase experience and limit resellers."
"As units become available, people in the reservation queue will receive an email with the option to purchase," the firm said in a blog post. "We'll send the first batch of those starting Monday June 29th, and intend to get through the queue by the end of the year."
The firm said that its original target price was "no longer viable" due to hardware pricing and availability, and the RRP "reflects the price of the components as we've secured them over the past 6 months." It said that availability was also severely constrained, to the point where it "couldn't source some of our components at all, at any price." RAM and storage costs have rocketed in recent months as AI hyperscalers buy out available supply.
The console is available either standalone or with a bundle including a Steam controller, with the localised prices as below:
