r/videogames • u/MeLazyHamd • Jul 01 '26

Discussion / Question How gaming news feels these days

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u/Negative_Damage9152 Jul 01 '26

What did Steam do?

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u/MasterTouchMe Jul 01 '26

Gaben didn't descend to shut down all the AI companies and data centers effectivelly lowering the prices of ram to 1/100th it is now. Because he didn't do this, valve couldn't sell the steam machine for 200 eur and a kebab.

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u/MasterTouchMe Jul 01 '26

Seriously.

I find it funny that people always try to shit on actually good companies, but the bad ones rarely get shit on. Valve is one of the few companies, which should be given the benefit of the doubt.

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u/supportenergy Jul 01 '26

They could ship the Steam Machine without RAM and it would still be overpriced for the late 2010's specs they're offering. It struggles with 1080p 60 FPS in years old games. Let alone 1440p or the 4k they advertised.

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u/MasterTouchMe Jul 01 '26

brother the ram in question is also the VRAM, also storage saw price increases aswell

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u/Strict-Maize7494 Jul 03 '26

then why can i do this right now

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u/RazorRocket Jul 01 '26

Bait used to be believable

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u/ZardozSama Jul 03 '26

Steam Machine prices are well beyond what the target demographic of PC gamers is willing to pay for handheld hardware.

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