Overview
- Linus Tech Tips reports Valve described the Steam Machine as being priced like a PC rather than using a subsidized console model.
- Valve told Linus it could not confirm a price due to rapidly evolving market conditions, reinforcing the lack of a firm MSRP.
- When a $500 target was floated in the meeting, Linus said the reaction suggested that figure may be unrealistic.
- Analysts and commentators continue to project a wide price range, from roughly $400 to over $1,000, with some comparisons to PS5-level pricing.
- Niko Partners' Daniel Ahmad cites tariffs, rising memory and storage costs, and supply-chain volatility as pressures that could push pricing higher, while preorders remain closed ahead of an early 2026 launch window.