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Adam Hales

Valve quietly drops Steam Machine's 4K 60 FPS claim after $1,049 machine falls short of expectations

Steam Machine for 2026.

I, like I'm sure many others were, wanted Valve's Steam Machine to hit the market at a price that shook up the old console space, but at over $1,000 it certainly won’t be doing that.

I'll admit, it's not Valve's fault that it hasn't. Companies like Microsoft and others have contributed to what I can only describe as an absolute f**kery of the memory industry, pushing prices to levels that analysts increasingly believe may never return to normal.

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