Valve Says the Steam Machine Saw a Similar Price Increase as the Steam Deck, Which Means It Was Originally Supposed to Cost About $750
www.ign.com

Edit: fixed the title to match the article, I wrongly stated that Valve said the price was supposed to be $750, when that’s just IGN’s estimate base on Valve’s statements.

  • Wahots@pawb.social
    5·
    15 hours ago

    If the index cost $1000 without a battery, storage, memory and a SoC in 2019, I can’t imagine the frame is going to be anything below $1,500 with 2026 pricing.

    • JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz
      7·
      15 hours ago

      Though the Index did use an intricate OLED screen and it had the lighthouses and finger tracking controllers (they have 87 different sensors per controller). Without the AIpocalypse, the Frame was originally supposed to be the cheaper of the two.

      2026 prices though, who knows. Painful, like any tech hardware, that’s for sure.