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Posted by Paper launch
 - Today at 19:26:27
I guess they could do a very limited volume paper launch with the initial stock that they did secure and launch it that way even though it'll go out of stock within 30 seconds and then nobody is getting one till mid 2027.

Technically almost every hardware launch from every company has been like this so it wouldn't be out of norm (you couldn't get a ps5 for the first 1.5 years or the steam deck for almost a year either) and they can still say that they did kinda did launch it.
Posted by indyp
 - Today at 14:05:03
DDR5 ain't coming down in price before 2027.  The inventory is already maxed out through 2026 for AI hallucination farms.

Valve won't eat the cost of DDR5.

There's already compromises with the Steam Machine in terms of performance.  It is looking like a very niche console that isn't looking for a marketable audience.

Half Life 3 as a "launch title" ain't gonna move people to a machine that already is underpowered and likely overpriced for what it offers.  And I am a huge HL fan.  I'll just play it on a Steam Deck?  But honestly, I've kinda outgrown Half Life.  Looking back on the story, it no longer appeals to me now that I'm ~30 years older.
Posted by wvdschel
 - Today at 08:42:37
Quote from: aaaa884 on Yesterday at 10:34:28Why not switch to DDR4 then?

Zen4 is not DDR4 compatible, so they would have to ditch the whole design and switch to *checks notes* Zen3 or Raptor Lake (Intel 13th gen) processors.

I doubt AMD or Intel are going to be making new processors for DDR4 for memory crisis which is likely to be resolved by the time these chips would hit the market.
Posted by Phil995511
 - Yesterday at 12:41:48
@aaaa884

Yes, we don't know when DDR5 prices will drop; that will depend on political and commercial decisions.

What is certain is that RAM manufacturers and other players in the IT market have every interest in urgently increasing DDR5 RAM production, otherwise PC sales will plummet. With prices too high, people will stop upgrading their machines even though Windows 10 is reaching the end of its life and Windows 11 requires new hardware to run. The only good thing is that it will give Linux an even bigger boost :)

Steam has every interest in releasing its Steam Machines as soon as possible and selling off the hardware it has already produced, even if it is equipped with DDR5, and switching to motherboards with DDR4 as soon as possible to bring prices down. Otherwise, this Steam Machines V2 will be another flop...

Personally, I'm only interested in their new Steam Controller v2. I hope it comes out soon, at least before Microsoft launches its new console and controllers. Microsoft is expected to announce new products in January, it seems...   
Posted by aaaa884
 - Yesterday at 10:34:28
By the time DDR5's price drops back, steam machine's already outdated cpu + gpu will have become completely obsolete. That's just fever talk. Why not switch to DDR4 then? The price is roughly half of DDR5, and the performance difference is only a couple percent points. Make it 2 x 8GB for better performance. We don't need any upgrade room. With a weak laptop cpu, and an un-upgradable gpu, what's the point of upgrading the ram? Bottomline, the cpu and gpu are pretty much 2023 AMD models. They are old already. Release the machine ASAP!
Posted by Phil995511
 - December 13, 2025, 22:41:54
DDR5 is cursed... it was too expensive when it first came out to attract people's interest, and now it's the same story again due to excessive speculation around general artificial intelligence, which certainly won't be born for several decades. Developing robots as we do now is one thing, but wanting to compete with the human brain is on a whole other level...

Since the Steam Machine's CPU-GPU combination (AMD Zen 4 CPU / AMD RDNA 3 GPU) is not the latest generation, they could perhaps use motherboards with DDR4 for the time being, at least until DDR5 prices come down. 

Posted by technerd88
 - December 13, 2025, 22:30:29
Absolutely not! Please stop watching SLOP youtube videos and then claiming it's true. Think about this and use your brain. As a journalist, this is your responsibility. You aren't there just to copy and paste BS. The thing has 16gb of ram in small modules. It's not a large amount and won't matter. It will be like a 30 buck difference if that. Valve won't apple greed monger us.
Posted by Redaktion
 - December 13, 2025, 21:12:55
Gamers had assumed that the Steam Machine would be available by early Spring 2026. Unfortunately, there are rumors that the memory shortage may interfere with its release date. An insider has heard that, along with a higher Steam Machine price, a delay is not out of the question.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Insider-claims-Steam-Machine-release-date-delay-possible-because-of-rising-memory-prices.1184970.0.html