The Escapist

Will the Steam Machine take the Xbox’s place in the console wars?

While Microsoft has denied stepping away from hardware production outright, there’s no denying that the company’s decreasing reliance on first-party publishing will leave a gap in the console gaming ...
Hosted on MSN

Valve’s new console and controller - Steam Machine & Steam Controller (2026) first look

Valve has a Console now? And its not the Steam Deck? That's right, Valve announced both the Steam Machine AND a new Steam controller that boast amazing performance and features that will put even ...
VideoGamer

The Steam Machine won’t break Valve into the console monopoly

This article contains officially confirmed information combined with expert industry speculation and analysis. Valve’s Steam Machine signals the industry giant’s intention to bring Steam into greater ...
Ars Technica

Valve’s Steam Machine looks like a console, but don’t expect it to be priced like one

After Valve announced its upcoming Steam Machine living room box earlier this month, some analysts suggested to Ars that Valve could and should aggressively subsidize that hardware with “loss leader” ...
Yardbarker

Steam Machine Pricing Explained: Why It Won’t Follow Console Rules

Valve is back in the hardware spotlight, and this time it’s not chasing consoles—it’s carving out its own lane. The upcoming Steam Machine isn’t being subsidized like a PlayStation or Xbox, and that ...
TechSpot

Valve confirms the Steam Machine will be priced like a PC, not a console

Crystal ball: With Valve positioning the Steam Machine as a competitor to the current-gen consoles, many expected it to be priced as such – i.e., around or under $500. But a Valve engineer has ...
Wired

Valve Says Steam Machine Isn’t a Console—but It Is

The recent announcement from Valve of a new slate of hardware products has excited players, but while a revamped Steam Controller and an updated virtual reality headset, the Steam Frame, have drawn ...
IGN

Don't Expect the Steam Machine Price to Follow a 'Console Pricing Model' of $500

Valve’s announcement of the Steam Machine has sparked much debate online about the company’s return to the PC in the living room space, but one key piece of information remains unknown: price. The ...
Game Rant

Rumor: The Steam Machine Will Be Priced 'Like a PC,' Not a Console

Aaron McKinley is a writer, blogger and video game enthusiast with over five years of experience in web content and many more in playing games until the wee hours of the morning. His work spans many ...
VG Chartz

Steam Machine 'Will be Priced Like a PC, Rather Than Like a Console' - News

Valve plans to price the upcoming Steam Machine "like a PC, rather than like a console," according to a Valve spokesperson who spoke with Linus Tech Tips' Linus Sebastian. Sony and Microsoft have ...
eTeknix

Analysts Call Steam Machine a Console That Won’t Admit It’s a Console

Joost van Dreunen, professor at the NYU Stern School of Business and former CEO of the gaming market research firm SuperData Research, believes that the Steam Machine is “a console that refuses to ...
GamesRadar+

Steam Machine is "a console that refuses to admit it's a console," analyst says, but "Valve isn't trying to beat Sony or Microsoft at their own game so much as rewrite the rules"

Valve's new Steam Machine is set to bring PC gaming to living rooms everywhere when it launches next year, but is it a fierce new console rival that'll compete directly against the likes of ...