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Valve’s Steam Machine finally has a price: a whopping $1,049 for the 512GB configuration or $1,349 for the 2TB version. And those are without bundled controllers, which drive up the cost more.
The prices are so high in part because Valve isn’t subsidizing the hardware, and the company has already indicated that the component crisis forced it to reconsider its initial pricing plans. In an interview with the YouTube channel Gamers Nexus, Valve engineers discussed the reality of sourcing RAM in 2026, with take-it-or-leave-it prices as memory and other components remain in short supply, from only a few vendors like Samsung, Micron, and SK Hynix.
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Valve, of course, isn’t the only company in a bind over memory shortages, as the crunch is forcing many hardware makers to make significant pricing changes. Even Apple CEO Tim Cook is warning of incoming price hikes for iPhones, Macs, and other devices. And the RAM crunch isn’t projected to get better anytime soon.
I hate micron so much now especially. They basically rug pull all consumers and only sell B2b now. So they can make more money on Ai datacenters.
Problem is there are only a few companies that even sell memory. And micron made it so much worse for the consumer market. I will not forgive, I will not forget.
I really hope China or someone else can step up and just flood the entire market with cheap components eventually.
They are trying. But there is a downside to everything. Once China has full function to basically replace the manufacturing of processors and memory in Taiwan they no longer have anything holding them back from bombing Taiwan into submission. And several incentives to do so to eliminate their competition.
Yes but giving up profits is not what a company does…
And you say forgive, as if they are your friend or something. Its a corporation. They don’t give a fuck about you as a person.
Almost all corporations doesn’t. There are exceptions. Kagi, the search engine, will give your monthly subscription money back if you didn’t search during the month. How cool is that. That’s someone who actually wants to provide a product users are happy with.
Is this a Kagi ad lmao
Ngl relatable, I too often mention my interests out of place.
But it’s not out of context. Rather it, merely has an existence in which the distance between in-context and out-of-context disappears, and the topic exist as neither related nor unconnected. A bona fide symphrantasia if you will.
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i like your words, magic dude
It’s fine in my opinion. I mention stuff I like and will keep doing that. :)
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They still sell consumer memory IIRC, just not their own brand. They’ll make DDR5 for others at inflated prices though.