Valve, like other companies, is stuck with take-it-or-leave it prices.

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.

  • 1984@lemmy.todayEnglish
    258·
    1 day ago

    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.

      • 1984@lemmy.todayEnglish
        15·
        8 hours ago

        Alright. Now let’s talk about what Google is doing. :)

        Pretty damn evil company if you ask me.

        At some point, you realize that companies will always do things you don’t agree with, and you try to pick the lesser evil.

        As for homophobic, i dont know if you mean same sex marriage? The bible clearly says:

        Leviticus 18:22: You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.

        So to Christian people, its not homophobic, it’s about their beliefs. Clearly religions will have things that you must not do, and this is one of those for Christianity.

        Abortion is another hot topic. There are many of these that are not based on hate, but on belief systems. I really think it’s getting too much with calling everyone who doesn’t agree homophobic. It’s the new conspiracy theorist. :)

        • kate@lemmy.uhhoh.comEnglish
          3·
          3 hours ago

          if you’re a bigot because you think sky daddy told you to be, that doesn’t somehow make you not a bigot

          • 1984@lemmy.todayEnglish
            12·
            1 hour ago

            Bigot - a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own.

            How are you not a bigot with the statement above?

      • Jankatarch@lemmy.worldEnglish
        53·
        1 day ago

        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.

        In my commenting career I often make niche, anime poetry references, and searching for them based on the few words I remember can be hard; and that’s why I use kagi, the not-google search engine, start your free trial for 100 searches per month today or upgrade to infinite searches for only $10/month from link below.

        Link from old legend of zelda, 1986