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[Poll] Steam Machine 2026 = Build / Buy / Pass + SURVEY

Do you want a "Living Room PC" & are you...

  • Building Custom SFF (Can build faster Mini-ITX for less money)

    Votes: 17 15.7%

  • Building Standard ATX (Size doesn't matter; max performance/dollar)

    Votes: 14 13.0%

  • Buying Steam Machine (Value convenience/SteamOS over raw specs)

    Votes: 6 5.6%

  • Waiting/Upgrading Existing (Current PC/Deck is enough)

    Votes: 21 19.4%

  • Hard Pass (Price-to-performance is unacceptable)

    Votes: 43 39.8%

  • Writing a better POLL

    Votes: 7 6.5%
  • Total voters
    108
Aurelius said:
That's not a like-for-like comparison, though.

The same data you cite whittles that down to 908-936 million active PC gamers, and of course that doesn't mean they're Steam gamers or even the sort to play the titles that would reel them in. The data notes that "they primarily gravitate toward established live-service games, with nearly 67% of all PC playtime spent on titles that are six or more years old." Not exactly the sort of person who's going to drop $1,049-plus on a living room PC they don't need.

While there are far fewer PS5s sold and in use, their owners are much more likely to be invested in newer or non-live games. They not only bought the console, but multiple games and likely

Could the Steam Machine boost Linux adoption? Quite possibly. But it's appealing to a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of the gaming market, and it's expected to have less adoption than the Steam Deck. There's enough of an audience that Valve will likely be happy to keep selling and developing it; I just don't think there will be a full-on market upheaval.
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Sure am talking about the current gen (youngsters) that want easy console, not the old PC folk on here. I am also talking about a roadmap made pre-ram-apocalypse so the machine should have been much cheaper and would have been console priced or cheaper.
I %100 do not think they were targeting all PC gaming but a small fraction.

I tried to get my child into building PC. I gave him options (left overs because I updated). What I did not use would go into his sister's PC.... It was like pulling teeth. Finally I said I will build 2 PCs a good one and a bad one. If you pick the better video card I will give you the good one. I hinted google search, I showed him model numbers. I then searched it with him and help him choose.
Man if teen me was given a PC and all I had to do was an internet search.... Well I would not have had the internet (too old), but omg.
 
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IMO, skip Bazzite and go straight to CachyOS. The atomic model is attractive in theory but when you have to start OSTree layering, it can get dicey on updates and muck everything up. I started with Bazzite, learned the hard way that layering can be dangerous and jumped to Cachy and am very happy with it. A truly superb OS
 
I have a 7600x 5070 ti and 32GB RAM pc in my living room (old pc). I was never going to buy a steam machine but was still disappointed at the price. I was hoping for steamdeck pricing-ish
 
I already have a living room PC that I built in December 2025. Voted "Building Standard ATX".
 
I have the most powerful PC money could buy in 2023. And it's connected to my TV. Why would I want to buy something a lot weaker?
 
Armenius said:
I have the most powerful PC money could buy in 2023. And it's connected to my TV. Why would I want to buy something a lot weaker?
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Cause like, you have to like, take like, a whole 'nother like, literal 2 seconds to like, change input or whatever with no HDMI-CEC, like OMG! 😱
 
Armenius said:
I have the most powerful PC money could buy in 2023. And it's connected to my TV. Why would I want to buy something a lot weaker?
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It’s nice if you have that option. I pitched the wife on doing that with my basic mid-tower (looks more like a subwoofer than a PC) and got shot down. My only real option is a very small form factor if I want it in the living room :(
 
dr.stevil said:
It’s nice if you have that option. I pitched the wife on doing that with my basic mid-tower (looks more like a subwoofer than a PC) and got shot down. My only real option is a very small form factor if I want it in the living room :(
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You can always (if possible/have the option) take it out of the case and build it into a nook/cabinet/whatever in your TV stand
 
1_rick said:
This is a first-rate first-world problem, like the one I had last year where I got an Amazon notification that my shipment would arrive early, but then it didn't arrive as early as they said, but still earlier than the original date.
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4K60 is definitely a first world problem for my 85" first world TV as well.
 
kram182 said:
Cause like, you have to like, take like, a whole 'nother like, literal 2 seconds to like, change input or whatever with no HDMI-CEC, like OMG! 😱
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Haven't changed the input on my TV in years. It runs off the gaming computer and I just watch all my streaming stuff on that. Given that I don't watch sports I haven't had a live TV account in ages.
 
I got on the reservation list initially and was on the fence on what I was going to do… but as luck (or lack thereof) would have it, received the email from valve this morning and reluctantly pulled the trigger. Now I need to figure out how to explain it to the wife 😬
 
erek said:

I voted HARD PASS,​

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Valve notifies Steam hardware customers of a data breach​

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...es-steam-hardware-customers-of-a-data-breach/

A data breach at shipping giant Ceva Logistics is rippling across banks, retailers, Steam gamers, and beyond​

https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/10/a...ross-banks-retailers-steam-gamers-and-beyond/
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There's a lot of crossover in who the major shareholders are in Sony and Microsoft. (As well as gaming media shareholders.) It would not surprise me at all if this was corporate espionage to knock on the head any progress Valve might have in taking marketshare with SteamOS.
 
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