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[Valkyrie Hunter D]

Why are they not calling the Steam Machine the GabeCube?

[azrael]

1 hour ago, Valkyrie Hunter D said:

Why are they not calling the Steam Machine the GabeCube?

GabeCube? I'm somehow reminded of the Hooli Gavin Belson Signature Edition Box 3 from HBO's Silicon Valley.

The specs for the Steam Machine somehow seem to allude to an Steamdeck that isn't hardware-limited. I do expect some folks to be making DIY Steam Machines using mini PCs or other AMD-based SFF PCs. 

[mikeszekely]

4 hours ago, Valkyrie Hunter D said:

Why are they not calling the Steam Machine the GabeCube?

 

 

[davidwhangchoi]

19 minutes ago, mikeszekely said:

 

 

haha

[Valkyrie Hunter D]

37 minutes ago, mikeszekely said:

 

 

Brilliant!

[TangledThorns]

VALVE staying private has to be one of the best decisions in business history ever. 

[davidwhangchoi]

 

[azrael]

On 11/12/2025 at 11:30 AM, Old_Nash_II said:

Hey, Look, a new Steam Machine, with Ouya format XD

 

In a bit of potential bad news...The Steam Machine may be priced like a PC and not a game console. 

https://mp1st.com/news/steam-machine-will-cost-like-a-pc-not-a-console

[TangledThorns]

16 minutes ago, azrael said:

In a bit of potential bad news...The Steam Machine may be priced like a PC and not a game console. 

https://mp1st.com/news/steam-machine-will-cost-like-a-pc-not-a-console

Then just buy a PC, lol. 

[mikeszekely]

3 hours ago, azrael said:

In a bit of potential bad news...The Steam Machine may be priced like a PC and not a game console. 

https://mp1st.com/news/steam-machine-will-cost-like-a-pc-not-a-console

Not super surprising, they can't sell it at a loss and make it up with licensing fees the way consoles do.

Also, what even is console pricing anymore?  Used to be they'd go down in price as they aged.  Five years ago both the Series X and PS5 were $500, today they're S650 and $550, respectively.  My money's on $600 for the 512GB Steam Machine.