Steam sale dates: When is the next Steam sale?

The next Steam sale is the 2026 Steam Spring Sale running from March 19 to March 26. Thankfully, there are also a bunch of ...

Dell's Alienware Area-51 PC range is back for round two with AMD X3D chipsets, but it doesn't come in price peace

That's not to say the new AMD-powered Alienware Area-51 range isn't impressive, but the cheapest models showcased at CES 2026 ...
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Valve says Steam Machine pricing will match PC market norms

Valve’s Steam Machine project is no longer an active hardware push, but its original pricing strategy still matters as a case study in how PC-first companies think about the living room. When Valve ...
GameSpot

The Steam Machine Doesn't Even Have To Try

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Valve's new console-like system has a lot of potential to shake up ...
TweakTown

Steam Machine expected to cost $700, reflecting Valve's modern PC pricing comments

TL;DR: Linus Tech Tips estimates Valve's new Steam Machine could cost around $699, comparable to a PlayStation 5 Pro, based on a custom-built PC mimicking its performance. Valve aims for sustainable ...
IGN

Steam Machine vs. PlayStation 5: Is Valve’s Gaming PC a Console Competitor?

There’s a new block on the block, or at least there will be soon. The Steam Machine, Valve’s new cuboid mini gaming PC disguised as a game console is coming early next year. And that’s exciting! I ...
IGN

How to Build a PC Equivalent to the Steam Machine

It’s been two whole weeks since the Steam Machine was revealed to the world, and we still have no idea how much it’ll cost. I still don’t know when Valve is going to announce the price, but in the ...
The Escapist

Here’s how the Steam Machine can avoid the Wii U’s fate

It doesn’t take long after the reveal of a new system for the soothsaying and the doom predictions to begin. The Steam Machine had these as soon as price concerns were raised, with people worried that ...
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” ...
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 ...
BGR

The Steam Machine's HDMI Port Has A Built-In Identity Crisis

Valve's unveiling of the Steam Machine has many of us excited about the yet-to-be-released gaming PC. Rocking an AMD Zen 4 CPU, an AMD RDNA 3 GPU, and up to 16GB of RAM, the box-shaped hardware isn't ...
Polygon

Valve's Steam Machine has one big advantage over the old Steam Box

After the first Steam Machine launched in 2015, Valve gained a reputation for releasing hardware and leaving it to die, alone and unsupported. It's an accurate representation. Valve launched the Steam ...