[RPS] Predicting Steam Machine prices would be a lot easier if RAM costs hadn't gone horribly wrong
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2025 5:57 pm
This week’s most popular game is not a robovoiced extraction shooter or a buggy martial arts RPG, but Guess The Steam Machine Price: a well-meaning (if largely speculative) timepasser wherein whoever most accurately converts Valve’s teasing into a final street price for the resurrected SteamOS mini-PC wins. In 2026, when it launches. I feel left out, so will have a go myself below, though there’s quite a serious kink in mine or indeed anyone’s plan to ticket the Steam Machine by speccing an equivalent DIY PC. Alas, RAM prices have gone stratospheric, in a manner not seen among computing components since the Great Graphics Card Dumpster Fire of 2020. Read moreSource: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/predic ... ibly-wrong