Valve opens Steam Machine pre-orders with queue lottery and hefty prices amid AI squeeze
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Valve has opened pre-orders for its forthcoming Steam Machine – but it is going to cost you quite a lot, thanks to the AI-induced storage shortage.
However, the company is expecting such high demand that it is setting up an automated lottery system, so that the lucky people whose orders go through will get random places on the waiting list.
The machine will come with an AMD Zen 4 hexacore CPU, as we covered back in November when the company's three new hardware models were announced. The desktop model will be offered in two configurations, with either a 512 GB or 2 TB SSD. You can order just the base unit, or if you want, get it bundled with Valve's new Steam Controller.
The announcement lays out the pricing:
Steam Machine 512GB:
$1,049 USD / 1,509 CAD...
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