Valve Sells Up To 15K Steam Machines Weekly Despite Dire Memory Crunch Warning
Valve is selling roughly 15 thousand Steam Machines every week, despite being constrained by limited supply and high pricing during the ongoing RAM crisis. While this number isn't official, BoilingSteam derived it from Steam's Top Sellers window, estimating that anywhere from 8700 to 15600 units starting at $1049 USD have been sold based on its position between Counter-Strike 2 and Palworld.
In Valve's own words to Bloomberg, "We're building basically everything we can get our hands on. We're limited by memory capacity, for sure. We suspect that the Steam Machine is a really good way to solve a very real problem that people have [couch PC gaming.] If that's [...] true, [...] it's a success." So, even if sales are limited, Valve just wants to have addressed that niche. After all, it's not likely the Steam Machine's total profits will reach the levels of major live service games...
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