Valve prices the Steam Machine at $1,049
Valve prices the Steam Machine at $1,049
Valve 将 Steam Machine 定价为 1,049 美元
After months of waiting, Valve has finally announced that the Steam Machine, its new living room-friendly PC, will start at $1,049 and go on sale beginning June 29th. 经过数月的等待，Valve 终于宣布其新款客厅友好型 PC——Steam Machine 的起售价为 1,049 美元，并将于 6 月 29 日正式开售。
You can now register your interest to buy a Steam Machine as part of a reservation system. To offer a fair playing field for people who want to buy one, Valve will randomize everyone in the queue on Thursday at 1PM ET. After that, anyone who registers their interest will be added to the end of the waitlist. The first emails giving people the opportunity to buy will go out on June 29th. 你现在可以通过预订系统登记购买 Steam Machine 的意向。为了确保公平，Valve 将于美东时间周四下午 1 点对队列中的所有用户进行随机排序。此后，所有新登记的用户将被加入到等待名单的末尾。首批购买邀请邮件将于 6 月 29 日发出。
Valve will sell four configurations of the Steam Machine: Valve 将提供四种配置的 Steam Machine：
- A 512GB model for $1,049 / $1,509 CAD / €1,039 / £879 / $1,609 AUD / 4,389 zlotys 512GB 版本：1,049 美元 / 1,509 加元 / 1,039 欧元 / 879 英镑 / 1,609 澳元 / 4,389 兹罗提
- A 512GB model with a bundled Steam Controller for $1,128 / $1,628 CAD / €1,108 / £938 / $1,728 AUD / 4,698 zlotys 512GB 捆绑 Steam Controller 版本：1,128 美元 / 1,628 加元 / 1,108 欧元 / 938 英镑 / 1,728 澳元 / 4,698 兹罗提
- A 2TB model for $1,349 / $1,919 CAD / €1,359 / £1,149 / $2,109 AUD / 5,739 zlotys 2TB 版本：1,349 美元 / 1,919 加元 / 1,359 欧元 / 1,149 英镑 / 2,109 澳元 / 5,739 兹罗提
- A 2TB model with a bundled Steam Controller for $1,428 / $2,038 CAD / €1,428 / £1,208 / $2,228 AUD / 6,048 zlotys 2TB 捆绑 Steam Controller 版本：1,428 美元 / 2,038 加元 / 1,428 欧元 / 1,208 英镑 / 2,228 澳元 / 6,048 兹罗提
The 2TB configurations will also come with two swappable faceplates, “red fabric” and “solid walnut,” in addition to the standard black one. 除了标准的黑色面板外，2TB 配置版本还将附赠两款可更换面板：“红色织物”和“实木胡桃木”。
The Steam Machine is considerably more expensive than the consoles it’s arguably competing with: A digital PS5 costs $599.99, an Xbox Series X costs $649.99, and a PS5 Pro costs $899.99. (And that’s after they all got price hikes.) The Steam Machine also isn’t meaningfully improved over those options; based on my colleague Sean Hollister’s review, the Steam Machine’s performance is roughly equivalent to that of a PS5, but nearly six years after the PS5 first launched. Steam Machine 的价格远高于其竞争对手：数字版 PS5 售价 599.99 美元，Xbox Series X 售价 649.99 美元，PS5 Pro 售价 899.99 美元（这还是在它们涨价之后）。此外，Steam Machine 在性能上并没有显著优势；根据我同事 Sean Hollister 的评测，Steam Machine 的性能大致相当于 PS5，但此时距离 PS5 首发已经过去了近六年。
However, the value proposition for the Steam Machine is that it can play your library of Steam games you may have accumulated over years (or even decades), rather than just PlayStation games, and it’s also a full Linux PC that you can customize to your heart’s content. Valve also says that it’s selling the Steam Machine for the cost of its components alone instead of subsidizing the price. 然而，Steam Machine 的价值主张在于它能够运行你多年（甚至几十年）积累下来的 Steam 游戏库，而不仅仅是 PlayStation 游戏。同时，它也是一台完整的 Linux PC，你可以随心所欲地进行定制。Valve 还表示，Steam Machine 的售价仅涵盖了硬件成本，并未进行价格补贴。
The price of the Steam Machine has been one of the biggest questions about the new hardware since it was announced. Valve let us spend hours with the Steam Machine, the new Steam Controller, and the Steam Frame VR headset in late 2025, and we walked away impressed. At the time of that hands-on, Valve said that it would start shipping the new gadgets in early 2026. But in February, the company announced that the ongoing memory and storage crunch had forced it to revisit its pricing and shipping plans. And in March, Valve said in a blog post that it would be “shipping all three products this year.” 自这款新硬件发布以来，价格一直是人们最大的疑问之一。2025 年底，Valve 让我们深度体验了 Steam Machine、新款 Steam Controller 和 Steam Frame VR 头显，我们留下了深刻的印象。在当时的上手体验中，Valve 表示将于 2026 年初开始发货。但到了 2 月，该公司宣布持续的内存和存储短缺迫使其重新评估定价和发货计划。3 月，Valve 在博客文章中表示，它将在“今年内出货所有三款产品”。
Valve did end up releasing the Steam Controller separately from its other hardware in May, and it’s quite good. The controller quickly sold out when it first went on sale, and Valve opened a reservations queue soon after. Valve 最终在 5 月将 Steam Controller 与其他硬件分开单独发售，且表现相当出色。该手柄在首发时迅速售罄，Valve 随后不久便开启了预订队列。
Valve still hasn’t shared specific pricing or release details for the Steam Frame. Valve 尚未公布 Steam Frame 的具体定价或发布细节。