Valve warns Steam Machine pricing will stay high due to RAM crunch
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Valve says Steam Machine pricing remains elevated because memory costs spiked during the RAM crisis, implying launch pricing wasn’t as competitive as it could have been. The engineers expect memory prices to normalize in 3–6 months, which could make the Steam Machine more competitive, and Valve stresses a PC catalog as launch exclusives rather than hardware exclusives.
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