Valve says that the Steam Machine will be priced like a PC, not a console

Valve is going after the living room gaming market once more, with the announcement earlier this month of the new Steam Machine. While we know that the small form factor device will aim to provide a console-like experience with SteamOS, Valve has clarified that the Steam Machine will be "a good deal" in the similarly-spec'd PC market, but not priced specifically to go up against consoles. Valve employee Pierre-Loup Griffais explained, "our goal is for it to be a good deal at that level of performance, and then, you have features that are actually really hard to build if you're making your own gaming PC from parts". He elaborated that a price is hard to lock down right now, due to a lot of fluctuating factors in the market.

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