Credit: Valve Published Jun 1, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT After a 7-year corporate stint, Tanveer found his love for writing and tech too much to resist. An MBA in Marketing and the owner of a PC building business, he writes on PC hardware, technology, and Windows. When not scouring the web for ideas, he can be found building PCs, watching anime, or playing Smash Karts on his RTX 3080 (sigh). Sign in to your XDA account Most of the discourse around Valve's upcoming Steam Machine revolved around the underwhelming specs, high price tag, and delayed launch. People were legitimately skeptical about the value proposition , and Valve didn't help by declaring that it would price it like a PC, not a console. However, I feel a large section of gamers is dismissing the Steam Machine prematurely. Valve is being careful to avoid comparisons with consoles, given the disparate price points, but the Steam Machine is absolutely going to compete with consoles in the living room.…