Baldur's Gate 3 publishing lead Michael Douse has commented on the supposed price of the Steam Machine. This led Valve to confirm that the Steam Machine price will be "more in line with what you might expect from the current PC market." This, given how RAM prices are going at the moment, could be significantly more expensive than some are hoping for the console experience with access to Steam. Baldur's Gate 3 publishing chief says the Steam Machine isn't super high-spec because there's "genuinely no point" when people who want demanding PC performance on TV "know how to turn any PC into a Steam Machine" Steam Machine price "more in line with what you might expect from the current PC market," confirms Valve – but "ideally we'd be pretty competitive with that and have a pretty good deal" Asked about a $500 Steam Machine, Valve apparently wasn't impressed: "The energy in the room wasn't great" Reacting to Valve's statement, Douse took to Twitter to question it somewhat, saying, "I know subsidising hardware is unfashionable now, but surely they're losing far more than a ~200$ difference by not having people on the storefront, which is essentially a money printing machine." That does make sense, given Valve likely makes the majority of its money from people buying games through Steam. Following on, Douse says, "It isn't stupid to not sell things at a loss, just peculiar in this case." In response, some users point out that if sold at a loss, it could result in several Steam Machines being bought to be repurposed into a general-purpose computer with far better specs than anything else at the price point, which, unless Valve somehow manages to limit people from purchasing multiple machines, would be an issue. As ever, we need only wait and see what happens. Baldur's Gate 3 publishing lead says there's a reason Steam is so popular: "It's almost as if it isn't providing a s**t service."