The Steam Machine price has been revealed and I am sad (opens in new tab)

Time to curl into a ball and hug my Steam Deck (I initially wrote Machine in a Freudian daze). So, the time has finally come, Valve has now announced the price of the Steam Machine, and as feared, it is expensive. Even at the low end with the 512GB version without a controller it is £879!! (also over $1,000 in the US) Then at the other end, for the 2TB version with a controller it goes up to £1,208!! Oh, but it does come with two additional face plates. Now, is this extreme price point Valve'...