Valve’s Steam Machine Launches at a Price It Never Wanted to Charge, and Scalpers Are Already Making It Worse (opens in new tab)

The Steam Machine arrives June 29 at $1,049, nearly $300 above Valve's original target, with first benchmarks showing 2019-era CPU performance and scalpers already flipping reservations for $2,900 on eBay. Valve says it cannot make the hardware cheaper anytime soon.