Valve's Steam Machine starts at $1,049 with 512GB storage and no controller

Valve has finally put a number on the Steam Machine, and it's a gut-punch: $1,049 for the 512GB version, $1,349 for 2TB, and neither includes a controller. The RAM shortage is doing real damage here — Valve isn't subsidizing the hardware, and the component market isn't playing nice. If you were hoping for a PS5-priced living-room PC, the wait continues.