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At $1,049, Valve's Steam Machine arrived at The Verge with a 6 out of 10 from reviewer Sean Hollister.
A second writer at the outlet spent several weeks with the hardware across both a TV setup and a desk, agreed with that rating, and said they would spend the money today.
The case rests on library access, not hardware performance. The library argument The second reviewer owns a PS5 and an Xbox Series X.
Both go unused for one specific job: neither can run the hundreds of titles sitting in their Steam library.
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