The new machine for the salon Valve offers its benefits in the form of a distinguished gadget with a PC heart, but that has been designed to play from the couch to a retail price for few jokes. Now, of course, with a price that exceeds 1000 euros as a reference for the base model, the comparison with the possibilities offered by the second-hand market is inevitable. So we ask ourselves: How many used consoles, including a blockbuster game, can be bought for the same amount of money?
A Steam Machine goes a long way
For the price of the most basic Steam Machine model, the second-hand market allows you to build a small family of consoleswith its controls, cables and a brand new game for each device, as it should be. The list could easily include a PS4 with its game, an Xbox One, a Nintendo Switch Lite, a PS3, an Xbox 360, a Wii and we can still set aside some money for a classic laptop, which would not be out of reach either. For example, with 1,039 euros we could propose combinations of second-hand products of this type:
PS4 Slim with ‘Bloodborne’
Average price of the set, between 140 and 170 euros
Xbox One S with ‘Forza Horizon 4’
Average price of the set, between 95 and 120 euros
Nintendo Switch Lite with ‘The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’
Average price of the set: between 190 and 215 euros.
PS3 Slim with ‘The Last of Us’
Average price of the set: between 55 and 75 euros.
Xbox 360 with ‘Gears of War 2’
Average price of the set: between 45 and 65 euros
Wii with ‘Super Mario Galaxy’
Average price of the set: between 60 and 70 euros.
Nintendo 3DS with ‘Mario Kart 7’
Average price of the set: between 140 and 160 euros.
If you search well, you’ll even have money left over
The approximate total of the entire basket We have between 725 and 875 euros left. Even using the top of the fork, There would still be room compared to the 1,039 euros for the basic model of Valve’s compact PC, which also does not include a controller. As you can imagine, the quantities are indicative and may vary depending on the state of each product, the controls, cables, boxes, and so on, but it would hardly exceed the limits that we have set for ourselves.
money issue
With this we do not want to detract from the Steam Machine, a modern, comfortable and powerful machine. But it is also evident that, for less money, you can collect a PS4, an Xbox One, a Switch Lite, a PS3, an Xbox 360, a Wii and a Nintendo 3DS, each with its corresponding game. Although, with this recipe you will not have your lavish PC collection immediately ready to play in the living room, you will accumulate a small part of video game history that brings together twenty years of consoles, controllers and great successes. That, for a certain type of player, even has more value.