# Steam Machine interview full transcript: Valve engineers discuss $1,049 pricing, compact design, component shortages, and Windows support

> Ahead of our review of the Steam Machine, we sat down with Valve engineers Pierre-Loup Griffais and Yazan Aldehayyat to talk about the compact SteamOS PC.

- **Source:** [Tom's Hardware](https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/steam-machine-interview-full-transcript-valve-engineers-discuss-usd1-049-pricing-compact-design-component-shortages-and-windows-support?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a4bc0d5254f0da55deb5633)
- **Published:** 2026-07-06
- **Category:** Gaming
- **Tags:** #steam #windows
- **Canonical:** http://localhost:4321/a/6a4bc0d5254f0da55deb5633

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