Steam Machine warning - Customers urged to check emails or risk missing out

Successful applicants were added to the official reservation queue last week, and will receive a further email to complete the purchase of a Steam Machine once a unit becomes available. If your name wasn't picked out of the virtual hat, then you will be added to the waitlist and be contacted at a later date - or if somebody in the reservation queue pulls out.

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Now that Valve has held the draw, customers should check their emails or the Steam Machine store page to check the status of their order.

Successful applicants were sent the following email: "You're officially in the reservation queue for Steam Machine.

When your Steam Machine becomes available, we will send you a separate email with the option to purchase.

"You'll then have 3 days to complete the purchase before we cancel your reservation and move on to the next person in the queue.

"This is the only email you will receive about the results of the randomisation. If you ended up with a reservation queue spot for more than one model, you were allocated a reservation for the highest end model, and were removed from all the others."

As the email points out, customers will only have 72 hours to complete the purchase once the unit becomes available and the email has been sent.

With orders opening today (June 29), it's imperative that you keep checking your email, otherwise your spot will go to somebody on the waitlist.

The Steam Machine is said to offer a gaming experience that's just about on par with the PS5 and Xbox Series X.

It provides 4K gaming at 60 frames-per-second with FSR, something that's said to be possible thanks to a discrete semi-custom AMD desktop class CPU and GPU.

Valve is offering two different versions, including one with 512GB of storage and another with 2TB. Both also come with the ability to expand storage via microSD, and there are bundles containing the official Steam Controller.

The only drawback is that the Steam Machines aren't cheap, costing £879 for the 512GB model without a controller, and £938 for the 512GB edition with a gamepad.

The 2TB version, on the other hand, costs a whopping £1,149 without a controller, and £1,208 with a pad.