I think I read that Qobutz at least tries to work against AI music.

Maybe even … like five?

Are you gonna buy?

Probably not.

do you think even at this price point Valve is taking a hit?

No, as that would be stupid of them. Why would they subsidize a normal PC? This would lead to people buying them with the purpose of deliberately not using steam.

Do you think if this sells well it will drastically increase the cost of other consoles (completely independent of the external factor being hardware shortage due to AI)

Excluding the whole AI bs: it should not but it probably will as any way to raise the prices is welcome to Microslop, Sony and Nintendo.