Are you gonna be buying a Steam machine?
No, but I was never the target audience and I wouldn’t have bought one regardless of price. I’m currently using a laptop and if I ever want a stationary gaming machine again I’ll just build one myself, I don’t care for a console-like experience either so even SteamOS isn’t a selling point for me.
So, do you think even at this price point Valve is taking a hit?
Nope. Pretty sure that they’re at least breaking even on the hardware. It’s a PC, they can’t be sure of future game sales. You could use alternative stores, pirate everything, or not use it for gaming at all.
That’s a controversial opinion but I agree with you. Going by the Original Sin games I prefer 5e over the rules Larian made for Divinity.