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Valve reportedly cooking native Linux version of Half-Life: Alyx, optimized for Steam Frame VR (www.tweaktown.com)
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TL;DR: Valve launched the Steam Frame VR headset with an Arm-based Snapdragon chip, aiming to run Half-Life: Alyx natively and streamed from PC. The new hardware features a "Frame Verified" status for optimized games, while rumors suggest two upcoming Half-Life titles supporting PC and VR cooperative play.

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[–] Acidbath@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I reeeeaaaally hope they do something like how microsoft and playstation purposefully sell their consoles at a loss ( I think it was 360 and ps3 ). One can dream.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 days ago (2 children)

No. They've told LTT and Gamers Nexus that these will not be loss leaders. They want to make hardware sustainable for themselves

[–] Acidbath@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

tbh I didn't know there was a term for this lol. No matter what price they decide on, I do hope to pick one up.

[–] addie@feddit.uk 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yeah. You can sell 'pure consoles' at a loss and make it up with games sales. This is basically a mini PC that you could reinstall the OS and use for any purpose. Selling it at a loss would be crazy.

[–] Acidbath@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

100000% it would be crazy. If I remember correctly, the xbox one and ps4 weren't really sold as loss leaders, that or they were priced closer to their manufacturing cost.

I have been thinking, I don't think it really matters to them what the consumer does with their machine. I mean, at the end of the day, you're still gonna be buying steam games simply for the service.

[–] Cybersteel@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Imagine the loss when the US government decides to buy a bunch of em PS3s for their supercomputer —

[–] Acidbath@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

tbh that was a cool airforce moment. Idk about current day, I doubt anyone would buy a shit ton of steam machines just to make a hpc cluster. BUT it would be cool af :]

[–] dodos@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Its possible, iirc steam deck was sold at a loss of $150 per unit.