Technology

Fuck you Microsoft!

As a Mac user with an Xbox, this thing looks like a breath of fresh air! My Xbox (Series X) is still running well, so I continue to use it, but I kinda want this Steam cube thing, if the price is right. I don't want to buy any more products from Microsoft, and while I tolerate Xbox, I do not like Windows. (I tolerate it at work because I have to, but I'd prefer not to have to mess with it.) I could hang with Linux if I wanted to go down that road, but it looks like this will be a suitable alternative for gaming... if the price is right.

They missed the chance to call the machine the Steam Engine

2026 Year of the Linux desktop?

Surely this will bring over a lot of people to Linux

Not gonna lie the controller looks ass but maybe it feels fantastic so I‘ll wait with my final judgement. I‘m interested to see how they will try to push VR since most users are still incredibly uninterested in it.

Hopefully the Frames can compete with the Meta Quest in both price/performance. It will be good to have relatively affordable VR headset not made by Facebook.

Valve really listened to Saejima's advice:

Steam Synapse when?

I don't like the look of this controller... I'm still gonna get one. Everything else I love.

Especially that SteamOS is apparently going to become available on ARM devices.

Finally, another worthwhile controller with symmetrical sticks. Now to find out how to get my hands on one...

I guess this would be the appropiate post to ask under, isnt the steam frame using a last gen flagship arm soc and running linux a huge thing? That seems like its pretty close to us being abke to run linux on a newer phone. Tho at the same time i know phones are unhinged so thats why im asking, whether this is actually a big thing.

Gabephone in 2027? /s

I feel like if I use this controller those trackpads will go crazy because of my fat hands.

Since the Steam Machine is more like an entry PC and not a console (and will be priced as that), does that mean that SteamOS for desktop will be officially supported?

I’d jump on a steam deck with updated hardware, too bad it looks like it will be staying the same

Edit:

https://www.ign.com/articles/valve-says-it-has-a-pretty-good-idea-of-what-steam-deck-2-is-going-to-be-explains-why-its-holding-off-for-now

Yeeaaaahhhh it’s going to be a while, they want a great performance jump without sacrificing battery life

Steam Machine is interesting. It feels like a solid time for someone to disrupt TV based gaming.

Hopefully, this means an official release of SteamOS Desktop. I want to switch away from Windows 11 IoT, if I can get a flavor of Linux with official backing from an 800lb gaming gorilla. While I can try out Bazzite or Cachy, I would prefer to have only one Linux for the rest of my PC's life.

Would have stuck with Windows, if it weren't for the fact that Microsoft has been channeling the spirit of an overly controlling parent.

Steam Frame is interesting. Would love a non-Meta VR headset that doesn’t cost $1k and also doesn’t have a million wires and base stations.

Why does the controller look very uncomfortable to use? I hope it's not.

Im hyped for a new vr headset.

I’m really hoping that the price of the vr headset meets or beats the Facebook models.

Definitely will be grabbing the Steam Machine when it releases.

I’m curious about the “it’s a PC” aspect of the Steam Box. Because a device that plays all Steam games but isn’t a Windows computer is extremely appealing, but I admit if I can’t install a few non-Steam games on it, that’s a spoiler for me. But if the whole “it’s a PC” provides some avenue to that, I’m definitely ready to stop building a gaming PC every 5 years.