It's Time to Bring Back the Steam Machine - Steam Deck HQ
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With all the layoffs and industry volatility, I think now is a great time to consider bringing back the Steam Machine, with a few changes.
  • fishos@lemmy.worldEnglish
    54·
    2 months ago

    They already exist. They’re called mini PCs or NUCs. Just buy one of those and you’re already there. Literally. This whole article and thread is garbage. They already exist. They just aren’t branded Steam.

    • theonyltruemupf@feddit.de
      5·
      2 months ago

      For the average person, that is impossible. Also, you lose a lot of features compared to SteamOS. Also, the controls are (at least to me) a main selling point and there is no controller on the market that comes close to the capabilities of the Deck.

      • foggenbooty@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        I recognize thr average person won’t do this, but you can get the same steam deck experience by installing Bazzite.

        Now the controller issue I definitely agree with. They need a second gen Steam Controller pronto!

    • Diplomjodler@lemmy.world
      31·
      2 months ago

      Yeah duh. A real gaming PC you’d want to hook up to your 4k TV would need to have a GPU, not just an APU. Also, having to install everything yourself kind of defeats the purpose. Do you think the Steam Deck would have been successful if it had shipped with Windows?

      • fishos@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21·
        2 months ago

        A lot ship with Linux. And having a full PC you can use is a downside? So you’d rather have a limited box? That’s not even valves philosophy, so I don’t know where you’re getting that BS from.