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This is a good thing...
Not for people buying Steam machines, but developers now have an incentive to optimize instead telling people to upgrade their PC. "Steam machine verified" is going to equate to more sales.
This. Games used to be programmed to squeeze everything out of the machine, without requiring more upgrades. They also focused on gameplay rather than aesthetics. Tetris was simple as fuck, and people still play that damn game. Games don't need 4k textures taking up 1tb of their drives (but as Pokemon proves, 480 is too low as well). I purposely look for the repacks of games, or the mods that alter the requirements. I don't run my car at a constant 8000rpms, and I don't need my machine running that way either. I buy 4 to 5 years later than newest gen whenever I upgrade, too, because I don't need it. I play to have fun, not drool over fps, or resolution, or realism. I am playing a game to escape reality, not recreate the one I'm already living (yeah, I play fantasy games, or scifi)