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Steam Machine and Steam Frame shipping "this summer", Valve now rolling out verification systems (www.gamingonlinux.com)

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[–] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I kind of feel like the Nvidia Spark reveal lit a bit of a fire under their ass. As well as several other announcements at Computex, such as the Intel Arc G3 stuff. I k ow the G3 is more in line with Steam Deck competition, but it shows what kind of power can be put in a small form factor. The Steam Machine is already looking like "last Gen" and it's not even out yet. Price is really going to be what makes the SM make or break. I feel like they had a good plan, and then the RAMocolypse happened and it's not looking so great now. I love Valve, and what they have done with Proton and for Linux Gaming is nothing short of amazing, but I'm worried about this one. The Steam Deck was amazing when it came out because of the price point. The current price is absolute insanity. Not worth it at all in my opinion, especially given it's age.

I dunno. I really want this to work out, but it seems like every day things get more challenging.

And honestly, the Steam Machine isn't even a thing for me. I have a great gaming PC that's already hooked up to my TV. Don't need it, never will. I am much more interested in the Steam Frame because it runs on ARM. I wholeheartedly believe that ARM is the way of the future, but the software side needed the pressure. Between Steam Frame, Nvidia Spark, and Apple Silicon, I feel like it's actually finally happening.

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

The SM is likely for me, I planned on building a rig when my bonus came through this year but everything went mad. I was looking down the barrell of 3-5k which I am not really willing to spend and this would be the best prebuilt option, knowing it is designed to play games and being built for the living room.

That said its probably also out of reach now, value for money wise.