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It's Time to Bring Back the Steam Machine
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this post was submitted on 08 May 2024
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I'm not sure what else they would need to do. You can just install Plex or Jellyfin on your Steamdeck right now, and you've got yourself an HTPC. It works great!
What are the missing pieces you're still looking for?
Probably dolby vision support
4K, Dolby Vision, and Dolby Atmos to start with. Then it needs an HDMI 3.x port along with support for a regular TV style Remote.
I meant it when I said I would like a "user customizable, privacy respecting Xbox.", so basically any capability that an Xbox has (aside from Live obviously) is what I'm looking for and why I want Valve to officially bring back Steam Machines.
The addition of JF or Plex, even with a Steam Dock, doesn't turn a Steam Deck into a user customizable, privacy respecting Xbox.
For starters it needs integrated streaming apps. I don't WANT to have to use a web browser to access streaming content. Next up those streaming apps need Audio and Video support for 4K resolutions, Dolby Vision / HDR, and Dolby Atmos. My Wife doesn't want to watch Outlander in 1080p with stereo sound on a 65" 4k television and I don't want to do it when I'm watching shows on Disney Plus.
How about an HDMI 3.x port? (Steam Dock is only 2.x).
It needs support for a normal tv style remote control. Game controllers are great but I've yet to find a half decent one that has volume and mute buttons.
The last time I checked a Steam Deck wouldn't automatically start in a 10' interface.
Please understand that I'm not bagging on the Steam Deck with these comments. It's a damn capable device for mobile gaming but it wasn't mean to be an HTPC and because of that its never going to function quite right if you try and make it be one.
An Xbox Series X absolutely murders a Steam Deck as an HTPC when used with commercial services but its not user customizable nor privacy respecting. That's why I want Valve to bring back Steam Machines.
I wouldn't expect HDMI 3 given the HDMI group are openly hostile to open source implementations of HDMI 2.1.
It just takes a company with sufficient market power, like Valve, to get involved. For example Android had this same problem in the early days, then Google realized that their OS required it for market adoption and found a way to get it done.
I understand that it may not be possible but that doesn't stop me from wanting it. :)