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Phoronix article: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Machines-Frame-2026
Also listed here: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/hardware
Valve has already sent support for the new Steam Controller upstream: https://www.phoronix.com/news/New-Steam-Controller-SDL
it's always a good day when valve actually releases hardware. let's hope this controller is as 'unique' as the last one, but in a good way this time.
FEX is the most exciting thing for me!
I hope this somehow manages to convince fortnite / ea to support it or support linux. I want to get rid of my xbox so bad.
also i am excited for the headset, i am wondering how open source it is going to be and depending on that i definilty get one (Since it runs steam os, linux is possible atleast definitly)
Im hyped for a new vr headset.
Yeah, I'm debating getting this one as my first headset. It looks dope.
Dooo it! If you can afford it, it will probably be a little pricey.
Me too. I bought the first quest before Facebook acquired it. Now that Facebook/Meta own quest and stuff ... I've been staying away from VR for now.
I'll definitely be doing my best to get one as soon as it's available. Everything about it sounds hype.
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.
it's an arch linux machine. with proton and some tweaks to steamos you can run any game without a kernel level anticheat.
Steam Box
Ahem, it's a GabeCube.
I'm sure it will be like the Steam Deck, meaning you can absolutely install non Steam games on it, but they still have to work under Proton (meaning the vast majority of games work, except ones requiring kernel anti cheat).
Yeah, you can. SteamOS is basically just a customized arch Linux. It's what runs on the steam deck, which you can install non-steam games on. They integrate really well into the console experience as well.
It's going to be like the steam deck, I've yet to find a old Non-steam game that I couldn't run on the steam deck.
Do the kernel level anti-cheat windows only dev guys support steam deck running official steamOS?
Short of explicit developer lockout
I’m really hoping that the price of the vr headset meets or beats the Facebook models.
Why does the controller look very uncomfortable to use? I hope it's not.
Still looks better than the first Steam Controller. It was atrocious.
I was about to say the opposite. They somehow made it uglier.
Valve really listened to Saejima's advice:
Steam Synapse when?
