Valve Introduces Steam Machine, Steam Frame, Steam Controller - Gabe Cube

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Margo Martindale said:
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Canard said:
I think Steam Machine will be 800-900. Frame probably 1000-1200. I doubt these will be cheap.
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Yeah, that's probably more realistic than $400-500 based on what they're saying:
Valve says it hasn’t finalized pricing yet. But when I explicitly ask if the console will cost more than a PS5 Pro, the answer is: “Steam Machine’s pricing is comparable to a PC with similar specs.” When I listen to my interview audio, I find an additional hint from Griffais: “We intend for it to be positioned closer to the entry level of the PC space, but to be very competitive with a PC you could build yourself from parts.”

Poking around the web, I find I could probably assemble a computer with this performance for $800, not including labor. But it could easily consume half the room under my TV. A compact system with a similar GPU can cost $1,000 without storage, memory, operating system, or a gamepad.
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So, I will most likely buy one of these as my AAA system to play stuff on my tv. Hitting what is quickly becoming an underserved portion of the market as consoles fail.

However,
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Just put some attractive people in the ad, for the love of god. Also that house is too clean for trannies.
 
Imagine the possibilities.

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Sidenote: PC Gamer released some videos about the stuff, nothing too crazy in detail, but it seems like people other than Valve got their hands on it.



 
Controller will be a day 1 buy for me. Trackpads alone are worth it, but 30 hours of battery life is insane.
Console actually looks pretty good and love the size they went with. I already have a PC, so I'll hold off.
I'm not a VR guy, nor have I messed around with it much, so the headset is whatever, though like the controller and the console, it looks pretty cool and the "play non-VR games" thing sounds interesting.

God damn I love Valve
 
The Mass Shooter Ron Soye said:
The landscape has changed a lot (for the better) since the first attempt at Steam Machines. But it will mostly live or die on pricing. I can see them not hitting $400 because of weird stuff like the DDR5 RAM quadrupling in price recently.
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Jesus Christ. I thought you were exaggerating. Server RAM I bought 4 months ago for $500 that I'm about to need to replace out of pocket (because the manufacturer decided be be total COCKS about the warranty) will cost $1500.

FUCK me.
 
I do need to upgrade my rig... normally I'd pick my components but if it's the right price I might just go with this and save myself the hassle. Question for tech savvy kiwis, I use linux mint on my desktop, steam os I've only dabbled on the deck to set up my emulators. is there much of a difference between steam os and Mint for a user that just browses, plays games and maybe runs some software development tools?
 
I'd like to offer some commentary as I've kept a close eye on VR since the jump:
Hot off the heels of Samsung's Galaxy XR, I can only imagine that the Frame poises itself as the solution to seamless, cordless PCVR gaming. I mentioned the Galaxy XR as not only is it the most recent competition, but in context of VR you have to consider all "options".
Every headset is defined by what exact niche it fills, outside of the already niche use of VR. Apple came onto the scene with the Vision Pro touting "spatial computing", and if you are unaware can be yours for an eyewatering 3.5k USD. As for the Galaxy XR, a cool 1.8k USD. These two current-market headsets are trying to fight over the coined "spatial computing" which only hardcore enthusiasts or hardware spergs really care about. I don't want to look at my desktop projected now really big through a headset so I can edit spreadsheets. Although I am impressed by the tech, I mainly want to shoot people in the head in VR.
So now back to the Frame, you can call its more realistic competitors any nontethered standalone-capable headset. There are many to choose from, but keeping it easy to frame (lol) let's go with the Quest 3.
The Quest 3 is actually my current driver in which I use the Steam Link app to play PCVR games wireless. It works, not always perfectly, but gets the job done. You have to keep lights on for tracking and can operate without a dedicated rig to play standalone games. However the standalone games are currently tied to Meta's library which pales in comparison to Steam.

If the price is right, which I suspect to be a bit more than the current price of the Quest 3, it can fill the niche of the niche which are people in the Steam ecosystem wanting to leave Meta, try out VR, see it as a Deck+, or even replace the Index. Afterall, going from the Index to cordless for me was absolutely game changing even if the Index is top tier in specs.
 
Darth Insanius said:
Controller will be a day 1 buy for me. Trackpads alone are worth it, but 30 hours of battery life is insane.
Console actually looks pretty good and love the size they went with. I already have a PC, so I'll hold off.
I'm not a VR guy, nor have I messed around with it much, so the headset is whatever, though like the controller and the console, it looks pretty cool and the "play non-VR games" thing sounds interesting.

God damn I love Valve
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The fact that that you can easily swap out the recharchable battery is a nice touch too. I love user friendly design decisions like that.
 
Forgive me, but can I finally say goodbye to Bill "Der Juden Puppet" Gates with this thing? I saw SteamOS but what does that mean exactly? I am sick to death of microshaft, their practices, their nigger interfaces, and their forced updates. In order to remove Edge I had to basically trick my system into thinking it is an EU system to be ALLOWED to remove that cancerous kikery. What can the Box do for me?
 
Lone MacReady II said:
Forgive me, but can I finally say goodbye to Bill "Der Juden Puppet" Gates with this thing? I saw SteamOS but what does that mean exactly? I am sick to death of microshaft, their practices, their nigger interfaces, and their forced updates. In order to remove Edge I had to basically trick my system into thinking it is an EU system to be ALLOWED to remove that cancerous kikery. What can the Box do for me?
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SteamOS is just Arch but locked down. If you want to escape windows you have been able to do it for years by just installing linux.
 
Lone MacReady II said:
Forgive me, but can I finally say goodbye to Bill "Der Juden Puppet" Gates with this thing? I saw SteamOS but what does that mean exactly? I am sick to death of microshaft, their practices, their nigger interfaces, and their forced updates. In order to remove Edge I had to basically trick my system into thinking it is an EU system to be ALLOWED to remove that cancerous kikery. What can the Box do for me?
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Its Linux but very idiot proof and tailored by Valve for Steam and their devices. comes with everything you need for the average normie to play games and browse the web right out of the box. its limited to steam devices at the moment though (technically you can load it on other devices but its not exactly normie friendly)
 
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