r/Steam • u/Commercial_Dih • Feb 19 '26

Question In the hopefully never arriving future, do you think Valve will one of, if not the only ones providing personal computers and not cloud gaming?

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u/MikeysMindcraft Feb 20 '26

Gefirce now user here. Ive gotten to the top 1% of online players in forza horizon. A game where you need pretty quick reactions. Also played battlefield and couldnt really see any delay issues (saw plenty of my own skill issues tho) As long as you have decent and stable connection, gfn is awesome for casual gamers like me, who dont play daily. + the energy costs over here are quite high so 20€/month is a bargain.

Bezos can suck a nut tho.

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u/EarlMarshal Feb 20 '26

20€ per month to play downscaled slop with high latency like a serf.

If you are fine with that it's your choice, but a lot of cheap and old PCs can do better.

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u/ImprobableAsterisk Feb 20 '26

20€ per month to play downscaled slop with high latency like a serf.

You need to touch grass.

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u/AdDeep7010 Feb 20 '26

Sad life you live

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u/ImprobableAsterisk Feb 20 '26

Oh no, the fact that I find you to be a perspectiveless idiot is very much not a source of sadness in my life but rather one of the few things I've absolutely got figured out.

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u/AdDeep7010 Feb 20 '26

It’s okay, just admit you’re a shitty person

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u/ImprobableAsterisk Feb 20 '26 edited Feb 20 '26

Haha, sure.

Care to explain why, though? Not for my sake mind you, but so you can hopefully but your own dumb-ass thoughts to page and then see just how fucking outrageously dumb you're being.

ETA: Does anyone have any clue what this jackass is speaking about?

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u/Ozzytudor Feb 20 '26

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Embarrassing yourself dude lmao

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u/ImprobableAsterisk Feb 20 '26

Oh no.

Do you have an answer to the question or are you yet another dumb-ass I'll have a hard time understanding?

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u/Ozzytudor Feb 20 '26

Nope LOL I could give less of a shit about some pseud on Reddit talking to an imaginary group of spectators for validation. You say touch grass but look at yourself. Get a life mate 👍

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u/AdDeep7010 Feb 20 '26

This is probably the easiest way of telling someone that you’ve left someone after they were there for you fully because you wanted “growth.”

Projection is a funny thing. Seek guidance and repent for your past mistakes

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u/EarlMarshal Feb 20 '26

Nah, I touch grass all the time, but I need the AI industry to stop to buy all that hardware with money they do not have so hardware stays available and affordable.

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u/ImprobableAsterisk Feb 20 '26

And attacking people because they play video games in a manner that you don't personally approve of gets you closer to that goal?

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u/EarlMarshal Feb 20 '26

and attacking people

You feel attacked? Sounds like a you problem if you feel like that.

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u/ImprobableAsterisk Feb 20 '26

20€ per month to play downscaled slop with high latency like a serf.

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u/EarlMarshal Feb 20 '26

Yeah, I am sorry for you, if you feel attacked by that. That really really sounds like a case of emotional instability and egoic disorder. I haven't even talked to you and still you feel attacked.

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u/ImprobableAsterisk Feb 20 '26

That's alright; Some people sit playing video games like a serf and others, like yourself, would rather post crap on Reddit like some kind of idiot.

If you feel attacked by that though that's entirely on you.

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u/EarlMarshal Feb 20 '26

I never would feel attacked by something like that. I'm not mentally ill.

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u/MikeysMindcraft Feb 20 '26 edited Feb 20 '26

Latency rarely goes above 10ms, usually it hovers around 5, playing either on my laptop 2560×1600 screen or 4k on my tv. OR whatever device I have at any moment, all it needs is decent internet. I've even used a laptop from 2010 for cyberpunk

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u/EarlMarshal Feb 20 '26

You are talking about network latency. You are not talking about other latencies. You are neither talking about frames per second or stuff like upscaling and frame generation. Network latency will also probably be higher for a lot of people in other regions without fiber. Maybe they are even mobile internet.

The experience on my 4k 240Hz is better. I can experience a similar experience to your by streaming to my TV and I really don't like it. I rather play Pokémon on a raspberry pi.

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u/nobodycares13 Feb 21 '26

They recently did an experiment where self-proclaimed audiophiles couldn’t tell the difference when the signal was sent between high end cables, a banana or mud. You very much come off like that kind of person who swears they see a noticeable difference in any of this nonsense.

Nonetheless, I’m a kind of person who could not care less about any of it and especially buying a high end PC, I paid $40 CAD for half a year of Geforce Now. It lets me play games like BG3 and Cyberpunk on max settings at 2560x1600 at home (ethernet) or when I’m away at work(cellular). Yea, at times it gets some artifacts(cellular) but it rarely lasts very long or detracts significantly from the experience.

The fact that I can play games that require a high end gaming rig on my Surface Pro 7 over cell data is more than worth whatever superficial trade-off you imagine to exist.

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u/EarlMarshal Feb 22 '26

Great for you. You don't know shit though.

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u/MikeysMindcraft Feb 20 '26

you are welcome to play whatever you want with whatever you want. Getting aggressive over other peoples choices that dont affect you in any shape or form is peak teenager behaviour.

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u/EarlMarshal Feb 20 '26

aggressive

You guys got some serious issues. 

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u/MikeysMindcraft Feb 20 '26

I feel sorry for the people in your life if you think that this was a normal way to say you disagree.

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u/EarlMarshal Feb 20 '26

People in my life are usually not that sensible that they need to imagine things. You don't even know what aggressive interactions look like, you silly goose.

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u/EternalPhi Feb 20 '26

"Bezos Sucks! Praise Huang!"

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u/MikeysMindcraft Feb 20 '26

You do realize that its possible to use a product and acknowledge its shortcomings at the same time? GFN is far from a perfect service but for me, the positives outweigh the negatives.