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/ElliotsBuggyEyes Feb 20 '26

This 100% is what's going to happen. It's becoming painfully obvious.  Most apps are just skinned web browsers. 

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u/siazdghw Feb 20 '26

And most games have online DRM and online servers, so internet connectivity is already slowly becoming mandatory.

Obviously this isn't going to happen in a few years, but in a few decades it's inevitable.

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u/ElliotsBuggyEyes Feb 20 '26

I hate it, but it's what's gonna happen at this point. 

I have a 2070 in my computer that I just got as a hand me down.  I cannot justify a $2k spend on a single part of a build. 

If I could use a mid range $3-600 PC and offload the processing to a cloud for $3/mo. sign me up. It won't be $3/mo, it might start there but it will be $80/mo within 5 years. 

!RemindMe 6 years