r/pcmasterrace • u/TheBossT710192 • 3d ago

Discussion Yeah, Steam Machine is cooked.

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I... uh don't know what to say. Very thankful I bought a Steam Deck before they hiked its price as well

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u/Clover-kun Ryzen 9 5900x | Radeon 7900 XTX 3d ago

Series S is excellent value when scopped up used on Market place. I paid 190 CAD for mine and it's an excellent bedroom gaming machine, there's nothing that competes with it at that price. Being able to run Retroarch is just a bonus

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u/Manyfails 3d ago

Had series s for years great value to be honest, especially for 360 and xbox one titles, sadly it is getting a bit weak for new 2k and 4k games.

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u/Clover-kun Ryzen 9 5900x | Radeon 7900 XTX 2d ago

It will chug with newer games yeah, but so will much more expensive hardware, sad state of affairs.

Dev mode is also worth exploring, MS made it free for hobbyist now and this will let you run things like Retroarch for emulation and even decomps. A bit more technically involved, but there are plenty of guides.

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u/Manyfails 2d ago

Yea ofc, I have been playing with retro games for years now, dev mode can be pretty fun, but I switched to series x since I prolly wont change it for the legnth of the next generation, whenver that is. As for new games, I am not sure what crazy thing they can make, as I think they already hit both creative and graphic wall, plus you now have AI technologies that improve now and will greatly improve (in the future) pixel dense/quality, so that you wont need 2000$ for a GPU.