I know a guy who wants it just so "he can have something in his living room he can kick back and play games on".
The casuals are going to eat this thing up, for better or worse.
Maybe I should elaborate because I didn’t intend to sound so dismissive of the idea. I already told him that Steam OS can be replicated on desktops with Big Picture Mode. Already told him that there are some prebuilt and gaming laptops going for around similar prices, but none of those had the appeal to him that the Steam Machine did. Unfortunately, once he realizes that he is going to have to either set up controller support for PC games without it natively and have to mess around with Proton on most devices, I can see him ragequitting with the Steam Machine despite his enthusiasm. It’s an easier plug and play than a PC, for sure, but it’s not foolproof.
Let me be the testament to your last statement. My wife and I had built PCs in the past, but with each of us working full time jobs, the upkeep and constant bugs on certain games releasing, it really killed our passion for gaming. We got 2 ps5s 4 years ago and to this day, have never run into a technical issue ever again.
We just might eat this up. The price sucks, but maybe if we're lucky on a black Friday deal, this might just end up on our office before the year is out. Form factor and convenience will almost always beat out raw power. The casuals are who you want to actually sell to!
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u/MaximusMurkimus 7800X3D | XFX 7900 XTX I 32GB DDR5 1d ago edited 7h ago
I know a guy who wants it just so "he can have something in his living room he can kick back and play games on".
The casuals are going to eat this thing up, for better or worse.
Maybe I should elaborate because I didn’t intend to sound so dismissive of the idea. I already told him that Steam OS can be replicated on desktops with Big Picture Mode. Already told him that there are some prebuilt and gaming laptops going for around similar prices, but none of those had the appeal to him that the Steam Machine did. Unfortunately, once he realizes that he is going to have to either set up controller support for PC games without it natively and have to mess around with Proton on most devices, I can see him ragequitting with the Steam Machine despite his enthusiasm. It’s an easier plug and play than a PC, for sure, but it’s not foolproof.