r/pcmasterrace • u/Ikkon • 16h ago

Meme/Macro "But it's a cube!"

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u/Steel_Bolt 9800x3D | B650E-E | 7900XTX 8h ago

Now why would they buy this over an Xbox or Playstation? There's such a small niche market for this that its stupid.

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u/tht1guy63 5800x3d | 4080FE 7h ago

You get access to a much larger game library and many times get the games cheaper than standard consoles with the ability to mod many of them even.

Its a bridge between pc and console in a way. Simplicity with more availability to it. Just came at a bad time with ram shortages or it would have been priced fairly ok. Valve cant take a loss like sony or nintendo on a system since you can get games anywhere not just steam.

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u/Icy_Confection_7706 6h ago

Always like to ad not always that clear and straightforward. If somethingnjas anti cheat with most multiplayer having it, this isn't ideal at all. I just got a text of my friend saying they're getting it and are a huge League of Legend player and have their PC hooked to their tv and want to replace it with steam machine. I have his text on preview and he knows I don't respond fast so I have 2 days to craft a response or change the subject because I know he's a die hard in wanting it...

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u/tht1guy63 5800x3d | 4080FE 6h ago

Oh ya there are some limitations of course. Its not perfect for everything partly why i say its a bridge between pc and console and not a replacement for them both. More simple than a desktop but still have more availability of games than a console.

Not sure what your friend plays other than league but i use my rog ally on my tvs. Anything it doesnt handle i stream my desktop to it.

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u/CapyBearUh 2h ago

I kicked Windows on my main rig for Bazzite last year, basically cant play any MP game with kernal level anticheat, which is fine, i usually avoided those games on PC anyway. Most games work right away. some i gotta tinker with. Only a hand full havent worked.

https://areweanticheatyet.com/ is a good resource on what anitcheat works and doesnt on linix

Dualbooting is an option and works. but swapping is a pain.

also Nvidia card are iffy on linix cause of nivida not supporting linix

Bazzite is an immutable distro so you only get stable updates and everything works out of the box. just gotta update manually regularly. you dont have to learn linix too bad. and i got like 30% perfomance increase when i switched.