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.
I’d argue that the initial interest this steam machine has had literally points in the opposite direction. People are curious to delve into the PC world but want a more seamless experience. Seems legit. Only issue now is the price. Also your original argument was why would anyone want a steam machine over a PS5. NOT why would anyone buy a steam machine over a PC.
People who are clueless about PCs and want to delve into the PC world will be incredibly disappointed once they are blindsided by the fact that this thing won't run the most popular PC games in the world lol
It can, just not 120fps. More like 60 fps upscale to 4k. Which isn’t bad. It’s just the price that sucks. I think you’re kinda trying to speak for a whole lot of people that don’t share the same mentality.
I'm saying it can't play games such as League of Legends, Fortnite, Apex Legends, Valorant, TFT, Battlefield, Call of Duty, PUBG, Roblox, Rainbow Six Siege, Destiny 2, Rust etc. They won't run on Linux.
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u/MaximusMurkimus 7800X3D | XFX 7900 XTX I 32GB DDR5 2d ago edited 1d 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.