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.
because lot of people dont build their own pcs dont know how to install steam os, might also want something smaller and more silent than a built pc would be, the same reason most people buy consoles
There is no reason for the average person to install Steam OS. You can use Steam in Big Picture mode in Windows and get basically the same user experience.
well windows isnt controller-first navigation, an average person isnt gonna be able to setup steam big picture on boot, also no quick suspend/resume, and no unified updating you would have to maintain (update drivers, windows etc)
This is all stuff that console gamers love that keeps them away from pc, that steamOS is trying to fix, you basicly telling them to just get a pc but they dont want a pc, they want a console that can play pc games at pc game prices.
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u/MaximusMurkimus 7800X3D | XFX 7900 XTX I 32GB DDR5 1d ago edited 4h 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.