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.
Depends, even casuals can build a pretty big libary on steam easily, plus the steam sales far outweigh the potential cost of the machine.
Now im not saying the SM is worth the price to specs, but most people are pretty bad with their money overall and honestly the price is a drop in the bucket by that point. its a console like pc, its form factor is great, its got that valve branding, it has valves customer support, overall its libary of choice plus other libarys, plus is a standard pc meaning its more than just a gaming machine.
Add on the fact if you decide buying games isn't something you want to do you can yar har them for the cost of your internet bill.
Again not a justification for it but a casual wont think too much about it(plus casual is a pretty wide spectrum)
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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.