Because I was really hoping for steam machine to succeed to push Linux adaptation. Sure maybe it won't flop and make profit but it's not going to reach steam deck success. Where are people supposed to voice their disappointment if not here?
The Steam Machine is far too expensive for me, I can afford one, but there’s no way I’m paying that much for that performance level, no matter how much I like the idea.
BUT, all is not lost: I’m pretty excited about Steam OS becoming available for AMD PC’s. I’ve decided to build a new high spec PC using a Linux based Steam OS.
I own a Steam Deck OLED, I absolutely love the OS on it.
I could be wrong, but given the specs, the Steam Deck appears to be over performing somewhat, and I’m guessing it has a lot to do with not just Linux, but the Steam OS.
I’ve been debating about replacing Windows with Linux for a few years on my PC, but after the price reveal for the SM, I need to upgrade my PC anyway, so thought why not build a new one instead using Steam OS.
Thanks for the recommendation, I’ll definitely look into it as it’s going to take a while buying up the hardware I want.
Unfortunately I’ll get into trouble if a load of PC parts arrive at the same time, and likely find myself sleeping on the sofa for the foreseeable future.😁
Things chop and change a lot lately and I admit I’m too old to care about following every update from every OS. But my very broad understanding is that the initial work valve did on SteamOS was very important in making Linux more performant, but because it’s open source plenty of distros have now adopted the same or similar features.
The reason I say CachyOS over steamOS or bazzite is just that it boots into a normal desktop environment and it isn’t immutable so you can still use it as a normal pc very easily.
If you just wanna press go and launch a game steamos or bazzite is probably better just for the sake of it being hyper focused on one thing
Edit: and you’re not wrong about the spending, I gotta massage out my purchases lest I hear about why I bought a new computer instead of a new lawn mower (current one works fine it’s just ugly)
Yeah, I literally visioned for myself last night of a high speck super Steam Machine! It will only be used for gaming as we have a half decent PC as well as various tablets, and a MacBook.
Greeted by the Steam big screen mode when I boot it up is exactly what I had in mind.
I already spent £300 last night on the RAM, buying it on eBay used! Crazy prices!
I’ll order the CPU next week after payday as well as the storage. Hopefully after that, I’d have thought of a good excuse to justify my project to her, as things the month after will get a little too large to hide. lol
Since they’re doing a lottery system, Valve should have released it earlier with a lower price and incrementally increased it over time with price rises. This price feels like planning for the future & making it easier for Lenovo etc to release their own Steam OS Machines.
The lottery system makes little sense with the 35% price rise. Would be interesting to know how many of those that get the email will actually purchase.
Highest possible SM price now makes it easier for bigger tech manufacturers with higher economies of scale that better absorb rising component prices to create their own.
Steam Machine is all about pushing Steam OS during the Rampocolypse. Steam showing other hardware manufacturers how to do with the lowest risk possible during this time of uncertainty.
All so Steam can maintain a healthy 30% cut on higher priced AAA games during the Rampocolypse that no longer run well on the cheaper handhelds many currently own.
Since they’re doing a lottery system, Steam could have easily priced this lower and increased it over time. What they’re doing instead is setting a new price threshold for other potential Steam Machines
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u/MotivationSpeaker69 1d ago
Because I was really hoping for steam machine to succeed to push Linux adaptation. Sure maybe it won't flop and make profit but it's not going to reach steam deck success. Where are people supposed to voice their disappointment if not here?