Our first look at the Steam Machine, Valve’s ambitious new game console
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Aka the GabeCube.
Banana for scale:
credit:ValveI'd been waiting for Valve's latest hardware before jumping into VR home experiences. I hope the real-world product reviews live up to expectations.
The first impression reviews I've seen so far appear to have impressed. The Steam Frame will probably be my first VR device.
Hopefully we can get more good games made for the medium.
Half-Life 2 VR and Half-Life Alyx are arguably worth the price of admission alone
I suppose if the modding scene is developed.
And ill add Walkabout Minigolf, and Beatsaber for multiplayer,
For more story based content: Red Matter and Red Matter 2 is excellent, Lone Echo fantastic, Walking Dead, and asguards wrath are amazing.
A lot of these are meta exclusives, but you can port em
God I hope so. I'd love to get more out of mine, but mostly just get some really really amazing VR games. Most of the ones I've played are just glorified tech demos or basic. Would love something good enough that I want to keep coming back to it.
Excellent, definitely planning to move away from xbox once mine dies due to plan restructuring that has me paying the same amount of money to play online but without the benefits Gold originally offered (permanent access to select games each month)
The machines the least appealing thing to me. It'd have to be Steam Deck priced to be worth it in my opinion. RDNA3 but less compute units than an RX 7600. Controller looks like a buy. Possibly that VR headset too
Yeah this thing looks way too anemic but the rest of the announcements are great. I hope we eventually get a pro sku when the ai bubble pops and gpu prices return to some semblance of sanity but I know that’s mosty the copium talking.
As someone who hasn't had a desktop in over a decade, this is looking pretty appealing to me.
Even me with a big tower is interested in the Steam Machine. My rig isn't powerful to say the least, but cramming things inside the size of the Steam Machine, from my research, can get expensive fast.
IMO $500 is the highest it should go to still sell well. This is based on a few videos of people building SFF PC with older parts that can do 4K30
If it can play simple indie couch coop games on my TV, then it’s worth it. Can use my normal desktop for everything else.
As an NVIDIA user, I would love an AMD system that supports quick resume like the steam deck. To me, that's the killer feature that Valve has nailed with SteamOS. Raw performance isn't a priority for me given AAA games have been shit compared to Indies the last few years.
The GabeCube has that as well. Tested in Dave2D video.
Hardware is better than many modern MiniPCs. If the price is right, market is going to have a great time!
Release it as a Companion Cube edition and maybe I will get it.
Welp: https://dbrand.com/shop/limited-edition/companion-cube
R. Kelly
My hope is that this leads to some improvements to the docked experience for the steam deck. Docked modestill has quite a number of bugs unfortunately.
So, this what the marriage between PC gaming & console looks like.
Its a pc not a console you idiots.
You're correct, its sold to appeal to console gamers though
Just like the Steam Deck was sold to appeal to the handheld market, but the reason it had any success is because its a competent PC. Hopefully the steam machine actually takes off this time because the more gaming focused linux PCs there are the better linux itself will be supported.
And much like the Steam Deck, allows more freedom than just playing games. It enables use of the computer itself unlike consoles of the past. You buy an Xbox or a PS, and youre restricted on its use.
Which is the reason I stated that it is not a console.
SHHHH. The console plebs won't know. This is the type of product we need to open their eyes to the wonders of PC gaming.
define "console." I daresay that the phrase "console" exists largely to mislead consumers into the expectation that they can't sideload apps and games onto their own device. Near as I can see, that's the only real difference. But I can sideload onto my hacked 3DS and switch, are they not consoles anymore? I can run android and linux on the switch too.
There is no need to define anything it literally says "...and it's a PC" on steams promotional page.
https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steammachine
emphasis on "and." It's a console and a PC.
Could you have made it any more obvious you didnt read it? They dont mention console at all because its not.
It says
...and it's a PCas a header. What do you think is the part that is implied before the ellipsis? This is clearly to complement the reader's view of this being a gaming device (i.e. a console).It's ok to admit you are wrong, I know you won't but I need you to know that it's ok. Thats how we learn.
I have a good history of admitting I'm wrong online. I do so freely and frequently. In this case I don't believe I am wrong, so I will not.
GabeCube is a console and a PC.
You do realize this is just semantics right.