This showed up in my feed (thanks Wario64). Controller and steam machine definitely seem interesting for me, hopefully the machine is a big leap in performance compared to the steam deck.
Based on the specifications on the website, it seems to have performance similar to the PS5 and Series X? The CPU will certainly be better, but graphically it might not be.
It's definitely worse than the PS5 Pro.
The price will be very important.
If it costs 400 euros, it will be a winner.
@CuteSpirit you can also look at THESE! This is one big reason we were excited to get me onboard by early November, so that we could do this Valve hardware reveal event justice (as attended by our own Oliver Mackenzie).
The controller and steam machine look really nice, I just bought my quest 3 some prescription lenses so I might skip the frame though. I hope the machine works for streaming be to my quest since i don’t have a windows pc(nor will i get one with this coming out)
The 8gb seems low, but I’m mostly playing non demanding games on my steam deck anyways nowadays and I’m not super interested in newer games outside my switch 2.
the frame does make my expected leap of the deck 2 to arm vs x86 seem more realistic.
I wonder how the next xbox will compete with this outside flopping with copilot built in
Very interested in the Steam Machine. Specs are interesting, but I'm very skeptical of the 8 GB VRAM. According to the DF video, it looks like Valve is insisting that it is enough, but only time will tell. This comes at a perfect time as I'm getting frustrated with Windows and spending increasingly more time on my Steam Deck playing indie games. Eager to see the price and hopefully the delivery rollout is better than the Steam Deck's!
I think one thing that is being slept on is the fact that the Steam Frame is running on an ARM chipset - Snapdragon 8 Gen 3! That is a huge deal and hopefully indicates further attention from Steam to ARM.
After watching the DF video... I'm very skeptical of the 8GB VRAM too. I already have the PS5 pro so I was hoping for something similar or better performance on the steam machine to make it worthwhile, but I guess they are really trying to keep price point low. We'll see.
One key feature they mention about the Steam Frame is the ability to play non-VR games. Would that be via a streaming service like Moonlight/Sunshine? I'd never considered you could do that with a VR headset, but it's very compelling to me.
As someone who basically uses a PC exclusively for gaming (I use a Mac for video/photo editing and all the rest), this definitely looks like an appealing product. I'm not sure how much I can trust their claims in terms of performance though.
I guess it all comes down to pricing. If it's a 499€/$ starting price machine, it's gonna be a huge success in my opinion, and something I would definitely buy.
Now that I think about it, this seems like terrible news for Microsoft.
If these alternatives from Asus, Lenovo, etc., come to exist, which OS will they use? Windows or SteamOS?
Price is going to be crucial for this, otherwise I can't see how it appeals. It certainly looks like an elegant little box but with these specs you're going to have to do some settings tweaking which seems at odds with its console-like nature (I imagine there could be some automatic stuff for certain games though).
If it's designed to be sitting under a TV and it costs roughly what a console does then you'd think a PS5 would be a smarter choice. It's also not quite as customisable as a standard PC.
Personally, I like a clear distinction between console and PC so it's not for me.
I wonder will "Universal Compression"/"Neural Texture Compression" potentially make these 8GB GPUs less of a bottleneck in future, or am I misunderstanding what they're for?
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