Yes.

We are the niche of a niche. We need more content, as long as it’s relevant.

Cost aside. If they don’t price it competitively between the Xbox and the PS5, the Steam Machine will be DOA.

The Deck is a perfect example of what they should try to replicate. If they don’t do that, it will flop.

Microsoft must be pissing their pants right now.

At 1k, it’s DOA.

I’ll be getting one and 4 controllers because my kids love the Steam Deck and I have a family library full of games.

But at that price point it won’t be able to appeal to people looking for a console. It will only appeal to the tiny segment of PC gamers that already have a Steam game library and want the native living room experience because streaming sucks.

The majority of PC gamers don’t care about couch gaming, this is why most PC ports don’t have splitscreen.

I love local coop and Linux, so for them to thrive, I hope Valve makes the right call, again.

Can it do video and audio calls?

I am comparing random things, yes. If you don’t find this trivia interesting, please ignore it.

… I use Bazzite btw

“Flexible” doesn’t sell as much as “Easy”

I agree.

But as a sidenote, a few interesting facts:

• Debian is older than Google.
• Arch (2002) and Fedora (2003) both have outlasted more than 298 Google projects.

Well, they already did that with the Deck, they earn very little from the hardware. Chances are they’ll do the same.

Steam Machine

If the Steam Machine really takes off, I see way more people moving to Linux on their main rigs and laptops, and in turn making companies stop ignoring it, if it becomes a massive success I imagine:

• Mainstream games like FIFA supporting Linux
• Apps like Affinity Studio being distributed through Steam officially supported via Proton.
• Epic games will be the last company to keep ignoring Linux.
• Valve adopting Waydroid for SteamOS (for Netflix, Spotify, YouTube, etc)
• NVIDIA will redouble their Linux efforts.
• Greatest than ever VR support in Linux

Steam Frame

• Lots of Linux apps will work on Android desktop mode, like LibreOffice, Inkscape, etc.
• Linux phones will receive a lot more maintainers and funding.

Steam Deck

• Android apps on the Deck via Valve’s Waydroid
• Steam Deck 2 on ARM

Other

• New use cases for ARM will motivate RISCV to speed up it’s growth.
• KDE & Arch will receive more funding from Valve
• More contributions to the Kernel
• More Linux developers
• Increased security for Linux
• Flathub will grow

FUCK YESSS

I’ll get 4 controllers and a Steam Machine for my kids.

I wish these were on brew too.

This could mean great news to Linux WhatsApp users.

I can’t use contactless payments on my GOS Pixel 9, so…

Does it support VJOURNAL?

It could be right out of the box. Happened to me with 2 controllers.

Does Briar ask for anything ?

Xbox controllers need a Windows PC to update their drivers.

The paywall is a problem.

I don’t know the solution to your funding, I just know that this one doesn’t work for me.