Steam Machine

Fulcrum29 said:
They are doing for what they are paid for. The speaking points are too familiar among the various reviewers, you can feel the notes bundled with their NDAs (and whatnot agreements). I don't hate the Steam Machine, but I don't think that it is good value, and Valve possibly knows that as well. It will have its market, regardless, and somebody has to buy it in order for it to succeed.
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The amount of attention to the 3 antenna, that no-one cares about, gives away some of the required talking points.

It's still going to sell out though. I'd love to get one but it's in the price range of a mac mini. Crazy times.
 
Didn't last long in Hong Kong, Japan, Korea & Taiwan, all sold out.

www.notebookcheck.net

Steam Machine sold out in Asia despite high price, as Valve store skips reservations

Demand for Valve’s new Linux mini PC exceeds supply in Japan and Taiwan. This market may view the Steam Machine price as reasonable enough to invest in the console challenger. Lacking a reservation system before its release date, Komodo Station disappointed customers.
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satanboy said:
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Today, Valve has announced the Steam Machine will start at $1,049 without a gamepad, or $1,128 bundled with one, but you aren’t getting a significant boost in performance over the 5.5-year-old Sony PS5 you can still buy today.

It’s the best attempt I’ve seen at a PC that actually fits into a living room, and far better than anything I could build from parts. Valve’s bet on the Steam Machine is that you literally can’t build it yourself. Even if you had the design and engineering chops, Valve tells The Verge it’s selling these components at cost, negotiating with suppliers to get you the best deal amid a memory supply and demand crisis like the world’s never seen before.

But is it good enough for $1,049? That depends on what you actually expect this PC to do — and whether Valve manages to reduce some of the lingering friction before it winds up at your door.

www.theverge.com

The Steam Machine is the most ambitious game console I’ve ever played

$1,049 buys PS5 performance in a couch-friendly desktop.
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Makes no sense other than "convenience" or emulator. Pc runs steam so its a steam machine by definition. This "console" isn't needed beyond this point.

Might as well call a nuc a steam machine…
 
ponder said:
Didn't last long in Hong Kong, Japan, Korea & Taiwan, all sold out.

www.notebookcheck.net

Steam Machine sold out in Asia despite high price, as Valve store skips reservations

Demand for Valve’s new Linux mini PC exceeds supply in Japan and Taiwan. This market may view the Steam Machine price as reasonable enough to invest in the console challenger. Lacking a reservation system before its release date, Komodo Station disappointed customers.
www.notebookcheck.net www.notebookcheck.net

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All places where people live in tiny apartments so it makes a hell of a lot of sense.
 
ponder said:
Didn't last long in Hong Kong, Japan, Korea & Taiwan, all sold out.

www.notebookcheck.net

Steam Machine sold out in Asia despite high price, as Valve store skips reservations

Demand for Valve’s new Linux mini PC exceeds supply in Japan and Taiwan. This market may view the Steam Machine price as reasonable enough to invest in the console challenger. Lacking a reservation system before its release date, Komodo Station disappointed customers.
www.notebookcheck.net www.notebookcheck.net

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Interesting. IIRC Valve doesn't directly distribute within those markets. I can't remember, but I think those are the only regions where they have an agreement with some distribution channel. I am curious how many units they had in circulation, but the Asian markets are good.

Just the other day MS Gaming said that the EU and Asia aren't big console markets. Either they are talking only about the XBOX or PlayStation and Xbox. Nintendo I think must be massive in Asia.

For the people buying Steam hardware here, do you have US accounts? Forward shipping?

Just checked Valve use KOMODO in those places. I see many Asian nations don't have support at all and must rely on parallel imports like we do.
 
Geez, scalper listings are already going live. Valve never gets this under control, seeing that the Steam Machine is sold via their own marketplace. I am still curious how many units they have in circulation.
 
Moved from Bazzite to the official Steam OS image yesterday.

Was a pain to get installed as the default install drive is hard-coded into the script which just assumes your system has an NVMe drive. Had to download a community fix from Github to get it to install to my SATA ssd.

I have no idea why Valve released it like this as a generic image when the fix is trivial to implement for them.

Regardless, the install went smoothly after that and everything working really well on my Intel 8400 / AMD 9060XT system. Now at least I can keep on the latest SteamOS even though I'll be losing out on some bleeding edge fixes that Bazzite and others provide.

Picked up KCD2 on special and runs really well, HDR is a bit wonky still so I need to figure that out.
 
I will still rather use Bazzite or my preference, CachyOS. CachyOS has served me incredibly well so far; it takes some time to configure for optimal use, but is worth it.

SteamOS for me still seems a bit bespoke for hardware. Valve will get there.
 
Fulcrum29 said:
I will still rather use Bazzite or my preference, CachyOS. CachyOS has served me incredibly well so far; it takes some time to configure for optimal use, but is worth it.

SteamOS for me still seems a bit bespoke for hardware. Valve will get there.
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13 years on this since gabe last cried about windows being a catastrophe for gaming? At least since then proton has been introduced and improved…
 
DrJohnZoidberg said:
Moved from Bazzite to the official Steam OS image yesterday.

Was a pain to get installed as the default install drive is hard-coded into the script which just assumes your system has an NVMe drive. Had to download a community fix from Github to get it to install to my SATA ssd.

I have no idea why Valve released it like this as a generic image when the fix is trivial to implement for them.

Regardless, the install went smoothly after that and everything working really well on my Intel 8400 / AMD 9060XT system. Now at least I can keep on the latest SteamOS even though I'll be losing out on some bleeding edge fixes that Bazzite and others provide.

Picked up KCD2 on special and runs really well, HDR is a bit wonky still so I need to figure that out.
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I know the pain, also struggled with the new installation 2 weeks back.

But got it right eventually.
 
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