I think the biggest thing would be getting a PC with decent specs for $500. Why would anybody buy a Dell desktop or the like ever again? Like even if you don’t game and need to do office work it’d probably be the best option.
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Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 4 months agoA steam machine with a Radeon 7600 class GPU sold for under $500 would be a surefire hit and it would blow the deck out of the water in terms of performance.
David_Eight@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 4 months ago
You can almost build something like that for this price. Or you can do it if you buy some second hand stuff. But for an OEM building a few million units it would definitely be doable.
David_Eight@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Yeah, but I was thinking more parents buying a console for their kids. Like oh little Jimmy can do his homework on this thing too, great I didn’t have to buy him another computer. Or imagine if Microsoft put windows on Xboxes, every office building would be full of them lol.
Sprawlie@lemmy.world 4 months ago
And it would be great and would break Microsoft’s hold on the “desktop” for the average user.
These sorts of computers do already exist though. They’re called NUC’s. Valve could basically just take one fo those, use a custom APU from AMD again, and have their own full fledged console. Heck, the XBOX and PS5 is exactly that. A Custom AMD APU in a small box.
4am@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Especially if they’re going to make their profit in increased game sales.
natecox@programming.dev 4 months ago
MiniPCs are surprisingly good at this price point; good enough that I would say for most people’s average use case they would be satisfied.
I’d like to see them get more popular.
Damage@feddit.it 4 months ago
Problem is, any occasional performance issue with Proton on the Deck can be justified with “it’s an underpowered portable”, if it happens on a powerful PC, people aren’t going to be as forgiving.
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 4 months ago
It would perform as well or better than any equivalent Windows PC. I’m not sure what you’re trying to say here.
Damage@feddit.it 4 months ago
What’s with the hostility?
fishos@lemmy.world 4 months ago
They already exist. They’re called mini PCs or NUCs. Just buy one of those and you’re already there. Literally. This whole article and thread is garbage. They already exist. They just aren’t branded Steam.
theonyltruemupf@feddit.de 4 months ago
For the average person, that is impossible. Also, you lose a lot of features compared to SteamOS. Also, the controls are (at least to me) a main selling point and there is no controller on the market that comes close to the capabilities of the Deck.
foggenbooty@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I recognize thr average person won’t do this, but you can get the same steam deck experience by installing Bazzite.
Now the controller issue I definitely agree with. They need a second gen Steam Controller pronto!
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Yeah duh. A real gaming PC you’d want to book up to your 4k TV would need to have a GPU, not just an APU. Also, having to install everything yourself kind of defeats the purpose. Do you think the Steam Deck would have been successful if it had shipped with Windows?
fishos@lemmy.world 4 months ago
A lot ship with Linux. And having a full PC you can use is a downside? So you’d rather have a limited box? That’s not even valves philosophy, so I don’t know where you’re getting that BS from.
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I didn’t say anything of the kind.