[Discussion] Should this community also cover the Steam Machine and/or Steam Frame?

Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz⁩ to ⁨steamdeck@sopuli.xyz⁩

My initial thought is definitely yes for the Steam Machine, and maybe yes for the Steam Frame.

All devices are Valve made hardware running steamOS, so I would think a lot of the discussions/content would apply to Steam Deck. This also isn’t a super busy community, so I wouldn’t be that worried about Steam Deck specific content getting buried.

The Steam Frame is a bit more iffy than the Steam Machine though, there’s a lot of experience differences between the Deck/Machine and a VR device, so there will be larger differences. Also the Frame has ARM hardware and has to use an additional x86 to ARM compatibility layer for games running on it, so we’ll probably see some unique compatibility bugs for it.

Overall though I just want to hear everyone else’s opinions on it.

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artyom@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
No, I think they should have their own communities, and someone should add a steam hardware community, for those interested.

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- snooggums@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Spreading converstion to many different communities only makes sense if one community is oversaturated with content.
  
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  - artyom@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    No, it makes sense if the content of the community doesn’t fit the name of the community. There should be places where people can go to learn more about a specific product without having to sift through a waterfall of irrelevant information.
    
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ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
I don’t know why you would, except in relation to how they work with the steam deck.

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BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Maybe make another community so that people who don’t own the other devices can just subscribe to this one and not be bothered by desktop linux gaming and VR ?

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deacon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
I’d suggest a separate community for each hardware variant and a Steam OS community acting as a broader hardware indifferent Steam gaming community (which I believe exists already)

this is just a forwardlooking estimation that it will be easier for moderation.

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piyuv@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
One more yes from me. All hail Gaben

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Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Steam Frame is optionally just a steam deck with a 4k screen that you don’t have to look down at or hold up to your face. It can also be used for VR stuff, but otherwise it’s just a better Steam Deck.

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Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Sure! The only thing I’m worried about taking over the community is the Steam Frame. There’s a chance it becomes super popular. But if that happens, we can just make a new community for it. No biggie.

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ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Of course. Valve hardware is awesome and we need a place to talk about it.

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