potustheplant
@potustheplant@feddit.nl
- Comment on My steam machine arrived! 2 days ago:
I’m literally playing nfsu 2 and signalis. I also think ray tracing is dumb af and we’re nowhere near phitorealism. So no, you’re dead wrong.
However, I also want to play the latest RE and Control Resonant when it comes out. Not to mention that I play these games on a 1440p 170hz screen and would like to upgrade to alienware’s new ultrawide oled.
steam directly tests that hardware in steam os, so less likelihood of issues
Issues like what, exactly? Unless you have a pc that’s over a decade old, you won’t have any “hardware issues”.
not all hardware is compatible with each other when building either
There’s this thing called hwpartpicker. You should use it. Hw incompatibility isn’t rocket science.
- Comment on My steam machine arrived! 2 days ago:
I disagree on the hardware. I think that a custom apu with rdna 3 in 2026 and this anemic is basically doa. It can barely handle, 1080p and you can forget about high refresh rates.
Also, have you seen teardowns? It’s a very complicated device to service. Something as simple as replacing/adding ram is very much a non-trivial task.
- Comment on My steam machine arrived! 2 days ago:
There’s no reason why a steam machine would be inmune to software/driver/hardware issues. I mean, it’s basically a laptop in a different form factor and laptops hace issues too.
- Comment on My steam machine arrived! 2 days ago:
That has absolutely never happened to me in over 2 decades. Sucks for you I guess.
- Comment on My steam machine arrived! 3 days ago:
The steam machine IS a pc.
- Comment on My steam machine arrived! 3 days ago:
A device you can’t repair or upgrade is objectively worse than one you can. If you prefer the latter beacause it’s a bit smaller, then that’s subjective.
- Comment on My steam machine arrived! 3 days ago:
No one owns the truth, we all have our own. Should I add “imo” after every statement? Don’t be thick.
- Comment on My steam machine arrived! 3 days ago:
Not taking into account the cec bit, everything else is pretty objective. You’re trading in a few cm² for a lot of unnecessary inconvenience.
- Comment on My steam machine arrived! 3 days ago:
Doesn’t literally everyone post their own opinions? What a dumb comment to make.
- Comment on My steam machine arrived! 3 days ago:
Nah bruh. No hate here. I guess I was bored at the moment and started posting without a second thought. This definitely is the wrong place, but I do think that what I said is true. This steam machine v1 will most likely end up like the licensed steam machines valve launched way back when.
- Comment on My steam machine arrived! 3 days ago:
Fair enough.
- Comment on My steam machine arrived! 3 days ago:
Electronic devices aren’t toys and them breaking is a fact, not an opinion. Literally nothing lasts forever. Accidents happen too.
- Comment on My steam machine arrived! 3 days ago:
That’s literally a subjective opinion. You might need a thesaurus dude.
- Comment on My steam machine arrived! 3 days ago:
Lol. If I wanted a steam machine, I would’ve bpught it.
- Comment on My steam machine arrived! 3 days ago:
If you already have a gaming pc then this makes even less sense. Just stream the games to your tv using a laptop. Or even better, a steam deck. See that is a device that justifies its compromises by offering an actually unique form factor that lets you game on the go. The “form factor” of the steam machine is “itx but smaller, impossible to repair and just as expensive”. Yeah, no thanks.
- Comment on My steam machine arrived! 3 days ago:
Same goes for literally every comment in social media. Solid argument there bud xD
Also, electronic devices always break. It’s not a matter of “if”, but rather “when” and “what”. I didn’t say that I wish it breaks, just that it’ll be a pia to fix when it does.
- Comment on My steam machine arrived! 3 days ago:
Not having cec control is such a minor inconvenience that I honestly don’t even care. Regarding size, between tiny, unfixable and unupgradeable and small but fixabla and upgradeable, the choice is pretty simple. Heck, the steam machine is not even better value than a similarly priced pc. It even performs worse. Hopefully v2 will be better, if there is one.
- Comment on My steam machine arrived! 3 days ago:
You can hate on facts, they’ll still be facts. Have fun ignoring reality, I guess.
- Comment on My steam machine arrived! 3 days ago:
Except that ot’s not just that. You build something larger but still pretty small and you can upgrade whatever you want, whenever you want. You can also have the same software experience by just installing bazzite. What valve has done for linux gaming is wonderful, but the steam machine simply does not make sense.
- Comment on My steam machine arrived! 3 days ago:
Dude can be proud of being a consumist and buying everything and anything Valve makes, but no one can point out that that’s kinda dumb? Ok.
- Comment on My steam machine arrived! 3 days ago:
However, you can build a pc with what the steam machine costs, and the steam machine is not that much smaller than an itx pc. So yeah, I think they can be compared.
- Comment on My steam machine arrived! 3 days ago:
Have fun fixing it when anything other than the ssd or ram breaks.
- Comment on Steam machine prices are live 2 weeks ago:
8gb of vram in 2026 is not what a “good product” would have. It also costs more than a similar diy pc, performs worse and can’t be upgraded. This thing is doa.
- Comment on Valve is so behind on Steam Controller orders that some won’t ship until 2027 3 weeks ago:
What they “pumped” into linux (proton, actually) is a general investment for the future, not something that shpuld be taken into account when discussing the Steam Deck hardware cost, specifically.
You’re also assuming that they didn’t already had purchased the steam deck components at a lower cost when everything started to get more expensive.
Basically you’re making up a relatively plausible but nevertheless imaginary scenario with 0 proof/sources.
- Comment on Valve is so behind on Steam Controller orders that some won’t ship until 2027 3 weeks ago:
That has nothing to do with my point. I’m saying that, given the current price (and age), of the steam deck, I doubt that they’re losing money on it.
- Comment on Valve is so behind on Steam Controller orders that some won’t ship until 2027 3 weeks ago:
They increased the price of the steam deck quite a bit. Doubt they’re not making momey off of it.
- Comment on Steam Controller and Puck CAD files now available! 2 months ago:
You think you really understand how controllers/drivers work. Unfortunately, you do not.
- Comment on Steam Controller and Puck CAD files now available! 2 months ago:
I specifically said “standalone driver”. That does not equate to xinput support. You still have not understood what I said.
- Comment on Steam Controller and Puck CAD files now available! 2 months ago:
Why would using a 3rd party program be acceptable? I meam, how can someone outside Valve make that but Valve themselves cannot? It’s pretty ridiculous.
- Comment on Steam Controller and Puck CAD files now available! 2 months ago:
Firstly, xinput support would still be useful. Reduced functionality >> no functionality. Secondly, it a standalone druver would only need to remove the steam itself and keep what makes the controller work. It would not require any extra work from any game dev. Stop making excuses for rich corporations providing half-baked support. It’s kinda pathetic.