deliriousdreams

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Machine – Powerful Enough?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I think that data includes the prices for RAM, and the price point they're hoping to sell it at. I don't mind the idea of buying this to literally just put in my entertainment center. I wouldn't even mind upgrading the RAM when it eventually comes down in price or I can save up for it.

  But since I already have a steam deck equivalent handheld running Bazzite, I also already have a lot of the peripherals I'd want in order to make this useful for streaming or other services, so it's not a huge barrier to entry for me. The form factor is what I'm looking for too. Without all the stupid LED's and BS.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why a new Steam Machine when the first ones flopped? Because this time, Valve say, it'll actually have games⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hell yeah!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Of course dbrand is doing a Steam Machine Companion Cube⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hawt!

  No, but seriously. I'd buy this. Take my money.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why a new Steam Machine when the first ones flopped? Because this time, Valve say, it'll actually have games⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I'm actually hoping to buy one and then see if dbrand or similar sells a companion cube set of vinyl appliques for it. Although I do think the 3D printed faceplates would be much better quality.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why a new Steam Machine when the first ones flopped? Because this time, Valve say, it'll actually have games⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They never really release a steam machine the first time. They were all windows PC's that had decent specs for the footprint that the things were, and ran steam in big picture mode. The experience wasn't bad but it didn't give you anything a "non-steam machine" gaming PC that you could build yourself didn't give you at the time, and building a PC yourself was both affordable and very much could provide a better product/experience.

  I think it's unfair to say they flopped the first time when it came down to PC vendors not really shipping them with steam OS because at the time it was not ready yet. It's fairer to say steam OS flopped back then and the hardware didn't sell as well as it could have as a result of them being sold almost entirely as windows PC's.

  At the time I fully remember (because I bought an Alienware Alpha for like $350) that there was supposed to be an option to buy a steam OS variant that never really materialized. Never saw it anywhere but in press articles and reviews.

  I had the windows variant. There were some drawbacks: had to provide my own keyboard and mouse), the controller that came with mine was one of the old school XBOX 360 controllers, windows 8, and big picture mode sometimes not allowing me to leave it to return to the desktop. But all in all my experience with it was pretty good. Certainly comparable to the gaming PC I had built and owned before it (in that it ran the games I wanted to play, which were games of that time period at a decent frame rate and quality).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Hardware Announcement - (This is wild)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I love that every single time I see someone mention the older "steam machines" from way back when they lable them as horrible. I own one. It was amazing. I had to download custom software to overclock it because the software limited me more than the hardware. And it wasn't even an i7. For the form factor and the price I paid for it, it was total worth it and not crappy at all.

  I'm looking forward to seeing what steams actual hardware will do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Miss the Knight from OG Hollow Knight? There's a Silksong mod that'll solve your little bug blues⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Seems like it could be fun to mess around with.