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It's Time to Bring Back the Steam Machine (steamdeckhq.com)
submitted 6 months ago by mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml
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[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 15 points 6 months ago (2 children)

If I'm going to game stationary, something with more than 10W of horsepower would be nice.

I agree that the steam machine was too early. People hadn't been fully disillusioned by the planned obsolescence of their console libraries yet. Today, in a world of $600+ consoles that are impossible to find within 2 years of their release, hardly any worthwhile exclusives, and Nintendo trying to make you repurchase the old games at full price again, a steam console could potentially sweep the industry.

[–] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

steal Nintendo's idea.

edit: of having a dock

[–] Belgdore@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

A Steam Deck dock with a pci slot for an external graphics card would be phenomenal.

[–] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 months ago

and sata for no reason.

[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 1 points 6 months ago

This seems like something people could get working today, and I'd be all about it. Though I believe there are bandwidth limitations that hamstring performance with this setup. And those external enclosures are as expensive as the GPU that goes in it.

[–] abbenm@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

I agree that the steam machine was too early.

I don't know how it could ever start from zero without having to go through a growing stage. I think it was just necessary to have modest expectations, and so far as I can tell, valve partnered with third party vendors and didn't lose $$$ on it.

Moreover, the downstream effect has been to set the foundation for the Steam Deck, which has been a smashing success. It just takes time to build up a mature ecosystem.