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Hardware is better than many modern MiniPCs. If the price is right, market is going to have a great time!
Aka the GabeCube.
Banana for scale:
I’d been waiting for Valve’s latest hardware before jumping into VR home experiences. I hope the real-world product reviews live up to expectations.
Hopefully we can get more good games made for the medium.
Half-Life 2 VR and Half-Life Alyx are arguably worth the price of admission alone
God I hope so. I’d love to get more out of mine, but mostly just get some really really amazing VR games. Most of the ones I’ve played are just glorified tech demos or basic. Would love something good enough that I want to keep coming back to it.
The first impression reviews I’ve seen so far appear to have impressed. The Steam Frame will probably be my first VR device.
The machines the least appealing thing to me. It’d have to be Steam Deck priced to be worth it in my opinion. RDNA3 but less compute units than an RX 7600. Controller looks like a buy. Possibly that VR headset too
As an NVIDIA user, I would love an AMD system that supports quick resume like the steam deck. To me, that’s the killer feature that Valve has nailed with SteamOS. Raw performance isn’t a priority for me given AAA games have been shit compared to Indies the last few years.
Yeah this thing looks way too anemic but the rest of the announcements are great. I hope we eventually get a pro sku when the ai bubble pops and gpu prices return to some semblance of sanity but I know that’s mosty the copium talking.
As someone who hasn’t had a desktop in over a decade, this is looking pretty appealing to me.
If it can play simple indie couch coop games on my TV, then it’s worth it. Can use my normal desktop for everything else.
Even me with a big tower is interested in the Steam Machine. My rig isn’t powerful to say the least, but cramming things inside the size of the Steam Machine, from my research, can get expensive fast.
IMO $500 is the highest it should go to still sell well. This is based on a few videos of people building SFF PC with older parts that can do 4K30
Excellent, definitely planning to move away from xbox once mine dies due to plan restructuring that has me paying the same amount of money to play online but without the benefits Gold originally offered (permanent access to select games each month)
Left the Xbox when I got my steam deck a year & a half ago and haven’t missed it at all, the final straw was when I bought a game it would not let me play it because it was offered on game pass, which I then had to get a monthly subscription for and no…no…not for a single game… just no
Surprised they didn’t announce any pricing, but given that they’re launching in 2026, I suppose you can’t be too cautious given the current chaotic US market…
I think they want to see how big the hype will be and adjust for that
Its a pc not a console you idiots.
You’re correct, its sold to appeal to console gamers though
Just like the Steam Deck was sold to appeal to the handheld market, but the reason it had any success is because its a competent PC. Hopefully the steam machine actually takes off this time because the more gaming focused linux PCs there are the better linux itself will be supported.
And much like the Steam Deck, allows more freedom than just playing games. It enables use of the computer itself unlike consoles of the past. You buy an Xbox or a PS, and youre restricted on its use.
Which is the reason I stated that it is not a console.
