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[Debunked] Valve Is Building a 'Steam Console' To Rival PS5 and Xbox, Rumour Claims (insider-gaming.com)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Debunk from dev Pierre-Loup Griffais ‪@plagman.bsky.social‬

"we've done pre-release Mesa Vulkan work on every AMD architecture since Vega thanks to them kindly providing hardware, so there's nothing meaningful to read into there."

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Don't they already have this? What is the Steam Deck, if not a rival to the PS5 and the Xbox ala the Switch? Shouldn't the focus go into optimizing that space, as opposed to trying again at the home console market?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Yeah I have a Steam Deck with a dock and bluetooth mouse & keyboard, it's basically just a desktop PC lol.

Although the Deck does struggle a bit with super high-end games, so a similar thing with beefier hardware could fill a niche there I guess?

[–] HobbitFoot 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The Switch was Nintendo giving up the spec race entirely to create an ok console and good handheld device.

The Steam Deck copied the design ethos of the Switch. It is an ok gaming PC that is great for mobile gaming.

A Steam console would be slightly different, but I could see it doing well, especially if it can become an entertainment center.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Has Nintendo ever really been about the spec race? Apart from maybe the 64.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

I love my deck but it is absolutely not a rival to ps5 and xbsx. It can barely run new high end games at low settings.