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Valve confirms Steam Machine will be priced ‘like a PC with the same level of performance’ (www.videogameschronicle.com)
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[–] 10 points 9 months ago (1 child)

And a lot of the prebuilts have a ton of cut corners. A well put-together machine that people can trust to play their games at a base performance could be great for those who don't want or can't DIY.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    PCs suffer from massive hardware fragmentation. It's about time someone made a standardized PC.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Eh, I dont want steam machine becoming a standardized PC.

    having CPU and GPU baked into the board and unchangable will just increase e-waste cause it will age out much faster than a PC which you could, 3-4 years down the line, max out the CPU in, throw more ram into, or upgrade teh GPU, to keep it relevant for another 4+ years

    It serves its niche purpose, but it should not become standard.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

    I feel the standardization they mean is in the spec and not the specific build. Like, a lot of games are terrible optimized, not only on runtime but also in space needed, it is getting out of hand. But if you have to target a popular machine like steam deck or the steam machine that is not super high-end and have lower capacity storage you have no option but to put some attention on optimizing you game at least a little.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago*

    Except that just means they'd optimize for that specific hardware in the steam machine and still run like shit on anything else.

    Power wise, they said the steam machine is equivalent to what 70% of the steam users already have and use. If developers arent already optimizing for that specific block, then one more machine out of thousands wont encourage it.

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