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French retailer mocks €1039 Steam Machine with “Stim Machine” RX 9060 XT PC for €999 (videocardz.com)
submitted 2 months ago by [M] to c/games@lemmy.world
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It is a bigger, don't have the Steam Controller dongle integrated, and you need to manually install SteamOS on it.

But you get a machine that can be upgraded way more easily than the Steam Machine, and a better GPU from the start.

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[–] [S] -2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

On the hardware side, the warranry is 5 years. On the software side, it is Steam responsability, not LDLC. Considering Linux still support some hardware that are more than 30 years old, I suppose you don't have to worry too much here.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

    the big thing in terms of support is developer testability. just like with the deck, it's basically a given that it will see significantly better support from third parties than any normal pc. it's the same reason that "you can build a pc with the same performance as an xbox for cheaper" was always irrelevant: the marketing push behind the platform is what drives devs there.

    also, considering valve isn't selling this at a loss, the prebuilt only managing to undercut it by €40 is quite telling.

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