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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[–] 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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