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Steam Hardware [new Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and VR headset Steam Frame, coming in 2026] (store.steampowered.com)
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No prices yet. I may never financially recover from this.

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[–] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 5 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Steam Machine feels more like a console that happens to also be a PC. If reasonably priced, the question is why anyone would want to buy Xbox or PlayStation when Steam Machine has a bigger library than both combined - on launch.

[–] Prove_your_argument@piefed.social 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Because normies can't get Fortnite running easily on linux (afaik anyway), or other popular competitive titles like battlefield 6 or call of duty 2025 to run at all.

Most of the normies probably already have a console with some licenses that will carry over. PC gamers have a desktop system (often in addition to a console.) It's just not the same.

Consoles just work. You don't need to understand much. The deck has definitely not been a painless process but obviously it's pretty good, especially if you stick to green checkmark titles. Having to research what games will work, how well they work, and how to make them work if not by default is too much for a lot of people.

I'm glad it's coming though. More people running linux means better support overall from hardware vendors and software developers. Gaming on linux is in a great place today but it feels more like how gaming was 20 years ago where you sometimes have to look something up to get something working, and installing an OS is simply too much for a lot of people.

[–] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

That’s right. I forgot there are ”normie games” with kernel anti cheat

[–] kratoz29@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

The dream is that these "niche" hardware starts to gain momentum and these dumb anti cheat kernel start to disappear... Like I said, a dream.

[–] Prove_your_argument@piefed.social 2 points 3 hours ago

The worst part are all the games that have anticheat that totally works fine on linux, but they simply don't allow it to function in their game. At least there's a list https://areweanticheatyet.com/

[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

PlayStation is probably going to still have exclusives, or at least timed exclusives, driving some sales. But this announcement may be the final nail in Xbox's coffin.