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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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[–] merdaverse@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Didn't Steam already have some home console like hardware a few years ago? That flopped so badly I don't even remember the name

[–] UnPassive@lemmy.world 11 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, the Steam Machine was the name. It came out before Linux gaming was really a thing if I recall. Before Proton. So I think they just expected game makers to make Linux ports?

[–] TheSporkBomber@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

It was mostly a steaming device and assumed you had the hardware and networking to support low latency streaming from another capable gaming pc. This is much more standalone and could almost be targeting consoles or people who don't pc game (or at least don't call their main pc a rig)

[–] turmacar@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I believe you're talking about the Steam Link. Which if you had ethernet running everywhere worked pretty good.

The old Steam Machine branding was more a set of guidelines / branded manufacturer specs for mini-PCs. Not many actually came out and yeah it got shut down pretty quickly. Though it was the origin of Steam OS / Big Picture Mode and what became Proton.