Too early for me to judge yet, but I do like a nice cube.
The new VR headset is the first thing I’ve been genuinely excited for in a long time. It being wireless solves all the issues I was having with setting up my old Vive in my current place, and Half Life: Alyx was a mind-blowing experience to play.
I know some people have legit issues with VR like getting motion sickness or not having space to play (although it can function in a surprisingly small area), but for those who don’t, you’re really missing out by not participating in it. Even without a ton of games available, there’s a few that are fun to play - I spent a lot of time on Compound VR. I’m seriously hoping that more devs will participate in making VR games, because the technology is genuinely impressive at this point, it just needs more content and better accessibility.
Of course the brand new headset will probably be expensive as fuck, but I’m enthusiastic enough about the concept that I’m already trying to tuck away a dollar here and there to save up.
Cube good, Linux good, but I just want the controller
I’m most excited by the new controller, but I’m VR curious so I will keep an eye on the Frame pricing when it comes out
I’d recommend seeing if you have any VR arcades nearby. Half-Life Alyx is the only VR title I’d describe as a must play. Everything else is tech demos.
What is steam os? Is it like a desktop operating system or is it only for games? Because if you can do desktop stuff on this like web browse I’d say neat and this is worth like 500-600 normal range for a desktop budget gaming pc?
Steam OS is a custom linux distribution based on Arch - it does include a desktop and you can install anything on it, so it would be a solid option for a desktop PC
Oh neat, hmm might actually consider this then when wanting a new PC
My computer is already going to be far better than this thing but I’m happy they’re making it just the same.
I’m doing just fine using moonlight to stream games to my living room TV via Nvidia shield, but this does seem like something a lot of people could enjoy. I’m more interested in the controllers.
Hopefully they sell it for a sensible price.
I’d definitely consider the controller if all the driver stuff is squared away and its under $80.
I think the Gabecube looks good, i probably wont get it because i dont need it.
The fact that you can apparently upgrate it and you can use a usb to add games to it does make it look really good, also the little customization it has its nice
I think the only thing you can upgrade is the SSD. Most other things are soldered.
You can upgrade the ram too, but need to disassemble it a bit further than for the ssd
Very cool because it’ll boost Linux use. I probably won’t buy it, since I already have decent enough computers running Linux. Steam Frame is very interesting, price-depending.
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It’s just a sort of midrange linux prebuilt, if it’s priced competitively with other prebuilts it’ll be a good lil PC to recommend to people who don’t want to build one. If it’s priced high it’ll just flop like it did the first time.
If it’s anywhere higher than $1000 dollars then it’s going to flop hard. It really needs to be priced in the same way as a Steam Deck OLED or a little higher (I think 800 would be a limit).
I think Valve isn’t giving a price because they don’t have the supply chain manufacturing process down due to tariffs.
More than just being a prebuilt, a big part of what you’re buying is guaranteed compatibility of SteamOS and the hardware.
Given that SteamOS is a pretty stellar gaming Linux distro, and the only reason it’s not widely adopted is hardware/setup compatibility, that is a big deal.
I personally don’t really give a shit about the cube. The ARM Linux VR headset with inside out tracking and foveated rendering is pretty interesting, not that I’m likely to be able to afford whatever they price it at any time soon.
it’s only going to cost 200 years of daily starbucks
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If it’s fairly decent I’ll probably get it. It’s tiny in comparison to the nuclear reactor of a PC I have rn so I’d be able to bring it with me when I’m visiting family/friends rather than hauling a bunch of cables and monitors around, which is honestly the biggest selling point for me since I work seasonally and have to move every 8 ish months. I could leave my PC at home and just take the cube to my work accommodations.
so I’d be able to bring it with me
But how will you do that without a handle???
It’s a moot point because it’s not something I’m going to be able to budget anytime soon, but I’m fascinated with VR so I find the Frame intriguing. I’ll be very curious about the pricing for both the Frame and the Cube. The more I learn about the headset, the more I wonder if they’re not going to try and eat some cost on the Frame to encourage people to buy the Cube. Apparently, the Frame was designed with a mentality of Streaming First. It even runs a less capable chip than the steam deck, in order to tackle thermal issues. So while it will be able to run a lot of titles from your Steam Library, it’s primary usage was meant to be a wireless streaming headset for your Cube. It will be interesting to see how they present that in the pricing.
From a developer standpoint, having a set hardware standard with large adoption sounds like a dream when it comes to optimizing. Plus, less Microsoft hardware out there is always a plus.
Oh, something else I found out that was pretty cool. The Frame can track the new Steam Controller. Neat!
ok but is it quiet while gaming or very loud? because my macbook pro and air can both play old games via wine (often more stable than official mac versions!) and it’s neither hot nor audible
I’ve read some sources that say that the entire model is like a giant heatsink similar to the new mac air models.
Yeah it’s a good amount of heatsink
I heard its supposed to be very silent which is probably true unless you play like GTA 6 on this
I like small computers so this will probably be my next. Didn’t want a steam deck cause I basically never play portables. Controller looks neat.
Can’t really see myself ever building a huge power monster computer ever again. Small, silent, good enough performance* - perfect for me.
*(seriously, it’s around the PS5 in power - you can name any game and the PS5 would still be overkill - this thing will be good for a long time)
Yeah I’m about the same. I have a SD but it’s in docked mode 90% of the time, and I’d love something with a bit more juice, so the cube looks perfect. I’ll probably sell the SD when this drops to ease the blow. While I obviously love that the cube will function as a full computer, in a LTT video on it he brought up an important point that they can’t let game sales subsidize the price, because there’d be nothing stopping a company with no intention of buying games from scooping up thousands of subsidized computers. So the price point might scare me away.
The most value I’ve gotten from the steamdeck is that it solves the cat sitting in front of the screen problem.
