Dort_Owl [they/them, any]@hexbear.net to Games@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 hours agoSo what do you guys think about Valves new console?screenrant.comexternal-linkmessage-square67linkfedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up140arrow-down1external-linkSo what do you guys think about Valves new console?screenrant.comDort_Owl [they/them, any]@hexbear.net to Games@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 hours agomessage-square67linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKhanCipher [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·3 hours agoMy thought is didn’t Steam Machines fail once already?
minus-squareAzarova [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·24 minutes agoProton didn’t exist back then. It’s a whole different world for Linux gaming these days.
minus-squareGoebbelsDeezNuts [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·3 hours agoI’m hoping they learned a thing or two. Last time they were several made by various different vendors and they were way way too expensive.
minus-squareBelieveRevolt [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·3 hours agoAt the time Linux compatibility wasn’t what it is now either, pretty much any game on Steam will run on Proton nowadays.
minus-squareKhanCipher [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 hours agoThing is I don’t see this going for less than $800-900, not unless Valve is going to sell at a loss or even, and make it up on the game sales end from their storefront. Which they certainly could easily do, but I doubt it.
minus-squarechgxvjh [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-23 hours agoThey were expensive for a console but at times cheaper than the included GPU on its own.
My thought is didn’t Steam Machines fail once already?
Proton didn’t exist back then. It’s a whole different world for Linux gaming these days.
I’m hoping they learned a thing or two. Last time they were several made by various different vendors and they were way way too expensive.
At the time Linux compatibility wasn’t what it is now either, pretty much any game on Steam will run on Proton nowadays.
Thing is I don’t see this going for less than $800-900, not unless Valve is going to sell at a loss or even, and make it up on the game sales end from their storefront. Which they certainly could easily do, but I doubt it.
They were expensive for a console but at times cheaper than the included GPU on its own.