robotdex 11 月 21 日 上午 4:25
The steam machine confusion for casual buyers
Listen guys, I love what valve do, I really do. But people calling the steam machine a console, it’s just wrong, and saying it can compete against the actual ones, it’s a huge misconception. I went to the page, and valve said it’s a pc, not a console. steamOS its great for single player, indie, and some multiplayer games, but we all know it can’t play everything in the same level of a console or windows.

Bottom line, my friends asked me about the, and a quote “the steam console” and he said if it’s worth switching. He plays battlefield 6… may I say more? No you shouldn’t.

Listen again, I don’t hate the steam machine, but I think influencers and the outlets needs to stop labeling it as something that is not. I fear this is going to create a lot of confusion once it comes out. I’m being realistic here.
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󠀡󠀡 11 月 21 日 上午 4:27 
proofs in the pudding
Tezzious 11 月 21 日 上午 4:38 
look at it this way, the next xbox console is actually a PC the current consoles are actually pc's but just locked down, a console is subjective.

at least with the new steam machine it is just a fully unlocked console/pc that you can do everything on similar to PC, same as the new xbox coming in a few years, only playstation will remain as a locked down PC (console)

The ROG Ally is a handheld gaming device but is also a full PC as you can install whatever you want on it and dock it and use it like a console or PC.

Technically everything is a PC but with differing levels of being locked down.
最后由 Tezzious 编辑于; 11 月 21 日 上午 4:40
robotdex 11 月 22 日 上午 9:47 
引用自 Tezzious
look at it this way, the next xbox console is actually a PC the current consoles are actually pc's but just locked down, a console is subjective.

at least with the new steam machine it is just a fully unlocked console/pc that you can do everything on similar to PC, same as the new xbox coming in a few years, only playstation will remain as a locked down PC (console)

The ROG Ally is a handheld gaming device but is also a full PC as you can install whatever you want on it and dock it and use it like a console or PC.

Technically everything is a PC but with differing levels of being locked down.
I don’t consider a console a pc… not even close. if lock down means it works well and it was made for that system, I’m cool with that. And leave pc at his own category. After being a pc player for 10 years, I’m switching to a ps5.

coz… I’m sick of pc headaches. tho I still will use my rog ally z1e for emulation. Got some older titles I like to play. anyways point being… this will create confusion for people that think It’s a legit console. It’s not.

lol I don’t want full windows on a console XD sounds like a nightmare. SteamOS it’s better but… it can’t play everything. disclaimer, I’m a Linux and mac user, but I understand the majority plays anti cheat games.
GoldInfinit7 11 月 22 日 上午 10:17 
How is it really that different from a Xbox or PlayStation? The only real difference is that it can play Steam games and isn’t locked behind proprietary software.

The current generation of consoles have basically the same hardware that PCs have. If you can somehow unlock them and install Windows 11, then for all intents and purposes they can be considered PCs.

What is your definition of “console”? Because the Steam Machine looks like a console for me.
PopinFRESH 11 月 22 日 上午 11:13 
引用自 robotdex
引用自 Tezzious
look at it this way, the next xbox console is actually a PC the current consoles are actually pc's but just locked down, a console is subjective.

at least with the new steam machine it is just a fully unlocked console/pc that you can do everything on similar to PC, same as the new xbox coming in a few years, only playstation will remain as a locked down PC (console)

The ROG Ally is a handheld gaming device but is also a full PC as you can install whatever you want on it and dock it and use it like a console or PC.

Technically everything is a PC but with differing levels of being locked down.
I don’t consider a console a pc… not even close. if lock down means it works well and it was made for that system, I’m cool with that. And leave pc at his own category. After being a pc player for 10 years, I’m switching to a ps5.

coz… I’m sick of pc headaches. tho I still will use my rog ally z1e for emulation. Got some older titles I like to play. anyways point being… this will create confusion for people that think It’s a legit console. It’s not.

lol I don’t want full windows on a console XD sounds like a nightmare. SteamOS it’s better but… it can’t play everything. disclaimer, I’m a Linux and mac user, but I understand the majority plays anti cheat games.
Do your friends normally buy a console without knowing what games work on said console? How is this any different? Did your friend buy a PS5 and then get shocked that it didn't have Halo?

Steam Machine, just like Steam Deck, is a console-like PC experience. Steam Deck sure seems to be doing fine and I think Steam Machine will do fine as well. Also, the more people using SteamOS devices with Steam Deck, Steam Machine, and Steam Frame the less developers/publishers can shove their heads up their asses to ignore the platform.

Obviously all of the Steam Deck verified games will be g2g immediately for Steam Machine. ProtonDB lists over 7,000 games as Deck Verified and over 27,000 games as playable.

Sure, there are absolutely those "console gamers" who only get a console to play Madden and COD. But there is a very large amount of console gamers who are not COD crackheads and will just play whatever games are available on the platform they have; and there is plenty on Steam that works perfectly fine on SteamOS vis proton.
Tezzious 11 月 22 日 上午 11:34 
引用自 PopinFRESH
引用自 robotdex
I don’t consider a console a pc… not even close. if lock down means it works well and it was made for that system, I’m cool with that. And leave pc at his own category. After being a pc player for 10 years, I’m switching to a ps5.

coz… I’m sick of pc headaches. tho I still will use my rog ally z1e for emulation. Got some older titles I like to play. anyways point being… this will create confusion for people that think It’s a legit console. It’s not.

lol I don’t want full windows on a console XD sounds like a nightmare. SteamOS it’s better but… it can’t play everything. disclaimer, I’m a Linux and mac user, but I understand the majority plays anti cheat games.
Do your friends normally buy a console without knowing what games work on said console? How is this any different? Did your friend buy a PS5 and then get shocked that it didn't have Halo?

Steam Machine, just like Steam Deck, is a console-like PC experience. Steam Deck sure seems to be doing fine and I think Steam Machine will do fine as well. Also, the more people using SteamOS devices with Steam Deck, Steam Machine, and Steam Frame the less developers/publishers can shove their heads up their asses to ignore the platform.

Obviously all of the Steam Deck verified games will be g2g immediately for Steam Machine. ProtonDB lists over 7,000 games as Deck Verified and over 27,000 games as playable.

Sure, there are absolutely those "console gamers" who only get a console to play Madden and COD. But there is a very large amount of console gamers who are not COD crackheads and will just play whatever games are available on the platform they have; and there is plenty on Steam that works perfectly fine on SteamOS vis proton.
And factor in that you can always install windows onto the steam machine if needs be
robotdex 11 月 22 日 上午 11:46 
引用自 PopinFRESH
引用自 robotdex
I don’t consider a console a pc… not even close. if lock down means it works well and it was made for that system, I’m cool with that. And leave pc at his own category. After being a pc player for 10 years, I’m switching to a ps5.

coz… I’m sick of pc headaches. tho I still will use my rog ally z1e for emulation. Got some older titles I like to play. anyways point being… this will create confusion for people that think It’s a legit console. It’s not.

lol I don’t want full windows on a console XD sounds like a nightmare. SteamOS it’s better but… it can’t play everything. disclaimer, I’m a Linux and mac user, but I understand the majority plays anti cheat games.
Do your friends normally buy a console without knowing what games work on said console? How is this any different? Did your friend buy a PS5 and then get shocked that it didn't have Halo?

Steam Machine, just like Steam Deck, is a console-like PC experience. Steam Deck sure seems to be doing fine and I think Steam Machine will do fine as well. Also, the more people using SteamOS devices with Steam Deck, Steam Machine, and Steam Frame the less developers/publishers can shove their heads up their asses to ignore the platform.

Obviously all of the Steam Deck verified games will be g2g immediately for Steam Machine. ProtonDB lists over 7,000 games as Deck Verified and over 27,000 games as playable.

Sure, there are absolutely those "console gamers" who only get a console to play Madden and COD. But there is a very large amount of console gamers who are not COD crackheads and will just play whatever games are available on the platform they have; and there is plenty on Steam that works perfectly fine on SteamOS vis proton.
Hahah funny you said halo, because it will be on PlayStation next year :)) and no, they don’t. Look I agree on your points, but what I’m trying to point out, is that for people that don’t know absolute nothing, and hearing console, they will think it will be just like one.. that’s not true.

I play on the steamOS, and before deciding the get the ps5, I played like Batman Arkham knight on my brother’s ps5.

Not even a competition, it’s much better on the console side. I’m the type of guy that doesn’t like to go through settings to change, well, everything… I just want to play, and the quality is already great on my monitor with my brother’s ps5. pc games is great for some people, and console games are great for some people. But would never say to a buyer that a console is a PC or a pc is a console.

But hey… prices are not even out yet but damn! The news outlets are creating a lot of confusion there’s no doubt about it.
PopinFRESH 11 月 22 日 下午 12:43 
引用自 robotdex
引用自 PopinFRESH
Do your friends normally buy a console without knowing what games work on said console? How is this any different? Did your friend buy a PS5 and then get shocked that it didn't have Halo?

Steam Machine, just like Steam Deck, is a console-like PC experience. Steam Deck sure seems to be doing fine and I think Steam Machine will do fine as well. Also, the more people using SteamOS devices with Steam Deck, Steam Machine, and Steam Frame the less developers/publishers can shove their heads up their asses to ignore the platform.

Obviously all of the Steam Deck verified games will be g2g immediately for Steam Machine. ProtonDB lists over 7,000 games as Deck Verified and over 27,000 games as playable.

Sure, there are absolutely those "console gamers" who only get a console to play Madden and COD. But there is a very large amount of console gamers who are not COD crackheads and will just play whatever games are available on the platform they have; and there is plenty on Steam that works perfectly fine on SteamOS vis proton.
Hahah funny you said halo, because it will be on PlayStation next year :)) and no, they don’t.

That was intentionally tongue in cheek because of the "everything is an Xbox"; rather than giving an example the other way around such as Ratchet & Clank on an Xbox.

引用自 robotdex
...I’m the type of guy that doesn’t like to go through settings to change, well, everything… I just want to play, and the quality is already great on my monitor with my brother’s ps5.

On this point specifically, most modern games that have a plethora of graphics settings now will do an auto-detect of your hardware to adjust settings automatically to what should be a good experience on your hardware. You don't need to go in an tinker if you don't want to; but you can often tune things a bit better if you so desire.

Also, back with the original Steam Machine and the Steam Controller when Valve was creating the Steam Input system to abstract game input from specific controllers/KBM; they created user generated input profiles that you could download for various games. It has been suggested numerous times and something Valve engineers have said they have an interest in exploring to implement a similar system for the per-game QAM performance settings.

引用自 robotdex
...But hey… prices are not even out yet but damn! The news outlets are creating a lot of confusion there’s no doubt about it.

Lastly, I don't think news outlets are creating a lot of confusion. For the majority of people the Steam Machine will function like a console; Just like for the majority of Steam Deck owners it functions like a hand-held console. Also I think a decent amount of the actual quality journalists in the gaming space are presenting tempered expectations and some skepticism; e.g. Digital Foundry's coverage.

From the specs; I'd expect a price point of around $650 - $899. I think Valve might take a hit again on the lower capacity model as a loss leader like they did with the 64GB Steam Deck. So potentially could be less; but I wouldn't hold my breath on that.
最后由 PopinFRESH 编辑于; 11 月 22 日 下午 12:45
smallcat 11 月 22 日 下午 3:07 
Most likely Steam machine = PS5 .
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