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It gets worse. The RX 7600 in the GabeCube has 28 outta 32 CUs that you would normally find in a 7600, plus it runs at a lower frequency. I also heard it's power limited as well. An RTX 5050 would beat this easily.
I'm better at sourcing parts than Valve and I don't even have any of their billions or resources or engineers or connections
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You can certainly prefer PC gaming, but I'll say this: Nintendo moved past being just "for kids" a long time ago, arguably back in the N64 era. When the Switch 2 has a FromSoftware dark fantasy title (The Duskbloods) in the pipeline, plus plenty of other mature games either here or coming soon, it's very much for everyone. It's just that Nintendo's identity is built on kid-friendly games, and there's nothing wrong with that. You can have Animal Crossing and Resident Evil on the same system.
as or more powerful (equal or better) was the statement that was twisted by soft belly publication into more powerful or better than 70%: (
Hardware Unboxed tested a single stick of DDR5, a few months back.
The last attempt was over a decade ago and Linux gaming was not in a good place. Now with big wins from Proton, the Steam Deck, and an official release of SteamOS, more people are coming around to the idea of it.
And you can prefer simplistic kid stuff. Glad we both agree - but GET REAL! Not many serious gamers are playing Nintendo.
Your post is pessimistic.
Time will tell.
Moot point since Steam Machine is faster in some regards...
Again - NOT THE POINT OF VALVES box at all....
Why would I be disappointed? I've been reaping the rewards of what they've done to make gaming on Linux viable for the last few years already.
This is gatekeeping. You can be a serious gamer with a Switch, or a casual gamer with a PlayStation. It's about the specific titles you play and how committed you are to doing well, not the system you're using or the franchise you're playing. I'd say a player determined to master Mario Kart World is a more serious gamer than someone who drops into Call of Duty to blow off steam after work.
Only the PS5 was released in 2020 while the Steam Machine is shipping next week. Paying $400-plus extra for a system that draws even with a six-year-old console, and is already outperformedMoot point since Steam Machine is faster in some regards...
Gabe made that point years ago regarding Microsoft being able to cut Steam off using the Windows Store/UWP enforcement/Xbox App. I'm sure that couldn't happen since Microsoft would never even think about using anti-competitive tactics.
Sure, technically they'd have that capability but one is able to use any flavor of Linux that they desire. They also can't do anything to stop other stores from running. In fact, you can get many games running from other stores just by running the executable through Proton. I guess it sucks that they're allowing consumers to have a choice?
Make sure you factor in controllers in cost. I am sure most of you have seen Steve mention Valve is in the Anti monopoly fight for the game store and he mentioned Valve subsidizing the GabeCube would not be a good look right now. (It was also mentioned Valve did not want gamer's subsidizing GabeCubes in the office as it is only a matter of time until a GC is running Win11.
Marketshare? Serious gamers? How far are we bending over for Valve?
No, you're not understanding. The goal is not hardware market share; the goal is to bring in more gamers to STEAM. The hardware does not matter as once the software is there the hardware vendors will follow. We've already seen this with the Steam Deck; there were no good handheld PCs but after the Steam Deck there are multiple choices. With an official SteamOS build, a company like ASUS can release a NUC-style PC with SteamOS preinstalled.
If you read the post I was replying to he specifically said MARKET SHARE in all caps.
You literally have no idea what communism is. A company selling a product for less than the sum of its parts is not communism. Console manufacturers do it with all of their machines as they know they make their money on the sale of games.
That's what Sony did with the PlayStation 3 and Blu-ray to overtake HD-DVD.
"Round two" has already been a success. They've pushed Linux adoption to a place where it's viable as a gaming OS; enough to force MS to respond with 'promises' to improve W11. They've already brought in millions of new gamers to Steam through Proton and the Deck and every user is an extra $100 spent on Steam on average. Even if they only sell 1000 Steam Machines they're showing that they have a gaming platform that respects consumer choice and will continue to improve.
OK, let's see how many the Steam Machine (which this topic is about) adds to that. Promises don't count. I can't even count how many promises MS has broken.
Apple and MSI are apparently in the same boat; they are both on record saying that past relationships can only get them so far and that they are at the whims of the market as well.
Valve has always played nice with the open source world. Nothing they do is hidden.
I ordered one also. If I get one and you don't we can talk.
Pretty sure they got screwed by ram & ssd costs same as everyone else. It could still work for some people if Valve can use their clout to get game devs to "certify" games for the Steam Machine like they did with the Steam Deck. It won't tempt me, but I could see people buying it if they can get enough game devs on board. Buy Steam machine, download game, select Steam Machine preset, play.
I don't think they're overpricing just to get some extra revenue, but some of their decisions and costs are a little weird.
without AMD the steam machine doesn't exist
