Is Valve working on a new Steam Machine?

[Citizen Cook]

https://www.cgmagonline.com/news/valve-steam-console-rumoured/

[Quint]

yeah

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Why bother when a mod builder was able to take a Steam Deck and turn into a "Steam machine" box that doesn't have a controller or screen

Steam Machine with the power of Steam Deck OLED without a screen or controller might make sense and should be much cheaper too

[90054321564584560]

Meh who buys these stuffs when mini pc and laptop gaming exists.

[_I_]

in the long run, they will only be good for remote play clients
or for playing older games or with lower settings

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Long term, streaming machines.

[ugafan]

If they come out with something based around a 9070, that would get me interested.

[Citizen Cook]

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

Why bother when a mod builder was able to take a Steam Deck and turn into a "Steam machine" box that doesn't have a controller or screen

Steam Machine with the power of Steam Deck OLED without a screen or controller might make sense and should be much cheaper too

A Valve console would be much more powerful than the Steam Deck and designed to run AAA games with Ray tracing. It would be designed for big screen play, get Steam into the living room under the TV.

[ᶻ𝗓𐰁]

Seems kinda not worth it.

[Citizen Cook]

Originally posted by ᶻ𝗓𐰁:

Seems kinda not worth it.

Why not? It would undoubtedly be cheaper than an equivalent self built PC.

[ᶻ𝗓𐰁]

Originally posted by Citizen Cook:

Originally posted by ᶻ𝗓𐰁:

Seems kinda not worth it.

Why not? It would undoubtedly be cheaper than an equivalent self built PC.

Why would it be cheaper? Are they selling it at a loss? They already have a more versatile steam machine called a steam deck so I think it could be a steam deck 2 maybe but I think probably it's just steam os for existing PC users.

[Electric Cupcake]

Originally posted by ᶻ𝗓𐰁:

Originally posted by Citizen Cook:

Why not? It would undoubtedly be cheaper than an equivalent self built PC.

Why would it be cheaper? Are they selling it at a loss? They already have a more versatile steam machine called a steam deck so I think it could be a steam deck 2 maybe but I think probably it's just steam os for existing PC users.

After partnering with AMD to design the custom APU the Steam Deck uses, I wouldn't be surprised if they've cultivated contacts in the hardware market that owes them favors. It's not what you know, but who you know, and all that.

[C1REX]

Originally posted by ᶻ𝗓𐰁:

Why would it be cheaper? Are they selling it at a loss? .

Yes, or very close to 0 profit. This is also the main reason why it's so hard to compete with steamdeck and all alternatives are way more expensive. Many consoles in history were sold at a loss that was recouped in games sells.

[Citizen Cook]

My concern is that if the Steam Machine releases this year it’ll be outdated in 2 when the PS6 releases. Kinda like how the Dreamcast was buried by the PS2.
Microsoft and Sony look for parity with each other. It’s no coincidence they launch together and have similar specs every 6 years or so.

[Citizen Cook]

https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/handheld-gaming/valve-shoots-down-rumors-of-rdna4-based-steam-console-it-routinely-tests-new-hardware-that-isnt-put-into-its-own-devices