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I have a nice gaming desktop with steam. I also have a very low spec Chromebook that I've installed Ubuntu on. Now the built in hard drive on my Chromebook is super super small and the system itself is just to weak to play basically any of my games. However I CAN stream my games from my desktop to my laptop really really well. So what do I use this for? Basically I sit on my back patio, pull out my laptop and xbox controller, and play my steam games via Wifi on my back patio. It's nice.
So for me, it's a great way to get outta my room and play some games on the patio or living room, or kitchen.
Furthermore other people would like it because they could just plug a cheapo laptop/desktop into their T.V. to play their PC games in their living room.
So ultimately let's say you wanna play your steam library somewhere that ISN'T at your desk. Say your living room on your T.V. or maybe on your back patio. Steam in home streaming allows you to do this without having to drop down money on another expensive gaming machine/laptop. You just gotta have either access to ethernet or a good wifi switch.
So, just to make sure: since I have a top of the line gaming desktop PC and I prefer sitting down at my desk with a computer monitor, someone like me would have absolutely no use for any of the following:
Steam In-Home Streaming
SteamOS
Steam Machine
Steam Big Picture
Am I correct? Just wanna make sure I'm not missing out and that these things are meant for those with preferences I don't happen to have.
Thanks.
-since you like sitting at your desktop for gaming, then you won't ever need this.
SteamOS
-You have no use for this... and to be honest, with all the other superior Linus distros out there, I don't understand why anyone would use this. Even if you just want a streaming machine, I'd still go with Ubuntu. TL;DR It's a super super limited Linux operating system.
Steam machine
-nope. just a computer running the super limited SteamOS
Steam Big Picture
-It's just a nice aesthetic Valve made. Some people might like it. You? no.
Couch gaming downstairs / Standard Pc setup upstairs - But the client stays the same.
Thats my reason for loving this
EDIT: & I will totally be buying a couple of those Steam Links along with the controller once released over here!
Sometimes its nice to play on the couch :) especially if you play with someone else, even if the person only watches you play and comments (Telltale Games with my girlfried ;) )
Well, which is it?
I don't understand the question here.
sherman9872 said that Steam in-home streaming is useful if you have a "really awesome pc for gaming" and "wanna play on your cheap $200 laptop". I'm confused, since a cheap $200 laptop is obviously not a "really awesome pc for gaming". If he means he has a laptop in addition to a "really awesome pc for gaming", then that wouldn't make any sense because he can simply play on his "really awesome pc for gaming" and be done with it.
I play on my elcheapo laptop all the time (streaming from main rig) when I want to keep playing but maybe not in the same room as main pc. Hence why this thread exists. With reasons why people like this option.
You may not understand it now, but later in life you might not want to be in your man cave and play games, or the opposite, if you already have main pc in the living room your family might wana watch tv. So many uses I already use this for it's unreal.
If you have a good PC for gaming, stop trying to play games on your cheapo laptop? Why the heck did you buy a good PC in the first place? It just baffles me.
Why...would you not want to play in your PC room?
Why would you not want to?
So don't put your PC in the living room where family can bother you?