Thread 107186064

Steam Deck

Steam Controller

Steam Machine

Steam Frame

ALL ARE STEAM OS READY

if the steamcube is less than $500, ill check it out. controller a huge maybe.

>>107186064 (OP)
none, im not a mark

>>107186064 (OP)
>zen 4
>RDNA 3
>early 2026
kill all valvefags.

yeah
its the only reason why im still keeping my gaming desktop with windows
if i can just get rid of my "gaming pc" then thats perfect for me
>inb4 just install linux
i already have linux on my chinkpad

>>107186089
with those specs it should be less than $300

>>107186250
also, rx 7400 (28 CUs), barely faster than a xbox series s at best case, the much faster base PS5 already struggles with plenty of titles
feels like a repeat of the steam deck, fast enough to play most of the steam catalog on the lowest settings, heavy reliance on fsr will make everything look awful on desktops and big screens unless they force amd to deliver int8 fsr4
they still need to fix mesa anti-lag too, this thing will run heavily gpu bottlenecked on plenty of titles

>>107186137
i am a mark. im getting the controller.
but 2 of them. one so i can sell it for when they stop making them in half a day.

As an original Steam Controller enjoyer, definitely the new one.
Couldn't care less about the other two.

>>107186577
This. My SC1 is falling apart.

Move Xbox out, put steam machine in. Fuck MS and what they've done to the "Xbox experience".

>>107186270
this. l00nix on steam deck is fine. if windows wants to play games fuck em. it looks like you can get work done with the steam machine so why not

>>107186064 (OP)
>>>/v/

>>107186306
Valve will get a pass on this hardware, the cult surrounding them is too strong.

>>107186064 (OP)
I have a nice tower and a tablet with moonlight, don't need the cube or deck.
Controller would be nice, Frame too only if it's under $700.

>>107186705
They said "less than the index" so I'm going to go with $800

>>107186064 (OP)
I will get a frame and then wait for all the fucking accessories to make it actually good

>>107186577
I wish i hadn't bought a controller 2 weeks ago, i'm hyped for this one.

>>107186064 (OP)
Good thing I hold off from buying a new controller considering the steam deck controls ergonomics were the best thing I handled in my life

steam frame seems like a really attractive proposition with the "stream from ur pc wirelessly" thing + ability to take it outside with its own mobile pc hardware

>>107186714
It's a hard sell when you can get a quest 3 for $500 (or used for $300). I hate meta as much as the next guy but paying almost 2-3x for the competition is rough.
I also haven't seen any word on battery life or hotswap batteries. Monochrome cameras, LCD displays, a camera expansion port but it seems you have to pay extra for good passthrough cameras.
To me this screams "do everything to make it affordable" but idk if I'd consider $800 affordable.

>>107186064 (OP)
given that I already have a controller, a quest, a pc and a pc, I guess none

>>107186064 (OP)
i am poor

>>107186064 (OP)
>literally just copies the ouya
What did they mean by this?

>>107186064 (OP)
Assuming I get a job in the coming months I'm definitely getting the frame. Probably the controller too. If it's competitively priced I might get the cube as a secondary pc.

>>107186064 (OP)
Already have the Deck, I'll definitely buy the controller, and maybe the Frame if it's less than $1k. It probably won't be that cheap, but the Steam Deck's original price was surprisingly small, so who knows.
The GabeCube is an interesting device. I don't need it, I already have too many computers in lots of different configurations to justify another one. If I had a very close friend or a gf or a relative I cared about or a child who were technologically challenged but wanted to game I could see myself picking this up as a present.

>>107186064 (OP)
Steam Controller for sure. Maybe even more than one.
Steam Frame I'm somewhat interested. I'm very VR Sensitive and wear glasses. If they make inserts and it's good i'd go for it to watch movies. And porn.
GabeCube is like really close to what my PC already is but i'm tempted. If it's cheap like in a set I just might.

>>107186064 (OP)
The Steam Machine is certified Redditor Technology

>>107186089
>>107186306
what are you guys smoking

>>107186064 (OP)
Frame. A standalone linux headset? Valve is pretty cool.

>>107186064 (OP)

>KDE Linux

lol

>>107186064 (OP)
Steam Frame.

Literally one of the only Corpo pieces of tech I still own is the Quest 2, and now I won't need that anymore.

Moving into new home buying new everything. LG G5 in living room. Wanted to play games on it. PC in bedroom 30m+ away and would otherwise have to run wires on the walls (brick). The bedroom is like two staircases down and there are beams so streaming connection is spotty.

Given most of my games are already on steam, buying a steam machine doesn't seem like the worst idea. A small form factor PC would be more expensive, louder and use more power. Can play any modern games on PC anyway.

Can I connect a nas with jellyfin to this thing too? Would solve all my problems

>>107188224
A quick search show plenty of people using Jellyfin on their Steam Decks, can't imagine it being any different for the GabeCube.

Dumbass here. Can anyone suggest educational resources on what headsets are good ideas and why?

I'm just a little confused here
I built a pretty beastly pc earlier in the year (5090 + 9800X3D)
Never really played VR games but my system should be able to maximize the performance of them, was thinking of an index but they don't even sell it anymore so I was gonna wait for whatever came next. Steam Frame looks cool, it's standalone and stuff but I'm not going to be able to utilize the performance of my PC?

>>107188511
It's mainly designed to stream from your PC, with some standalone stuff as an extra.

>>107188511
it includes the wireless dongle to use your pc power

>>107188511
It'll use it don't fall for any of their standalone nonsense this thing is primarily for streaming hence the 6GHz wireless adapter and it not weighing a brick like the apple vision pro.

>>107186064 (OP)
I have Steam Deck LCD, Steam Controller and Valve Index.
Controller and Index are piling up dust, the Steam Deck I use it as an efficient home server.
GabeCube looks interesting if it draws 60-80 W under load, 10-20 W at idle and sold under 600 €.

>>107188777
gamers nexus vid says it does 110W-200W

>>107186409
Steam Deck unironically is an amazing device.

>>107186064 (OP)
GabeCube, probably.

>>107188790
Bummer. That and the 16 GiB of RAM is very disappointing for 2025 hardware.

>>107186089
I'd guess 500-600 on the lower end, it'd be really surprising if the box ended up being cheaper than the steamdeck.

>>107186250
isn't the mode in the steam gpu hardware survey the 3060? this should be better than the most common graphics hardware and miles better than the most common cpu hardware still.

>>107186306
the GPU in there is a cut down rx 7600 which still sells for $240 new. It's going to be around $300 on the used market within a year after release or so I'll wager.

>>107188844
Now THIS is redditspacing.

>>107188842
2026*

>Steam machine
>16gb ram
>8gb vram

Lol

Glad I built my 96gb ram itx pc in Q1 this year, imagine settling for this repurposed ewaste

>>107188864
You're right, that is even worse.

Kinda want the machine and controller. We'll see how much it costs. Then again, I've been mulling over a steam deck purchase for a few yearz, so I don't know.

>>107186064 (OP)
I'll probably get a controller but i'm not getting the gabecube until my steamdeck gives out. i just use the steamdeck as a pc anyway and that's what i bought it for, a super cheap way to play triple a games. When it finally gives out it'll be time for the gabecube. unless it's 300 dollars in which case i might drop the money on it sometime late next year.

>>107186692
wtf is that creature

>>107189522
A typical valvestan

>>107186064 (OP)
Steam Controller for sure. I've been wanting that since I got my Deck and became trackpad-pilled. I do a fair amount of couch gaming/streaming from my PC to my Deck so the Machine is certainly something I'm gonna keep an eye on. The frame to me is a luxury item. I already have an Index, VR is fun when it hits right, but its never my go-to. Headset tends to collect dust

>>107189522
californians

>>107186064 (OP)
I'll be grabbing a controller, I've got a steam deck and I find the controls very comfy for my mongoloid hands. Also hella curious how proton and ARM > x86/64 translation will work, shit is meant to be pretty good these days.

I had high hopes steam deck 2 would be pretty powerful but that steam machine specs has kind of dashed them

i don't believe valve believe that more power is truly necessary for these devices

of the ones in OP I guess I'd get the controller, I don't know how useful steamOS will be on that steam machine or if those machines aren't going to cook themselves like every single other miniPC does. The frame would be nice for non-meta VR but I can't see it going for anything less than $1000, I'm not putting that much into VR anything.

If I have to put a phone in the steam VR bullshit I'm out.

>>107189522
Lesbians.

>>107186089
Supposedly it's going to be slightly cheaper than the Xbox Series X Digital Edition at the base model, but since the base model is about the storage space and it has M.2 expansion and MicroSD, just put your own SSD in it.

>>107189752
or USB storage, if you can even afford storage.

Windows trannies... this isn't looking good...

>>107189752
So we're looking at $450? Switch 2 prices?

>>107189778
Yeah something like that $450-$500 from what I've been reading. At this point, it pretty much means consoles are dead. Valve has flatout said you can install whatever you want onto it (a whole other OS if you really want) then you can just dump emulators for any system you want on it.

>>107189692
Valve and Microsoft are the only two noteworthy tech companies in the west coast not from California.

>>107189819
It'd be great if it could kill all those malware android gaming boxes too

>>107189824
How did you forget Amazon. They basically own downtown Seattle.

>>107189826
I think those will endure because of their dirt cheap pricing and normies being retards, but the Steam Machine will appeal to casual gamers and people that at least vaguely care about gaming.

I'll probably load it up with emulators and a few vintage PC games, I honestly don't give a shit about modern 4K slop but I'm hype to play some shit like SimCity 4, Deus Ex and heavily modded GTA IV on my TV.

>>107189824
these are californians tho

>>107189832
I had gaming in mind. Amazon does little to none on gaming. Twitch and Luna do not count because are shit gaming platforms.

>>107186089
The price point that I can see it would sell is $299 for the 512gb and $359 for the 2tb sku. Although, at a time of rising dram and nand costs, it may lead towards 339 and 399 instead.

>>107189884
I'm betting on about $500. I'll be pissed, but I'd still pay it eventually. But at $359, I'd pick one up on day one.

>>107188196
:^)

Problem, incel?

>>107189891
It will have to be $500 max because you can get a comparable gaming laptop for around that price already.
An Acer Nitro with a 15" 144Hz 1200p display with a Ryzen 7 7840HS (8c/16t) and RTX 4060 8GB, upgradeable RAM and storage is regularly around $580 on sale.

>>107190068
Brutal. Well hopefully Valve will be realistic and give it a good low price. I don't see why they wouldn't either since people love Steam and most people that buy it will go through the Steam store constantly and those that have never used Steam will end up getting it because of the system.

Fuck I'm so hype for it, I'd been wanting to put together a mini PC just for my TV for a while but couldn't decide how I'd build it, and now there's this.

Non oled vr in this year is retarded. Not going to have good passthrough for AR. Not going to be cheap. Only thing going for it is that its not made by jews or chinks.

Only hope is frame oled later release or something

>>107190091
building a TV minipc hasn't made much sense and the prebuilt ones all have terrible cooling and are still overpriced for what they'd be. It occupies a perfect spot, they must have seen how many were basically using steam decks for this already, all they had to do was engineer it enough so it wouldn't self immolate which they claim to have done. I saw a gamers nexus video on it, they said they started designing it by designing the fan first and working backwards from there so it really shouldn't overheat or sound like a jet engine.

I already have a laptop running bazzite that has better specs than that piece of shit gamecube. I'm not buying it.

>>107190142
I think I also saw a brief clip of it and it was a pretty decent sized fan and it's right at the front rather than the back, and it's also easily accessible by taking the faceplate off, so cleaning it will also be easy. Cleaning the fan on something like the PS2 or Xbox Series X is pain in the ass and borderline impossible without dismantling them.

The focus on cooling is unironically extremely based.

>>107190130
>Not going to have good passthrough for AR
that's a slight understatement

>>107186577
I'm in the same boat
ive already switched out the joysticks twice and have soldered in a new micro usb port since launch and will love to upgrade to the latest model

Koding with the Steam Machine

>>107186064 (OP)
kinda want the VR so I can masturbate to anime girls

I've never owned a VR headset but I'll get the frame so I can play alyx

If the steam frame works well with Intel Arc I'd be interested.
Since the sore point on Arc is Oculus choosing not to support Arc last time I checked.

>110 FOV
>2160x2160 per eye
>120hz
>LCD
The frame really seems like a smaller quest 3. Standalone is cool and all. But if this is going for $1000 it's gonna be really hard to justify over the quest 3. Not exactly the "next-gen deckard" that's been hyped for 5 years

>>107191989
The thing that can really give it in edge imo is if it can run android apks. It's arm so it's not outside the realms of possibility, and if it can then you've got both pcvr and quest games on one device, and streaming on top of that.

>>107186064 (OP)
> Steam Deck
Already have LCD model with 2TB SSD
> Steam Frame
Definitely going to buy. Depending on price it might be the best standalone VR headset
> Steam Controller
Don't know. I've already have Gulikit KK3 Max.
>Steam Machine
Seems useless to me. Depending on the price it might be a good choice for those who don't have PC or looking for upgrade giving the current state of PC hardware market. Also if they won't switch from KDE X11 session to Wayland it will suck lmao.

>>107186064 (OP)
If I can get the money I'll get headset

>>107192133
Benefit of steam machine is a controller friendly OS for PC, would be nice to have as a boot option just for games and something that's easy to navigate with a controller

I think the steam machine is mostly meant as a small emulator pc for multiplayer games but the hardware is good enough to run 90% of new titles too, if the price is below 1000 chuck e cheese tokens it'll be a good buy

>>107188857
it

isnt

>>107189819
No way it’s less than $500. My guess is $600. Valve said it’s priced like an entry level PC and not a console.

>>107189863
Prime Gaming is one of the best deals in PC gaming if you’re a chad who plays older games. I’ve collected like 50 good GOG games via prime gaming. Could have had hundreds if I wanted shovelware in my collection as well.

>>107186064 (OP)
except for the controller everything in that picture is doa.

>>107186089
It's gonna be 700/800 usd. No way it will cost less than the deck.
Also, there's no way it will sell well in europe where it will likely cost the equivalent of 1k usd.

gabecube lmao

>>107190130
>why does this vr headset do AR or MR!
because it's a VR headset, not AR, MR or XR.

>>107195256
>>107195314
It would be a really hard sell at $600 or above; gaming laptops will similar specs regularly go on sale for less than $700.

>>107195522
That could very well be the case, but I don’t think it changes anything. There’s no way they can afford to sell it for as heavy of a loss as the Steam Deck, which already struggled to achieve its price. Even 5 year old consoles have gone up in price, there’s no way this thing is as cheap as them.

>>107186064 (OP)
Is steamos any good?

>>107191260
DONT
DO NOT GO THERE OR YOU WILL NEVER COME BACK

>>107195622
It's better than windows for playing games on low end hardware because it doesn't have windows bloat and malware hogging resources.

Controller hands down.
VR shit a big maybe.
I don't think I'll touch the machine, although it looks interesting, I need an actual PC for work related reasons.
Already have the 'eck.

>>107186064 (OP)
At least the Frame and the Controller. I may give the console a look but I'm not sure I'd give it a real use, since I prefer to build my own machines. And I never really had a usecase for the Deck.

>>107186064 (OP)
No interest whatsoever in the Steam Deck. Might buy all the others though. I hated the previous Steam controller but this one looks substantially better. I'm very curious to know if the Frame is compatible with the Index controllers.

>>107186064 (OP)
Maybe the frame. Only after reviews, maybe on first sale.

>>107186064 (OP)
I'll get the controller when my Xbox pad dies. I hope Valve release some kind of way to flash SteamOS onto the Quest 3. Anything to get rid of the Zuckware on it now.

usecase for trackpads on controller?

>>107195622
It's a Valve flavoured immutable Arch distro. Comes with Steam/Proton, KDE, and a few nice extras like Flathub. There's also going to be a new ARM version too with a x86 translation layer ala Rosetta called "Fex" or something that they've heavily contributed to.

>>107197656
Mouse based games. Map games, point and click, etc. Pretty nice for shooters too when paired with gyro.
A lot of people also map shortcuts to them like hot corners. save states for emulators, function keys, that sort of thing.

Allready got the 'eck and will get the controller for sure.

My rig is beefier than the machine, but might give SteamOS a go if it becomes available at some point.

I feel the frame would just collect dust after HL Alyx playtrough so skip that for now.

>>107197756
'ick on 'eck
'rame on 'ace

>>107188844
>>107186089
I think it will probably be similarly priced to the Steam Deck.
OG steam controller is one of the greatest pieces of hardware ever made so I'm excited for controller 2 most.

>>107187648
I'm gonna get the cube because it's the perfect form factor and power to be a media PC for a living room.

>>107188224
SteamOS is just arch with a steam coat of paint.
If it's anything like the Deck you can just install whatever you want anyway(barring driver fuckery since it's custom as far as I know?)

>>107186064 (OP)
The Steam Frame has similar specs as the Quest 3. It's about 80 g lighter, the CPU is newer, it get the fovea optimization and it's a "PC", so it may be more open. It would be great at $500, but they may release it at $600 at least.

>>107186064 (OP)
200% controller (gonna get 2)
100% FEX
25% cube (price dependent)
5% Frame (see above)

>>107188470
They are not a good idea. I know no one who own a headset and used it for more than 10 hours. It's fun to play an arcade game with your friends or family at the local gaming room for €20, but buying one to play those game is just dumb. They aren't worth it. Facebook games are much more entertaining.

>>107188470
Either you use it to goon in vrchat on the daily, or let it collect dust on a shelf.

>compressed-ass video stream
>no outside in tracking
>lcd
Is this a fucking joke?

I quite like the form factor of the steam machine
Valve solving the desktop linux problem sure is fascinating

>>107198104
> compressed-ass video stream
Are you talking about the foveated streaming? Because that should only be compressing things you're not directly looking at. I've played games with foveated rendering before and it's basically impossible to tell.

>>107186250
What's wrong with Zen 4 though?

>>107186409
PS5 is RDNA2 but the GabeCube will have RDNA3 so it'll have FSR4. This can push it past the PS5. Albeit with fake frames.

>>107198125
Foveated rendering sure, foveated STREAMING tho? Fuck that. Compression is the devil's asshole.

>>107198156
But who cares if it's just stuff outside of your direct vision? Is there a reason you'd notice it in a stream vs part of the render itself?

Don't get me wrong, I'm upset they're using LCD as well, but the foveated streaming thing looks really cool.

>>107198039
>The Steam Frame has similar specs as the Quest 3
8 cores @ 3ghz with 16gb of ram vs 6 cores @ 1.2ghz with 8gb of ram.
It's not even close. Frame smokes the Q3.

>>107198104
>lcd
oled doesn't play nicely with pancake lenses.

>>107186064 (OP)
>Steam Machine
What's the fucking point? Just build your own PC.

>>107198316
>What's the fucking point?
It's a games console where the gimmick is that it's running a desktop os.
MS are about to do the same thing with the new Xbox, because everyone just loves copilot+pc so much. Steam Machine is Gabe doing what Gabe does best, cucking Microsoft.

>>107186064 (OP)
>Steam Machine
no thanks I already have a mini pc

>>107189736
That's a dude

>>107188842
at least the RAM is upgradable

>>107186064 (OP)
did they seriously only release marketing videos with mentally disturbed autistic men believing they can claim they are a women?

>>107198302
It's already a 2-generation old CPU. I don't know what Valve is thinking.

>>107198589
No, they did not do that.

>>107189522
white people

>>107186089
99.9% chance it's between $450 and $600. People saying it's going to be over $700 are delusional.

>>107195256
The problem with it being $600 is that there are currently many gaming prebuilts that are $700-$900 and have almost identical specs to the Steam Cube. This is releasing in 2026 with 16 GB RAM. It will definitely not be a good deal at $600 or more. I would assume they want to sell this device, not have it immediately lose to every entry level gaming prebuilt in everything other than size.

>>107195314
>It's gonna be 700/800 usd.
Not possible. I'm literally looking at a 650 USD (discounted from 800) PC pretty much identical to the Steam Cube. And the other 20 similar prebuilts are all in the 720-1000 USD range.
MinisForum has much better mini PCs than the Steam Cube in the 800-1100 USD range.
Also, as a general use PC, 16 GB of RAM in 2026 on an operating system which is primarily limited to Flatpaks is borderline unusable.
If this is priced at $700+ then there's no reason to buy it other than brand loyalty. Which will only sell the Cube to already existing Steam customers, which is pointless. It would bring them no money because they wouldn't broaden their market share and increase the amount of game sales.
If their goal is to actually earn money in the long run then they have to price this thing at $600 at most. The sweet spot would actually be $500-$550 since that would capture a lot more new users without a severe loss per unit sold.
Remember, this is late next year, so the overall value of all this hardware is actually going to be down even if RAM prices continue to increase.

>>107195622
It's a worse Bazzite, but still fine.

Hopefully this will help with gaming on Linux right???

>>107198647
Probably the newest Snapdragon with proper support for various VR stuff right now. It's still sits somewhere comfortably between the Quest 3 and Vision Pro in terms of power.

>>107198942
>Implying gaming on linux needs help anymore

>>107186064 (OP)
Cube/VR are interesting to me. I was looking for something small formfactor to use. Wonder what the price point will be.

>>107199088
VR will probably be in $700-$900 range

>>107198156
thats what it fixes you retard. It puts the bitrate at the fovea you nigger monkey person

>>107186064 (OP)
>steam machine
this thing is bad regardless of what they price it at, if any other company released it with the same specs, steamos, etc. everybody will be laughing at it, articles and youtubers shitting on it, etc. but since it's valve they praise it and give it the benefit of the doubt "b-but it depends on the price" no, the hardware sucks and that "4k gaming at 60 fps WITH FSR" bullshit is not fooling anyone, it's a 1080p at low-to-mid range targetting 60fps mini-pc.

there's nothing worse than amd fangirls and valve drones on the internet

>>107186064 (OP)
Would it at least be good as a little server or something if you maxed out the ram?

>>107186698
True. I was thinking of getting a deck ages ago but I decided that 1 hour of gaming then a dead battery was fucking pointless.

I like how they are really dedicated to advancing gaming/PC tech but why do they keep releasing stuff that can't actually fulfill it's purpose?
Portable gaming that lasts 90 minutes.
A console like PC that can't play AAA titles in your library at max settings. What's the point? I might as well buy a ps5 or xbox.

But the valve cult is strong. There are tons of valve fags on Reddit totally creaming in their pants over the steam deck only to use it for nothing more than rimworld, or even worse, 90s games running on an emulator. What a waste.

>>107199347
depends on what you need
i will go with probably not

>>107186590
I am a Xbox series x owner and I agree with you, I am cautiously optimistic about the steam machine if it is priced within a reasonable range.

>>107186064 (OP)
I'll be picking up a steam frame and a steam controller. Maybe two steam controllers. I was already in the market for a VR headset, but I was waiting for Deckard and now here it is.

Well I already have a solid PC, a comfy Steam Deck, so I think I'll hold out on the console possibly forever. The controller is a day-one buy for me and the Frame is something I'm real curious about but it depends on pricing. My Quest 2 is getting old but I'm still not a big VR guy outside of porn, however I had a ton of fun playing PCVR games like War Thunder or DIRT with a wheel.

So yeah, controller first above all.

>>107186692
>>107198689
>Here's your representation whites!
>It's two gays playing a game about demonic possession.

I know it's a PC but how does Valve intend to market hardware that's less powerful than a PS5 but a couple hundred dollars more expensive and doesn't support Fortnite anti-cheat?

>>107200262
Steam store, all price talk is guessing, a lot of TV gaming is very casual and not FPS.

>>107186250
it's just a platform for steamos
build your own pc if you want more performance
>>107188196
no games

>>107200262
>so you see you don't have to rebuy all your games if we release a new steam machine
>we also don't charge for online play
>you can use any controller you want on it
>you can use it for other things then gaming
>you can just use it as a normal pc that doesn't spy on you
>it is small
>it is quiet
>it has all your games on it
>it has a better controller
>it has better vr
just the small things in life

>>107200305
This used to be normal. Retards could just go to Walmart, hand someone money, and get literally this with pretty much no surprises.

Now you do that and you get a 50:50 chance of being able to do literally anything you expect other than watch ads on YouTube.

>>107199347
just buy an old sff optiplex or fujitsu thing. they have two or more 3.5" drive bays, nvme slots, have good and efficient psus, good motherboards, low idle power consumption, standard ram and can be upgraded
no reason to buy the cube for a server
if size is the problem just get a nuc or smth or the 1l pcs from hp, dell, lenovo or fujitsu

what if i just kept using my computer, keyboard, and mouse?

>>107200323
it's not intended for pc fags. it for xbox, nintendo and playstation gaymers.

>>107186064 (OP)
I'm hoping the Steam Frame doesn't cost an arm and a leg. I've wanted to try VR for a couple years now, but I don't want the Facebook headset.

>>107199169
if someone did this they would have to configure an operating system for it
they would have to find a controller for it
they would have to find a dongle for it
it wouldn't have cec
it wouldn't turn on via the controller
it would probably have bugs
it would probably have little to no support from anyone
they would probably make it big so it wouldn't fit in any media center
it would probably be just a regular pc with a shitty linux distro on it without any support from anyone

the steam deck doesn't have any of those problems and the new steam machine probably wouldn't have them as well since valve have control over all of it

>>107199169
Yeah because valve tends to not shit on their users the way literally every other company does. They say "it has these specs and you can do what you want" and you know that's going to be true.

That's a big deal for a lot of people. Remember most people *still* use Windows. They need someone to hold their hand.

>>107200372
just get an old windows mixed reality headset (smth like the hp reverb g2)
it has an excellent screen and they are cheap as fuck used since microsoft killed windows mixed reallity on windows (with windows 11) so a lot of "not working anymore" headsets can be bought used. many haven't been used at all by some. there is even a driver for it on steam from a microsoft dev
https://github.com/mbucchia/Oasis-Driver-for-Windows-Mixed-Reality/wiki
i got mine for like 120€ euro shekels

>>107186064 (OP)
>cec on the hdmi port
huge
>tmr sticks
huge. suck that nintendo, sony and microsoft. i hate stick drift.
>gyro
huge
>trackpads
huge
>steam os on a pc
huge
>3 devices
hl3 confirmed

>>107200462
>hl3 confirmed
I remember seeing my dad play the original half life around when I learned to read. My mom shewed me out of the computer room because it was "too violent."

>>107200499
never played half life 1 (only black mesa). i only ever played half life 2 and i liked it a lot. hope we get a new half life with the cube. geben is very jelly of nintendo since they can build hardware for their games.

>>107186064 (OP)
Frame seems nice. May replace my quest 2 if it's affordable.

>>107186250
Do you need more for games?

>>107200552
no but you need those to brag about it running games you don't want to play.

>>107199065
VR on linux is in a terrible state. Games with kernel anti cheat too but no one should play those anyway.

>>107186064 (OP)
more importantly: why are there so many black women in the announcement? who is the target audience in here?

>>107195522
I'm thinking they might go the Sony route with this. The PS3 was losing money hand over fist for years until the revision, but they wanted to grab the market. The difference here with Valve is they have the Steam store, and most people will either already own games on it or will start buying up games on it, whereas Sony in the past didn't have a digital store that was as well adopted (due to digital not being popular yet).

To have this thing be priced anywhere near the Steam Deck or at the same price point as a more powerful entry level PC would really harm sales.

>>107200728
targeting your average gamer. that's right /v/, this is what you look like.

>>107186064 (OP)
really excited about the frame, i've been wanting a headset with builtin eye tracking that doesn't cost a arm & leg (under $1,000). May get it if the price is right, even though i do have a quest 3 alr haha.

I don't like the button layout on the controller, and that all the buttons are only on one of them, it'll fuck up my muscle memory for sure.

>>107201002
psvr2 and quest pro are options, a lot cheaper used

>>107186064 (OP)
>Which will you be buying?
>Steam Deck
Already have the LCD model.
>Steam Controller
Probably, but I already have the original Steam Controller and don't play many controller games, so I'll see how much it costs and decide later.
>Steam Machine
I'd like one, but I have no use for it.
I already use the Steam Deck docked as a secondary PC, so I'm not too keen on it.
>Steam Frame
If there were more games worth the price, maybe.
But I don't like Beat Saber, and Alyx is not enough to justify the expense.
And no, VRChat is NOT a game.

>>107201052
PSVR2 has fresnel shit lenses

>>107201052
hold up you're actually cooking.

If I was to get either though, it would probably be the quest pro, since its just a lot more versitile and and still be linked to a pc.

Shame it doesn't have a depth sensor, but neither does the frame and i alr have a quest 3 so.

Steam Machine has great timing now that more people are getting sick of Windows.
God bless you, Gaben.

>>107199169
If it is under $500 it will be a really good budget miniPC with a console like default configuration, basically it's for people that want a easy yo use living room gayming device or a console for anybody that has a big steam library, so yes it 100% makes sense depending on how they price it.

>>107190142
I wonder if they price it low enough, it could attract the wrong audience. Business scalping the cube and repurposing for other markets.

>>107201162
I already knew a lot of pretty normie tier people that had never touched Linux and were thinking of trying it lately, so it couldn't be any better timing. I'm gonna get one for my living room so I can play some emulators and old games with mods.

>>107186064 (OP)
The frame controllers if they can be used without the frame. Probably the main controller too.

>>107186064 (OP)
frame if some real VR games come out

I'm guessing we'll get the new SteamOS release for public use when the GabeCube comes out too? That might be interesting to see. hopefully they start expanding hardware support beyond AyyMD and it could actually be a viable alternative if anti-cheat devs capitulate

>>107186064 (OP)
it's probably going to be an overpriced piece of shit that cost more than it's worth

>>107201229
>hopefully they start expanding hardware support beyond AyyMD
Word is that is exactly the plan and they really have their eye on expanding what it can be used on. I'll switch my desktop computer to SteamOS when it comes out and then I'll be completely rid of Windows since my laptop has been running Linux for a while now.
>but muh bazzite for desktop
Yeah I know but whatever, I'd rather use what Gabe makes.

>>107186064 (OP)
I already own a Quest 3 but will be replacing it with the Steam Frame when it's out. Getting the Quest to work wired with Fedora instead of Windows was a real pain so a headset that seems like it'll work directly is great. The ability to play your pc library over an sd card when not near your pc and eye tracking are pretty cool too. It might not have keyboard or hand tracking but I don't care about those; having massive virtual screens made me stop using my three real monitors on the Quest anyway.

>>107186064 (OP)
I already have a steam deck and a gaming PC with pretty decent parts. I might try the controller. I like my xbox controllers but it feels like they only last maybe 18 months before the joysticks wear out. Not interested in VR personally.

Steam Frame, for computing while lying down in bed? Comfy or not?

>>107186064 (OP)
The Steam Frame is the most interesting along with the new Controller.

I already own a Deck, I'll get a controller for sure. I'll get a Frame if it's under $700. I don't have any use for a Steam Machine, I already have a good living room PC for games.

All 3 and I probably won't even use any of it. My steam inventory is worth $81,000.
I have no interest in playing games with my thumbs and vr hasn't had any games since 2020.

>>107201429
>Frame uses streaming
I'm not so sold on it. But if you can hook it up to any PC or to the Steam Machine for to use it locally for max quality, then I'm in.

>>107186064 (OP)
The controller for sure. The frame if the streaming really works for sim racing.

I want them all, but have no use for the gabecube as of now.

Likely getting the controller and the gabegoggles

>>107201530
The only port it has is the usb-c one on the battery pack, so presumably you can't hook it up directly. Unless you can use the expansion port for it somehow

>>107186064 (OP)
kinda feel like i could sneak the steam machine in at work during super dead hours but idk are the touchpads on the controller that much of a game changer

>>107203506
not for games but for using the desktop on the couch the touchpads are great

>>107192027
Running Android apks is already confirmed.

>>107191750
same. the steam machine too, cause i've never had a powerful enough machine for this

>>107186064 (OP)
>Deck
Already have the OG, poorfag edition
>Controller
I very much enjoy the Deck's layout and I do wish to play some games at higher resolution and settings, without losing all my button mappings (and the ergonomics), so I'd say probably yes.
>Gabecube
It all comes down to price to performance: my PC is ancient, I have little money to spare to make a new one, especially because prices have been hiking so much in the last five years, and I don't have that many games that I wish to play at high graphic settings. If they manage to outprice a similarly performant PC I'll definitely seriously consider it
>VR
I'd love, but 1k for a couple of games, the novelty, and not much else is way, WAY too much for my bottom tier white collar.

>>107186064 (OP)
>RAM 16GB DDR5 + 8GB GDDR6 VRAM
Tactical advantage of shipping phone sized ram in desktop computer?

>>107186064 (OP)
Controller and VR for porn

>>107203845
SD card right in the headset is just gonna make it a must buy for porn

>>107186064 (OP)
I just going to buy the controller, it's time to finally retire my old SC. The Gabecube, depending on the price, will be a good option for entry level PC gaming for casual retards.

>>107186577
I was hoping for the SC2 to have a scrollwheel