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[Debunked] Valve Is Building a 'Steam Console' To Rival PS5 and Xbox, Rumour Claims (insider-gaming.com)

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Debunk from dev Pierre-Loup Griffais ‪@plagman.bsky.social‬

"we've done pre-release Mesa Vulkan work on every AMD architecture since Vega thanks to them kindly providing hardware, so there's nothing meaningful to read into there."

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[+] Ulrich@feddit.org -9 points 5 months ago

Good news: pre-built PCs are also a thing.

[-] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 5 months ago

Pre-built PCs come with Windows and are not suited for a console-like experience out of the box like a machine with a preinstalled OS for gaming (whether that be SteamOS, Orbis (PS4/5), Horizon (Nintendo Switch), or Xbox's OS).

Not everyone is comfortable with installing their own OS/deleting Windows either, regardless of how easy it is.

Something like a Steam Machine 2 can really appeal to console gamers who want to dip their toe into PC gaming while still maintaining a console-like experience.

[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 7 points 5 months ago

Yeah I get all of that. I'm just saying if you want to do it, you can, today. And it's not even terribly complicated.

[-] pupbiru@aussie.zone 7 points 5 months ago

technically? yes

but don’t act like it’d be the same

aesthetics, build quality, assurance that it’d all work smoothly, the whole experience just wouldn’t be the same

which is to say nothing about the fact that SteamOS doesn’t really work on hardware that’s dissimilar to the steamdeck… if they released a console, one would assume it would have higher specs

[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

aesthetics, build quality, assurance that it’d all work smoothly, the whole experience just wouldn’t be the same

You're right, it'd probably be way better...and it would be customized to your preferences and price point.

which is to say nothing about the fact that SteamOS doesn’t really work on hardware that’s dissimilar to the steamdeck…

You're right again, you could use Bazzite or Nobara or Chimera and have an even better experience. Ask me how I know.

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