Half-Life 3 to be exclusive to Samsung Frame TVs, confirmed!

Hmm, you might be on to something with Framework recently releasing a desktop PC. Maybe they decided to cooperate with Valve for a home console. Valve seems to be quite into repairability as well, so that doesn't seem like a totally unlikely match.

That's what I'm hoping, too. A collaboration between Valve and Framework, with iFixit for good measure. I'm expecting that the processor and motherboard will be custom designed, but I'm also hoping that the hardware will be repairable and upgradable.

Surely it's a mechsuit?

Steam Machine was a 10/10 name for an unfortunately failed product :(

GabeCube was good enough for me.

I'd say more effort went into the software which sets us up for where we are now where a great deal of PC games is already compatible making this a must buy for playing the massive libraries that everyone has been amassing since 2003. If it can boot Plasma Bigscreen or if Steam Big Picture gets more entertainment apps like Netflix, it will be a home entertainment juggernaut.

Maybe they will use the stream machines name as an umbrella term for all their “consoles”. I like that name too.

I want AMD apus to dominate the space. I want Linux to empower them.

Monkey’s Paw: I have really good news for you about the PS4/5!

I just looked up Kazeta.org and it looks like a gaming console with extra steps. It looks cool, but the amount of effort needed to build a physical collection of carts is so tedious that I would have spent better time simply purchasing a gaming console because they are always plug- and- play

I have no interest in GPUs that cost 200% the cost of the rest of the PC.

Well, CPUs have come down in price because they just aren't advancing in performance that quickly any more; serial compute hasn't improved that much. If you charge much for a modern processor, people will just use an older one. Parallel compute improvements has kept going, and thus GPUs aren't under that kind of pressure from physical limitations.

I hope you are right.

Agreed.

But I get a strong feeling it is going to be all-in-one like the Quest. Computer and Battery are on the headset.

Deck Verified to now extend to VR titles through this new device. Frame Verified.

I'm personally speculating something like xr glasses with game streaming ability and the ability to connect to some kind of controller.

I'm sure a new VR headset would still use the Index name. AR glasses maybe, but I doubt it.

High Index Lenses -> Valve Index.

You might be right.

Maybe a self-hosted gaming computer rack via which one Steam Links to Steam Decks around the house, give them a lot more compute capability. :-)

Serious question: Have you ever built a PC?

Because it really isn't rocket appliances. I would venture your average 12 year old could do it, and has done it given a YouTube tutorial.

All of the connectors only fit one way, and they are all uniquely shaped/sized.

More expensive, Proprietary hardware, sounds like a nightmare for all involved.

You don’t even know what it is.

Please be joking...

Would they really? Feels like that market is pretty saturated already. Unless they do something unique with it. But then again it would be great for the steam deck.