Ooh. I’ll have to try that. Thanks!

Maybe some manufacturers might even think about shipping their devices with SteamOS.

Yes. And the first one to ship something pocket sized with SteamOS and able to run Balatro is going to break the Internet.

This may be why the savings rate in the USA is so low. We recognize similarities in leadership values.

I think they’re holding the controllers back because they worry they won’t keep up with demand when the Steam Machine releases.

I wish they would just start selling them to us, though.

Nobody tell this user about Linux Mint or Ubuntu, okay? We’re saving it for the surprise party.

Joking aside, I understand wanting a company like Valve to directly provide strong support.

I also think that’s why it won’t happen, though. I think it is just too far outside of Valve’s core business.

Valve does contribute to other projects, here and there, to help Steam succeed on Linux. I doubt they’ll go beyond that, at least until the Steam Machine releases.

In the mean time, the closest option I can think of is buying a PC with Linux pre-installed, from System76 or Tuxedo, and then just search up “Steam” in the software center.

Hahaha! Thank you!

I agree, of course.

I thought time might cool it, but no. It’s still as enraging today to remember.

Exactly the link I was going to search for!

Those fuckers at Sony made me wipe and rebuild my PC, for the “crime” of listening to one of their fucking CDs at my desk one time.

(Sony’s virus caused all kinds of bugs, and then people who didn’t wipe and rebuild immediately were getting infected by worse viruses within a few days, because Sony’s virus fucked up the PCs defenses so badly.)

I figured I would be less pissed this long later, but I’m not.

Fuck Sony. I’m mad just thinking about it long enough to post this confirmation.

That is what did it, for me. Fuck Sony.

Did I mention “fuck Sony”? Fuck Sony. Bunch of virus writing assholes.

As I already have a Playstation 5 for demanding games (and my kids playing Fortnite and Roblox sadly) and a Steam Deck for less demanding games, I really don’t know for sure if I’m gonna get a Steam Machine.

That makes sense. I sometimes forget that not everyone shares my deep burning despise for Sony…yet.

Anyway, it’ll be good to have a better option when the Playstation 6 does whatever bullshit Sony pulls out of their asses next.

I should really learn to do the same. I might pick up some games I’ve passed over.

Yeah, the number of “unsupported” games that I played and finished on my steam deck is higher that one would expect.

I’ll just add that this has been my experience, as well.

There may be some bias toward old games in my “unsupported” library, because I stopped buying “unsupported” games, when I bought a SteamDeck.

But many of my “unsupported” games just work anyway.

I’m with you on that but the price still seems steep to me.

Agreed. While it seems like we’re all still speculating at this point, $1000.00 would be a pill to swallow for couch co-op gaming.

Hopefully if RAM prices drive the price this high, arresting and jailing another batch of RAM producer CEOs can bring prices and the Steam Machine down in price to something reasonable.

I can dream, anyway.

In the meantime, I may still pay the premium just to signal my interest in having a less closed gaming option hooked up to my TV.

But why buy the Steam Machine over a PlayStation at that point?

I don’t buy locked-down hardware, with a locked-down game ecosystem, when open hardware is available, so the Playstation isn’t in the running, for me.

If itch.io and the like run on Playstation, that’s good to hear. I have assumed that they do not, from what I know of Sony in the past.

Anyway, I’m still pissed about the time that Sony shipped a self-installing Windows virus on their music CDs. I had to wipe and rebuild before my PC felt usable again.

There will probably be a hefty convenience tax in the price of the SteamDeck, in exchange for my not having to learn a bunch of facts about graphics cards (which can play what, what drivers they need, how to tune them, which one to buy now that the one I researched is sold out to AI crypto bros, rinse and repeat research steps, AI cryto bro-ed again, etc.)

I know I could get a better price, I just haven’t found the time. If the Steam Machine comes anywhere close, I’m probably going to (foolishly / lazily) buy one.

Valve bought my trust with my SteamDeck. Let’s see if they spend it well when I eventually buy a Steam Machine.

Yeah. I’ve paid $1,000.00 for a solid gaming PC before, and got much worse results than I expect from “A SteamDeck that knows it is plugged in.”

Kind of a non-news item, to me.

I’m not buying a new model every year at that price, but if I expect it to last 5-10 years, I’ll probably end up buying one.

A bunch of this is going to come down to Valve’s build quality, warranty support, and whether these Steam Machine are repairable or not.

I would set aside $0.00 of the $50.00 for my free copies of Luanti (Minecraft clone) and Mindustry - Factory building tower defense.

You can buy Mindustry for around $5 on Steam or Itch.io to support the developers, but it is also available for free in the Arch software center (by briefly rebooting the SteamDeck into desktop mode).

House of Da Vinci is fun. I didn’t enjoy it as thoroughly as each of “The Room”, but I enjoyed it.

Dang. Easily worth it. Nice.

Edit: Since I already have the whole set, everyone else please buy this so they can keep making more games and I can play those, as well, okay? Thanks!

I think that there is a somewhat decent chance that there will be an ARM Steam Deck Mini at some point.

Damn. I hope so. I play many indie retro style games, and my favorites are all on my Steam account. I would get so much use out of a truly pocket device with good retro controls and my Steam account signed in.

Edit: Alternately, somebody needs to release a dedicated pocket device with “Donut Dodo” pre-installed, and we can call it good enough for an few months.

Same. I think that bug is the only reason my SteamDeck uptime doesn’t rival my Linux servers.

Fixed a case where WiFi would fail to connect after sleep

Very nice. That bug was very annoying.