Comment on Leaks again hint at Valve doing a proper Steam Machine Console
warmaster@lemmy.world 1 day agoI’ll buy this for my kids, a Steam console will mean:
- Ready to play
- Officially supported
- HDMI CEC compatible
- Wake on Bluetooth
- Resume after Sleep
- Reference target for devs
- Energy effiecient
- Bundled with a controller
- Probably cheaper than buying the parts for a PC
I have two gaming rigs running Bazzite, one with an XTX 7900 XT the other a 3080 TI, and a Steam Deck.
The benefits of a manufactured purpose built device like the steam deck really shows how superior the user experience can be versus a DIY path.
Personally I don’t care because I know my way around things, but my kids don’t, and still won’t until they grow. There are users that will never learn because they don’t want to, and this product is mainly for them.
artyom@piefed.social 22 hours ago
Chances are your kids will never learn either. We only learned because we had to.
warmaster@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
That’s the most probable outcome, however I am hopeful… they are 4 and 7 but they already know how to use KDE to open and use Krita, GCompris, Steam, and others. They are curious and stay by my side as assistants when I have to open up my rigs or homelab.
Stay curious little penguins !
artyom@piefed.social 17 hours ago
That's awesome. If you get them into PC gaming and modding they'll probably learn all about computers without any convincing.