Comment on Our first look at the Steam Machine, Valve’s ambitious new game console

ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Donkter@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Aren’t all consoles?

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  • vga@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    All is console, console is all.

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• mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I mean… What is a console, but a prebuilt running custom firmware and manufacturer’s OS? You can literally install Linux on a jailbroken PS5. Old consoles were obviously bespoke pieces of hardware that wouldn’t match any computer OS… But modern consoles are closer to prebuilt PCs than they are to old consoles.

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• who@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  What’s the difference?

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  • ekZepp@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I didn’t even read all that. But I’ll trust your judgment. 👍

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    • who@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Sorry for being so wordy. ;)

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      • ekZepp@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        i’m just lazy 🤗

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• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yes, just like the Steam Deck, it’s a pre-built that functions like a console and can do other desktop stuff too.

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• jj4211@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Frankly, the Xbox One and the PS4 marked those vendors transition to ‘tiny prebuilts’, by the standards one might call this a ‘tiny prebuilt’.

  One could fairly argue that Switch is “just a gaming tablet/phone”

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