As it says in the article, it’ll be smaller and quieter, so less offensive for most people’s living rooms than a full-size desktop. It’s not meant to replace your existing PC if you have one, unless it was getting old and you were about to replace it anyway. If you don’t have a PC, or don’t have one in the living room, then it might be a better option than anyone else’s prebuilt.
Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 5 hours ago
And, as with any standardized hardware, it’s a lot easier to ensure games and services (like Proton) perform reliably.
Time will tell if this sells enough, but it could become the new standard for industry benchmarking/testing.
RamRabbit@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Exactly. We are already seeing game companies mention the Steam Deck specifically in patch notes. This will give them a standard item to validate compatibility against. Any game company that wants to make sure they work on the most platforms possible will have a Steam Machine on-hand to QA with.