This is so sick. I wish the console was more powerful and didnt rely on fsr for 4k preformance. I’d love to get my hands on that vr headset.
Steam Hardware Announcement
Submitted 20 hours ago by sirico@feddit.uk to technology@lemmy.world
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Fizz@lemmy.nz 20 hours ago
echodot@feddit.uk 19 hours ago
I bet you can turn it off and just do 1080p gaming. I think steam analysis one said that only about 10% of people have a 4k display. So that’s probably why they haven’t over spec the system.
In about 4 years they’ll probably have a more powerful version as well.
First_Thunder@lemmy.zip 18 hours ago
Not sure what the statistics are for televisions though, which is what this is focusing on (home console experience)
Fizz@lemmy.nz 18 hours ago
TVs are all 4k though. 1080p looks like shit on 4k screen.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
I mean, it will do 4K in old games just fine.
entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 8 hours ago
FSR4 only runs on RDNA 4. The Steam Machine has RDNA 3, so FSR3 is the limit
Krudler@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
I’m so glad the steam controller is back.
I was an early adopter, I got my first steam link and steam controller in November 2015
I went through 17 steam controllers.
Seventeen.
Because they were built like absolute fucking shit, and my ear actually got attuned to the sound of the shoulder spring breaking. Crunch.
The first one I bought was totally DOA, the replacement was DOA with a broken button membrane, the replacement for that DOA with a malfunctioning back paddle. The fourth one, and first functional one I got lasted two months before the shoulder broke. There were ones I got new out of the box and the shoulder broke within an hour.
So I’m happy as fuck that it came back, but I’m so hesitant. I choose to believe that they have corrected the shitty build problem, but I guess I’ll find out!
anguo@piefed.ca 1 hour ago
I dusted off my steam controller after playing on a Steam Deck for a while, and it felt like garbage. everything is better on the Deck, especially the trackpads. This new controller looks like an additional improvement.
thurstylark@lemmy.today 18 hours ago
I’m also a steam controller lover, and I feel you on the build quality point, but just remember that this new one is going to be built post-steam-deck. The lessons from the steam controller funnel into the steam deck, and the lessons from the steam deck will funnel into the new steam controller.
Krudler@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Oh hell yeah, I knew all along that the steam link, the steam controller, that was a research project
And I have confidence that the new one will resolve a lot of the build issues. Cautiously optimistic
entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 8 hours ago
If it’s built as well as the deck, it should be great
cyrano@piefed.social 20 hours ago
This looks really solid.
Epzillon@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Im so curious about the new VR tech, isn’t this what the VR nerds have been talking about, like, forever? I guess we’ll just have to see how well implemented it is.
But goddamn, what an absolute bombshell to drop 3 pieces of hardware at once. Lets hope they can deliver.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
AMD must feel good about this, given their (apparnt) alarmingly small desktop GPU marketshare.
theherk@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
Valve crushed it out of the park. Great hardware and really well presented; beautiful and succinct.
TachyonTele@piefed.social 18 hours ago
Idk. The Deck atleast is really small, and portable.
The Cube just seems like pc tower.LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works 33 minutes ago
Is there any mention of a price? The store page through the app straight up crashes my phone lol
TheRealKuni@piefed.social 17 hours ago
The cube is smaller than it looks. It’s slightly bigger than the GameCube. 3D print a handle for it and it’s as portable as a machine gets!
ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 13 hours ago
Not having an optical drive like the GameCube gives it a lot more space for other components, though
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Yeah, that’s tiny. That’s like 3.8L.
10L is tiny for an SFF desktop PC.
dustyData@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
Valve just kicked the teeth of all console makers with this announcement. If only they manage to ship and distribute globally they would single-handedly threat taking over the entire gaming industry in a single generation. Of course, it’s well to wait for reviews, hands on demonstrations and the reality that comes out of this. But I bet there’s more than one MS an Sony executive who were apprehensive of seeing this day arrive.
paultimate14@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
I think the main hangup is going to be: how easy and simple is this thing for the average person?
The Steam Deck is, any way you slice it, a better value than the Switch or Switch 2. The Steam Deck has sold roughly 6 million units in 3 years. The Nintendo Switch 2 has sold close to 11 million units in about 5 months.
I hope you’re right and that Valve really shakes up the whole industry, but I’m not going to start expecting that until I see it.
embed_me@programming.dev 17 minutes ago
I think Switch has a different market (albeit a bigger one)than the Deck.
There is definitely market overlap with Steam Deck but I feel the Deck offers things that the Switch doesn’t. In a similar vein, I think Steam Machine provides a kind of value that extends just beyond the console market. There are people who would not consider getting a console but would definitely consider getting a powerful and compact Mini PC with good gaming capabilities. Therein lies the greatest value of their offering.
missingno@fedia.io 19 hours ago
I don't think they even can manufacture at a scale anywhere close to the big three. Like with the Steam Deck, it'll be a great product for a niche audience, but the numbers will be limited in comparison. No chance of taking over the industry.
dustyData@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
They don’t have to manufacture them all. That little SteamOS Compatible sticker is gonna kick Windows out of the gaming throne and push steam machines as the default livingroom gaming solution. One of the big things about this announcement is that it isn’t addressed only to customers, it is aimed at developers. The store page even has sections to announce that development kits are available.
0ops@piefed.zip 14 hours ago
It definitely seems to me like they’re trying a similar strategy to Microsoft’s Surface line or Google’s Pixel line where the main goal isn’t really to outcompete directly, but rather to influence the market by a) proving that the platform is viable and b) providing a blueprint/setting expectations for third-party manufacturers considering getting in on it. I swear I remember valve saying they were open to licensing steam os to third party devices (granted, I dunno if anyone’s taken them up on it), and they obviously want as many people on steam as they can pull off.
echodot@feddit.uk 19 hours ago
Also the controllers are hall effect by the sounds of it. Which will be a jab at Nintendo no doubt.
ernest314@lemmy.zip 16 hours ago
technically TMR, but yeah