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[Jun 08, 2015, 09:34 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments

Don't buy a Steam Machine - The Verge.
The official Steam Machines run SteamOS, which is basically Linux with Steam’s Big Picture Mode. Even though Valve is working to bring more games to Linux, most popular titles aren’t available for it yet, and there’s really no reliable way to predict which games will be supported in the future. Of the top 10 games you can buy on Steam right now, only one, the Fallout Classic Collection, works on SteamOS. There’s no Grand Theft Auto 5, or Skyrim, or DayZ. Hell, you can’t even play games that are compatible with Linux but aren’t on Steam, which includes Blizzard’s popular catalog. If you care about playing anything relatively new and popular, the Xbox One, PS4, Wii, and Windows-based PCs are all clearly superior options. And games aren’t the only compatibility problem. If Valve and HTC’s virtual reality headset is anything like the Oculus Rift, it’ll need powerful hardware, and it’s possible lower-end Steam Machines won’t support it.

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Re: Op Ed
Jun 9, 2015, 07:55

Tipsy McStagger

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Re: Op Ed Jun 9, 2015, 07:55

Jun 9, 2015, 07:55

Tipsy McStagger

Cutter wrote on Jun 8, 2015, 16:38:
Verno wrote on Jun 8, 2015, 15:55:
I think there's another demographic you're ignoring, people who are older now, work at a computer all day and want to play the occasional game on a couch

Of course there's an argument to be made that Valve is competing with itself in that regard since you could just pickup a Steam Link but that assumes you have a Host PC.

Yeah, so you run a $5 HDMI cable to your TV from your vid card. No $500 gimped console required.

This is what I did, purchased a 360 controller as well (demon souls 2) but find myself using my keyboard mouse all the time.

Yet my rig is 2200$ so I can see some peoples argument for the 400$ gimp box.