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It's Time to Bring Back the Steam Machine (steamdeckhq.com)

submitted 2 years ago by mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml to c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz

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[–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They basically already have one. The steam deck with the dock (though you have to provide your own controller.)

They'd certainly gain some performance improvements by building a dedicated steam machine, but it would also split the market for the steam deck, which the article already talked about as being a negative of the first iteration.

Dunno, I probably wouldn't get a stationary steam machine over a mobile steam deck. Though being able to use Thunderbolt 4 for an eGPU on a steam deck would be a welcome enhancement, but that's a whole different discussion.

[–] Broken_Monitor@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I like the deck and am thinking about the dock for it, but the controller thing is something I’m wondering about. Any idea if it can handle 3-4 of them wirelessly? I mainly want to put it on the tv for local co op or party games, but I usually use ps4 controllers and have found their bluetooth is awful on PC.

[–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

It somewhat depends on the game, and the order that you pair things in.

I've run my steam deck, docked on the TV, with 2 Nintendo Pro controllers, 1 XBox controller, 1 Stadia controller, all running over bluetooth, and a fifth PS3 controller plugged in via USB. From what I understand the limit is 8 controllers, but I think the built in controller counts as one.

You can go into the settings and tell it which controller is which, but in the end, the game can override things and make it not work as expected. The only way to really know is to check on a game-by-game basis.

[–] chemslayer@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

I regularly use 4 wireless Xbox controllers for this exact purpose, and it works great. There's always the occasional Bluetooth quirks, but overall it's seamless

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[–] Freeman@lemmings.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

steam machine - daft punk

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[–] nullPointer@programming.dev 6 points 2 years ago

That controller has some serious Atari Jaguar vibes.

[–] randomaside@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago

Hell yeah brother. Started playing Hades 2 on my custom chimeraOS PC yesterday in the living room. I absolutely love the experience. I've been considering getting that Hx100 PC from minisforum and running bazzite on there to replace my custom PC for a smaller console like footprint. The time is nigh!

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