But it has what PCs crave.
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The form factor looks nice. A small box that fits under the TV.
GabeN:
Edit: why all the downvotes lol? It's not like he didn't just set sail on a new $500mil dollar mega yacht or anything....... I love steam as much as the next guy, but like the others, he's just another billionaire taking from the penny tray and not putting any back in.
I mean you're not wrong. It's basically just a prebuilt pc. I'm kinda hoping that they'll have put some thought into using it as a console though. The ability to wake it with the controller for example. That's something I've never gotten properly working on PC
Pretty sure my stream deck can do this, find issue why they wouldn't also include that feature since they have developed it already, but weird things can happen getting from design to prodiction.
It's a matter of price vs convenience. If they keep it under some decent price limit and everything is plug and play, fine. Otherwise you're better with a custom build.
If you ever want to see the concept of "survivor bias" in action, watch PC Master Race dudes try and explain why you don't need a Steam Box.
The general point is that a closed proprietary system is seldom a better option than an open non-proprietary one.
Yeah, sure, "It's Steam" and "Gary is a good guy" (so supposedly was "Elon" about a decade ago, by the way), but Gary might have a heart attack and die tomorrow (nothing personal, Gary, I can happen to any of us) and then those with the closed proprietary system are way more likely to end up shafted by Steam's new "enshittification is the future" MBA management than those with the open non-proprietary one.
Ultimatelly it all depends on just how easy it is to wipeout the OS in a Steam Box and get a new one in.
The people who would wipe and install an OS really aren't the target market.
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