What are your plans for Steam Machines?
Of course not pre ordering or buying few weeks after release, but when it comes out and I find out people say it's good, why not give it a try.
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I waiting for the Steam Handheld :3
This is a great Idea for travels
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Still giving the idea of game streaming time for thought. My primary machine does run Linux and i'd apprciate running games more directly but meanwhile thinking about using VMs (along with VT-d support for native gpu performance) or running a dedicated win-based streaming host (nice! Can shave idle power draw on the main device) but this approach introduces latency. Surely much less than GRID and i dont know if nvidias gamestream works well outside steam which would be largely prefered by me. Of course... You could always run things via wine. But a commercially supported version like cedega is missing badly now. So setting up games is still a major hassle.
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My plans are:
1-Watch other people experience and try these devices.
2-Cry if they were good, or say "I knew they were bad from the start..." if they weren't.
3-Praise Illuminati.
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I suspect your plan is secretly shared by others. xD
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Well, this site is run by Illuminati so every plan would end with praising the Illuminati.
They would also involve: watching people and probably crying.
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I won't be building/buying a steamOS machine until we get video support by either streaming over the network or netflix. If we get both, I'll probably pick up a steamlink or an AMD APU build that ran run couch COOP games alright.
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Streaming from netflix... While not obvious and well supported should be very much doable within steamOS (using chrome + netflix webapp)
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Which, being linux, doesn't have xpadder, so I can't use it from my couch. I also don't get native controller support in-app.
I could load XBMC, yeah, and use the poor controller support on that. Or I could just use a console or a internet connected bluray/dvd player.
It also doesn't work on steamlink. I mean, yeah, there are workarounds if I must have it, but it's not about working, it's about ease of use.
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I'd just suggested to slap your own control scheme using automation tools if you're unsatisfied with the eixsting stuff. Thats the cool about linux you're rarely forced to stick with off-the-shelf parts. But if your gamepad mapping tool does everything you want stick to it. As a sidenote i wonder why you think Kodi has a bad gamepad interface. I was thinking very much the opposite :)
Gamepad stuff has been rcently added to HTML5 afair. Netflix webapp will most probably pick it up sooner or later. Friend has a win8 based htpc... He uses netflix metro app but resorts to keyboard + trackpad control. Never asked why he's not using his 360 controller but will do next time. My guess entering text is much too fiddlesome with a plain controller only.
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As a sidenote i wonder why you think Kodi has a bad gamepad interface
When last I tried it, no joystick support for menus., just the dpad. Volume controls were hard to get to quickly, and then I had to use the imprecise dpad again. Tapping the dpad by accident results in a 10 minute skip. 'A' doesn't pause by default, it loads a menu and you have to double tap. B doesn't bring up the menu, it quits the movie. X loads the menu, that works great. Y takes you back to the movie select menu, because that needs to be instantanious apparently.
Oh, and if you set down the controller during a movie and the joystick gets bumped, it skips around the video either by a few minutes at a time or 10 minutes at a time.
So yeah, there's a list.
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Why not directing this digested usage data to their forums? They surely appreciate getting to know things to fix in later releases.
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I'm good with Linux distro I'm using now. no need for SteamOS since it's still just a debian based distro. As for machines, they're too expensive. You can build perfectly good pc for much less. Not that I need new pc, my laptop is pretty capable.
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Planning on building a small functional Steam OS machine of my own and giving it to friends of mine. That way I can do family sharing with them and they can enjoy some various games I know they like, but won't/can't buy on their own.
It'll be fun for me as well, building something again like that, it's been a while.
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Why use SteamOS when Windows is compatible with all games and can do other tasks as well?
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Licensing cost partially. As for consoles every penny matters. OEM win costs 40$. Consider hardware cuts necessary to accomodate licensing into bom. But the main gripe Valve has is the builtin windows store which is direct competition to steam. Why would they allow a uprising competitor to gain easy market shares? Also customizability. If you want Microsoft to produce a custom variant of their OS (like the one for xbox) do not expect that level of support to be cheap. Everything out of corporate perspective...
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I don't really care about them, but if steam machines create a baseline for pc ports so they won't look shitty anymore, that would be quite nice.
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I don't see the big deal over SteamOS or Steam Machines. Already got my PC hooked up to my living room tv and am sending this message on it now.
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This. Steam Machines are just regular PCs in fancy cases + extra OS. There shoudn't be any problem with making your own PC and install SteamOS on it (and it will be cheaper than buying Steam Machines as well).
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i wont ever get a steam machine, i will stick to my pc.
hooked it up to the tv aswell so i really see no use in it
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To me, Steam Machine is just another console that offers cheaper games at better quality.
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Indeed i question wheter the traditional console manufacturers can survive on the long term if that idea gets traction. The only thing nearly guaranteed to survive is android based stuff. If nintendo is indeed pulling the string with the NX they were smart by forecasting the future.
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This. It's why I'm re-purposing my existing PC. Good sales on console titles are few and far between and don't even approach Steam sales for discounts. Plus, no GAs. ;)
As for hooking up my PC with Windows in my living room, that isn't an option. I have a small living room entirely taken up by my couch and entertainment center. No additional room for a desk to sit at to use a computer for non-game stuff. So my multi-purpose PC sits in another room.
And when I replace it, I don't need my Steam machine to have Windows on it. Why run such a bloated OS solely for games? Of course if Windows streaming over a Gig-E connection turns out to be intolerable, I could always dump pure SteamOS and retreat to Big Picture mode on Windows. But the drawback there is hunting down and shutting off all the unnecessary crap Windows runs in the background every time I power it on.
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Sounds like big pile of shit and a waste of money tbh ...
You can build much better hardware yourself for less cash ...
Steam OS Is abit ambitious aswell ... if it work the way they present it to do so , im in.
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That sounds like a nice setup, maybe in a decade when I have my own place and funds to spare, I shall build myself a nerd cave
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I have PC. If I'd want console, I'd buy PS4 for it's exclusives.
Maybe if I ever get bored with keyboard and mouse I'll check streaming or steam-link, but not in this decade.
SteamOS might be a different tale, depending if they make 100% of steam games work on it or not. If not, GTFO.
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I might buy the controller...I just discovered about the SteamLink thing, can be useful to me
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I've been looking forward to having a Steam Machine for my living room since Valve announced them.
My plan is to build a new multi-purpose PC later this year. My current machine will be wiped to have a pure SteamOS install and hooked up in the living room. It can then play the Linux-compatible games in my library and stream the Windows-only games from the newer PC.
Yeah, it's a bit ambitious, but hey ...
My console gets no love compared to Steam right now. But at least it'll have company. :)
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