Do you guys think its a good time to bring back the steam machine that runs steam OS?
Picture a console sized steam machine running steam OS and it has specs that can compete with any modern console? I would 100% buy it. I consider myself more of a console gamer but I would love to bang out a few games on the 4k TV instead of docking my deck.
I think there is a market for a non portable steam OS machine. What do you guys think?
The fundamental problem is that there is nothing special about a “Steam Machine.” The Steam Deck is special because it’s an all-in-one handheld gaming device, but a console version of it would literally just be a normal PC with SteamOS preloaded onto it.
If you really want a Steam Deck-like console for your living room, then you can just get a PC and throw something like ChimeraOS or HoloISO onto it. Bam, DIY Steam Machine.
If you want something with better value, you can get one of those mini-PCs with RDNA graphics in them and do the same thing. Now you have a lightweight, moderately performant Steam Machine for a few hundred dollars. Or, heck, just get a Steam Deck and a dock.
This was a big part of why the original Steam Machines failed. Sure, SteamOS has better game support than it did then, but it would still just be a PC with Valve branding slapped on top.