Nice. Hopefully this brings in a lot of new Linux gamers. It and the Steam Frame. I’m now leaning towards skipping the machine and getting a Frame. Assuming the Steam Machine is ~$1000 USD, I see a good amount of gaming laptops second hand that can match a Steam Machine and be placed under a TV
It’s just euro washing greed like 99% of the buy European of the past couple of years. Better off to support anything open source than the next Tim Epic
At first it was just Steam sales on Steam. Then Humble Bundle and GamersGate and GreenManGaming. Now it’s those plus Fanatical bundles and Digiphile bundles
Screw consoles and high end computer gaming. Games started looking very good since the PS2 gen. They were just low res. Low end PC gaming is where it’s at. Recently I went back to replay emulated Viewtiful Joe, the old KOTOR games PC version, emulated god of war - they look great. On Steam bought the first Rage and it runs on a basic cheap computer now and I think it looks great. Steam Deck is PS4 level. Don’t need a PS5 and definitely won’t need a PS6. The future is gameplay not graphics
Now it’s from a new studio, new creators. At least 13 years since Infinite’s release. Even if they kept Irrational together with Ken Levine, I wouldn’t expect it to fit well. Like the last Matrix movie. People get older and change. Better a new IP without having to be constrained to the expectations of what a BioShock game should be. It’s nostalgia bait
The series told its story. It doesn’t need another game
It’ll be in stock again soon I’m certain. They’re gamepads, not limited edition Pokemon cards or super cutting edge HBM memory chips
See how low they get that power draw. Arc B50 right now is ~70w. Powered fully by the pcie slot. I’ll always celebrate the release of low power entry level equipment. Not a AAA monster but capable of 99% of everything else