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If you already have a PC why not just use Steam's built in home streaming? Low powered box in living room, desktop pc accessed remotely
by mavhc 11y ago
If you already have a PC why not just use Steam's built in home streaming? Low powered box in living room, desktop pc accessed remotely
- josefresco 11y agoHow much does the low powered box in the living room cost? The Steam Link is supposed to address this ($50) as most don't want to, or can't afford (or justify the expense) another PC for the living room.
- mavhc 11y agoWell, for me, $50, reused spare parts. Didn't know about the Link. So the Steam Machine is supposed to be for people without a desktop, to compete with consoles?
- wlesieutre 11y agoOr for people without a gaming desktop, but yeah, more or less. I imagine there are a lot of folks who have a computer running Windows already, but it's a 4 year old Dell with an Intel HD 3000. So they'll play a lot of the Indie games, but not the AAA graphical showpieces that advertise better. And IMO a lot of those indie games (Bastion, FTL, etc.) are better on iPads than computers/consoles anyway. Outside of the tech crowd, actual GPUs that can compare to current-gen consoles aren't very common. Steam Machines are an attempt by Valve to widen their market and include more customers who want an off-the-shelf "it plays games" experience.
- josefresco 11y agoSteam Machine = console replacement Steam Link - Stream your PC games from another Steam PC on the network The former is several hundred dollars and competes directly with Xbox, Playstation - the other is only $50.
- ascagnel_ 11y agoYou still have to deal with trying to play games that were designed around a desk setting, with a keyboard and mouse, in a living room setting.
- ionised 11y agoYou can fix this with a decently sized dinner tray, like the kind you get in hospitals.