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All they have to do is market the fact you don't have to pay for online. PS5 + 3 years of PS Plus = $740 Steam Machine = $700 Add/remove more years of PS Plu
by nodja 11mo ago
All they have to do is market the fact you don't have to pay for online.
PS5 + 3 years of PS Plus = $740
Steam Machine = $700
Add/remove more years of PS Plus if the SM turns out to be more/less expensive.
If you add the fact that games on PC are usually cheaper and have sales more often then it's a no brainer, but that won't convince the FIFA and COD players.
- Aeolun 11mo agoPlus a game catalog that stretches back some 30 years?
- tapoxi 11mo agoThis system won't run FIFA, GTA Online, Battlefield, Valorant or CoD, it's a nonstarter for many. Sure you don't need to subscribe to PS+, but that's somewhat easier to swallow since PS+ gives you games with the subscription. I'm still interested in this for playing older games but I have a Steam Deck and it still isn't remotely as seamless as my Switch or PS5.
- cirelli94 11mo ago> This system won't run FIFA, GTA Online, Battlefield, Valorant or CoD, it's a nonstarter for many. That's largely known now but still a bummer. I wonder if anything will ever change in this area and if Valve will be able to pressure game editors or create an anti-cheat so good and for any platform to be able to change something.
- Hikikomori 11mo agoValve can't even do it for cs2 on windows.
- johnnyanmac 11mo agoDon't see why they'd risk it. They already had to reduce their cut just to attract players like Activision and Take Two onto their platform. Also, making anti cheat on Linux feels like the most Anti-Linux thing to do. But I don't play many multiplayer games, so I have no skin in the game.
- culi 11mo agoSteam Machine is just a PC. You can dual boot or use a VM or use Wine/Proton . It can be involved but it's certainly possible
- silveraxe93 11mo agoWhy not? You can just install windows on it.
- theshrike79 11mo ago"Just", YMMV. It has a custom motherboard for example, which may or may not be supported by Microsoft.
- _flux 11mo agoWindows works in SteamDeck, so I think it seems highly likely that Valve will provide the drivers for this device as well.
- whywhywhywhy 11mo ago>All they have to do is market the fact you don't have to pay for online. All Sony and MS have to do it market that it can't play GTA6 at launch.
- jijijijij 11mo agoAll Valve has to do is bundle it with Half-Life 3.
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- redwall_hp 11mo agoOr Fortnite, Genshin Impact, Roblox, Marvel Rivals or any other popular live service game. Which are the games most people care about now.
- a2128 11mo agoRoblox is playable thanks to the efforts of the VinegarHQ team who created the Sober wrapper