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Steam Frame

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855 points Philpax | 8 comments | 12 Nov 25 17:54 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
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jsheard ◴[12 Nov 25 17:57 UTC] No.45903360[source]▶
Frame is obviously the main headline here, but they've also launching a new SteamOS mini-PC and a new controller.

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steammachine

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamcontroller

No prices listed for any of them yet, as far as I can tell.

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phantasmish ◴[12 Nov 25 18:29 UTC] No.45903890[source]▶
Oh hell yes. There was a leak of specs (via a benchmarking database) of an upcoming machine from Valve and I had my fingers crossed that it was a mini PC and not some VR thingy, saw this thread, and was sad for a moment before I spotted this post.

6x as powerful as the Steam deck (that I use plugged in anyway 98% of the time—I’d have bought a Steam Deck 2, but I’m glad I get the option to put money toward more performance instead of battery and screen that I don’t use) is great. Not a lot of games I want to play won’t run well at least at 1080p with specs like that.

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1. andoando ◴[12 Nov 25 21:37 UTC] No.45907107{3}[source]▶
What is the draw of the Steam machine though? They say the price is comparable to similarly specced PC. So why not just buy/build any mini PC? There's plenty of options for that
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2. baggachipz ◴[12 Nov 25 21:46 UTC] No.45907215[source]▶
A good while back I abandoned PC gaming because I was sick of driver issues, compatibility, and always having to update hardware to play the next game. Instead, I embraced consoles and haven't considered PC gaming since then. This, however, has me reconsidering that. I want it to "just work". When I want to play games, I don't want to deal with all of that other crap. I'm old, ain't nobody got time for that.
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3. theshackleford ◴[12 Nov 25 22:15 UTC] No.45907581[source]▶
It's wild how experiences can vary so wildly. That's the nature of PC's though I suppose that you are trying to avoid.

I've had no driver or compatibility issues in longer than I can remember. Maybe Vista?

I also rarely upgrade because playing at console level settings means I can easily get effectively the same lifetime out of my hardware. Though I do tend to upgrade a little earlier than console users still leaning a bit more towards the enthusiast side.

4. eptcyka ◴[12 Nov 25 22:16 UTC] No.45907599[source]▶
Some people really don't want to spend time exchanging parts when the memory they buy turns out to be incompatible or that the GPU doesn't fit the sleek mITX case. There's a lot of research to ensure all parts are compatible and optimal when building a PC - for some it's time that could be better spent on using the PC instead of building one.
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5. remir ◴[12 Nov 25 22:48 UTC] No.45907981[source]▶
It's a console basically. It comes ready to play without much maintenance needed from the user.
6. barrkel ◴[12 Nov 25 23:09 UTC] No.45908201[source]▶
I guess you abandoned PC gaming some time in the early 2000s?
7. rbits ◴[12 Nov 25 23:13 UTC] No.45908237[source]▶
It's tiny. It runs SteamOS which is built to be used with a controller on a TV. And it will probably be a performance target for many developers.

But I think the biggest feature might be the quick suspend and resume. Every modern console has that, but not PCs. You can try to put a computer to sleep, but many games won't like that.

8. andoando ◴[12 Nov 25 23:16 UTC] No.45908263[source]▶
You can still buy prebuilt though and slap SteamOS on it and youre there.

Dont get me wrong this looks very a nice product, but its nothing revolutionary.