Steam Machine

[Fezzik]

Steam Machine

Your games on the big screen

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Steam Machine Hands-On: First Impressions of Valve’s New Console-Like Gaming PC - IGN

Valve’s newest hardware aims to further bridge the gap between gaming PCs and consoles.

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Our first look at the Steam Machine, Valve’s ambitious new game console

Valve’s Fremont was real.

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Steam Machine preview: a powerful, customisable mini PC for couch gaming

The Steam Machine looks promising, with some unique TV-focused features, powerful discrete graphics and thoughtful customisation options. Here's the EG preview.

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As someone looking to get into PC gaming but not wanting a handheld or anything Windows, this seems ideal.

 

[TypeRDC5]

Love my Steam Deck.

Will definately keep an eye on this after release.

 

[Joey D]

This will be perfect for my living room. My wife and I enjoy playing couch co-op games, and there are way more available on Steam than there are on Xbox. As long as it's not some stupid price, I'll likely get one. My guess is that it will be $499 or $599.

 

[MagpieRacer]

Ok, well, it's not Half Life 3 which I was hoping this Steam marketing gap would be, however.

This looks fantastic, I have a gaming laptop, which isn't very powerful, does a decent job on most things but obviously cooling is an issue and without a deal it's not always the most comfortable. Plus now owning a wheel rig, not practical on a laptop.

If this thing runs the whole steam library and supports racing wheels etc, then I'm very much interested. Price will obviously be the biggest factor as to whether I can consider this a genuine option alongside my PS5. But the prospect of being able to play, AMS2, LMU, AC Evo, AC Rally, is very very interesting.

Also, does iRacing work with steam deck? Is there a chance iRacing would work on this system given you can access it via Steam?

 

[Fezzik]

You’d probably need to install Windows on it for iRacing and other games with anti-cheat.

 

[Veinz]

This is the final nail in the Xbox’s coffin.

 

[sesselpupser]

As someone who has exclusively gamed on a Deck since May 2022, has a wireless SteamVR headset but no space for the desktop PC in the living room nor power sockets near where the base stations would need to go and a 2017 PC that is ineligible for Windows 11, this new hardware is almost tailor made just for me.

If only I could afford to buy it!

Also, does iRacing work with steam deck?

Not exactly, it's difficult to make it work and when it does it sounds like you can only race offline with bots.