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Wombat
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Considering how volatile component pricing (especially RAM) is right now, I doubt they'll list any prices until pre-orders (if any) just before launch.
Most estimates are in the $800-$900 range, but made with no actual knowledge of Valve's bulk rates with AMD, nor continued component price increases.
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Hekotat
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I was hoping for better specs from that vr headset, no color pass through really sucks. It definitely seems to be an entry level headset specs wise. I was also hoping for a new VR Half Life game to go with it, kinda bummed about that one.
Ill stick with my crystal pimax light.
Ill stick with my crystal pimax light.
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Conspiracy theory: What if component pricing went through the roof because Valve bought up a lot from the vendors? The crypto guys don't need that much disk and memory, and the AI bros mostly use very special HBM memory and GPUs.
It's a genius move from Valve though, because now developers get some pressure not only to test and develop their games for mobile platforms like the Steamdeck, but now also have a mid to low end target aim for. And the stickers like "Works on Steamdeck/Steam Machine" on the store pages basically will drive demand.
Basically Valve is saving the AAA games industry from itself, which tried to outcompete each other on stupid graphical fluff with insane hardware requirements.
Noodleface
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They'd probably be able to easily sell these at a big loss though. Having access to a steam library of thousands of games on launch means valve would make a killing on games.
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TBT-TheBigToe
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Some news coming from Ubisoft
www.eurogamer.net
Ubisoft issues a rare, last-minute delay to its earnings release , 15 minutes before scheduled call with investors
According to an unexpected November 13 press release, the company has decided to postpone sharing its earnings "until the publication of its first-half 2025-26
www.eurogamer.net
The motives for why the company has made this move are currently unclear. Well-known analyst for Nico Partners and online personality, Daniel Ahmad, notes that "this could imply an acquisition of sorts", or "could [...] imply some accounting / financial issue."
If you're wondering if Ubisoft is doing this because of broader market conditions, it's worth noting that whilst markets are in a downward trend today, it's only by about 1% in tech/financials markets (at time of writing, 6pm on 13th October). The most simple answer? Today’s earnings report is going to be spicy, and is liable to cause a big swing in the price of Ubisoft shares.
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I would consider this but with rumored PS5 equivalent power? A console dating back to 2020? No thanks. But it depends on price, for sure. But not sure they can even compete with normal PC when Wallfarts has this..
Youre not winning any best PC contests with these things, but still, im betting my left nut that these things are WAY better than the PS5 equivalent.
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Burns
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While I like having control over my own hardware, I would certainly look into switching to SteamOS if they release it for general use (hopefully before windows 10 stops getting security updates). Otherwise I will probably stay on Win10 for another decade. I play too many old games or indies to switch to Linux I think.
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TJT
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Yeah, but given that I play all my games through steam anyway (well most all of them) and the cube here is optimized for Steam Store stuff it will prob be fine.
Additionally you can access the Desktop and other features as the video had a guy coding and and stuff on it. Knowing that this would be ideal for my uses. As much as I generally enjoy tinkering with system stuff on my PC (which already runs Linux) there will be an appeal to a fully optimized system where the SteamOS is in sync with the hardware so I don't have to do much of that anymore. The size is also nice and if it is as quiet as my Macbook Pro I use for everything except gaming I am sold. I do however want to use my Xbox controller and not that faggot steam one.
I bought the old steam controller and that thing was an abomination. It also needs to accept my preferred mouse and keyboard and peripherals I guess. But that shouldn't be a problem.
INTHEMIDSTOFLIONS
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I'd buy a Steam Machine Pro that had a 9070 XT and a 8 core 16 thread cpu. Even if it was a little more than if I built it myself. But Im not going to buy a console thats slightly better than the equivalent of a PS5/XSX.
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I'm more interested in SteamOS becoming even more mainstream and on a desktop platform vs handheld. Linux has already been great for me but a even bigger user base might make more companies start developing with Linux in mind and drive gaming away from Windows.
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INTHEMIDSTOFLIONS
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If Linux figured out how to get anti-cheat software, I'd switch over to Bazzite or Steam OS. Currently only running Windows for Battlefield Six.
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Linux will never do this and shouldn't. Anti cheat should be regulated by the community or server side. Kindly fuck off from my kernel space memory.
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Noodleface
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Yeah lol kernel anti cheat is dumb shit. You're playing bf6 but at the cost the game has root access to your system
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And the funny part is, cheating in these games is still rampant. Aim bots, wall hacks...etc... all exist for this game and others with these silly anti cheats.
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