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I don’t need a Steam Machine

ingve
130 points
224 comments

Mood

thoughtful

Sentiment

negative

Category

tech

Key topics

Steam

gaming

Linux

PC hardware

Debate intensity80/100

The author argues that they don't need a Steam Machine, likely due to existing PC hardware and gaming options.

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Discussion Activity

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First comment

18h

Peak period

1

Day 1

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1

Comment distribution2 data points

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  1. 01Story posted

    11/16/2025, 10:21:07 AM

    2d ago

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  2. 02First comment

    11/17/2025, 4:43:26 AM

    18h after posting

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  3. 03Peak activity

    1 comments in Day 1

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  4. 04Latest activity

    11/17/2025, 3:24:57 PM

    1d ago

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Discussion (224 comments)
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rpigab
1d ago
I don't need any of the 3 announced Steam hardware products, I already have a decent gaming PC running Steam on Ubuntu, a VR headset (Meta Quest 3, that I would not have bought had I known earlier, though it works wonders streaming PCVR games through ALVR+SteamVR) and a classic Steam controller that is more reliable that my Xbox One one on BLE.

But I do benefit from the announcement, because this means Valve will continue investing in the GNU/Linux ecosystem, and this will net more Linux players, which in turn means better software overall. Yay!

morshu9001
2d ago
I'm living under a rock if I haven't heard of some new video game console? er I guess PC

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