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[Bulletbrain]

Not a good idea business wise. Modern console hardware business is expensive, competitive and low margin. With the steam deck they cornered a market which had loads of untapped demand but left barren by exiting players. Whole different story for full-fat console market.

 

[poppabk]

No thank you.

 

[Hohenheim]

A new Steam Deck with improved specs at some point is all I want.
If that includes a switch-style docking station, that's cool.
But I'm very happy with my dock setup, and would be very fine if it doesn't include anything like that.

 

[pasterpl]

Can’t you just install Windows on the Steam Deck you have?

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IMO. They should support it from day one without need for user to do stuff like this themselves. For me my steam deck is 50% usable and probably will get sold and I will move to something like rog ally x

 

[Dr.D00p]

For me my steam deck is 50% usable and probably will get sold and I will move to something like rog ally x

Ally X with a dual boot Windows/Linux Bazzite (basically Steam OS) is about as good as it gets.

..Assuming you can live without the OLED screen.

 

[aygomyownroad]

The Xbox is the ultimate steam PC in fairness.

All Steam need to do is join up with Microsoft, allow Steam to be on a new Xbox console, ensure games run on it and jobs done.

 

[YeulEmeralda]

So basically it was a overpriced prebuilt with a logo on it and steamOS.

 

[Davernos]

Yes, please. Just make a little certified 60fps/1440p, 120fps/1080p PC device, with al the Valve flavor, and an attractive price. Games with verified status, and a "Steam Machine 2024" preset for its settings (like Cyberpunk 2077 with the Deck settings, more devs are noticing this as a good idea).

Fuck Windows, fuck Jensen.

 

[Topher]

IMO. They should support it from day one without need for user to do stuff like this themselves. For me my steam deck is 50% usable and probably will get sold and I will move to something like rog ally x

Nah.....it is good that the market has an alternative to Windows and there are plenty of Windows options out there.

 

[Danjin44]

I don't think I ever played any games Valve released.

 

[existensmaximum]

No.

 

[LazyParrot]

So you basically just want them to make a faster Steam Deck? If that counts as a console (even though it's literally just a PC), wouldn't that mean they already re-entered the console market years ago?

 

[FunkMiller]

I certainly think they should be looking at a PC form factor that is suited to going under the couch, with upgradeable parts. Not sure they necessarily need to market that as a 'console'.

 

[Tarin02543]

Just give me SteamOS.

 

[JCK75]

I agree and I want one
First go around SteamOS was not ready for mass use, it was still just a linux distro and limited to games that supported linux which was a very small number.
That cheap chipset in my steamdeck plays games to my satisfaction on the go at what I consider a very low price point, higher end chipset not constrained by a battery
could deliver much better performance and I'd be all for it.
there is no reason you can't have a console that outperforms a Series S by a lot in the same price range... and have it be easily upgraded to a better GPU etc.

 

[ricardo_sousa11]

They have the PC monopoly, they would only lose money if they moved to the console market. Huge risk, very little possible benefit.

 

[pasterpl]

Nah.....it is good that the market has an alternative to Windows and there are plenty of Windows options out there.

Not so good if I cannot play part of my steam library on official steam device.

 

[Topher]

Not so good if I cannot play part of my steam library on official steam device.

Yeah, that's a work in progress. Doesn't mean Steam OS shouldn't exist.

 

[diffusionx]

I would be surprised if Valve has not kicked around the idea of a Steam Console considering how successful the Deck has been.

Don't do the dock thing though, that is stupid and overly complicated. Just make a nice machine that can play games well. They have access to all the user hardware data and could make the right target.

 

[RoboFu]

They already have... what do you think a steam deck is?

You people astound me sometimes ..

" steam machines are horrible ! lol "
" valve should make a console"
" the steam deck is awesome"

Do you people hear yourselves? all those are literally the same thing!

 

[LavitzSlambert]

Sticking with the Steam Deck and letting the PC gaming community do their own thing is the right move for Valve. They don't want to become a slave to additional hardware configurations, they are in a great spot. Continue supporting the Steam Deck and launch a new one in a couple years with upgraded hardware, that's the play.

 

[darrylgorn]

Sony should leave the console market.

 

[Kokoloko85]

Its gonna happen eventually. And then 3rd party's will make there own versions that run windows/steam etc

 

[ArtHands]

I don't see why Valve should help save console gaming.