games

they just need the right push but i dont think theyre doing that

I think valve is in the unique position of most people not hating them and having an infinite money glitch to push into any market

Valve supports all controllers too so it's an easy way to say all you controllers work with this

We can't couch coop anymore or we'll get COVID....

1 more week to flatten the curve rusp

so we can do it next week

the alternative is

We should honor the victims of covid by locking down for a week

valve creates a ds download play style

multiplayer

for lan

so people can be on their like

chromebooks or whatever

(not really)

Okay hear me out

so your steam library gets replaced by these digital cards right

and you can only have one in the system at a time

and you can lend them to someone, but then you cannot use it

and you have to manually load and unload every steam game

i wish the steam machine had a disk drive

Yeah but not to abuse it, you can only do it within a family

valve hates physical media

wtf

I mean, it goes against their entire company value proposition so I understand why lmao

yes

to be also fair though

these are just linux machines

you can install anything on

including pirated games

Last physical pc game I bought required me to make a steam account to play it (Civ 5) so I just never bought another physical PC game again

My pc does still have a disk drive though

so I could, in theory, use it

does it have a cup holder

you can replace your disk drive with a cup holder if you want

Sadly, not that type of disk drive

i wish those bay slots were still used

i bet we'd have more retarded shit by now

than cigarette lighter

and cupholder

Drink heater

or coffee maker or something

I hope if this one flops like the last one it goes on clearance for 20 dollars

no way

the valve consumer sentiment is way more ferverous

i wish it would flop because if they price cut it

id want one

I'd buy a valve gamecube for 20 bucks

I'd buy a normal gamecube with a valve sticker on it for 20 bucks

whens the real gamecube mod for it

let me click a cool button

where the top pops up

and i can insert a blueray disk

Max, they could make a laptop version

More so now, probably true, the SteamLink and Steam Controller went on sale last time and I regret not picking either up. Though, I dont really enjoy the controller. The clicky tactile pad is fun

so when the top opens after doing that

boom

screen

Valve could make the game sphere but theyre too afraid

wait

8g ram

lmao

lol

kek

loool

16 GB RAM, 8 GB VRAM

im sorry to tell you

Still small, but not thaaat small

8gb vram is powercrept

already

in the modern day

it's fine for right now i guess

but it's a bit much for a 2026 purchase

Eh, I mean if youre playing the latest AAA game sure

This is the best set out of the Dota 2 event. Except I dont play MH, I dont play techies, and I dont want to grind X amount of games to craft it. I still might play because the hunting log concept is fun and just a better version of the WK Arcana quest. I know you all wanted to know this.

Steamlink was abandoned too early, I had one and it was frustrating but was 100x easier than other gamecasting options they moved to app-based, but then smartTVs and androidTV kept rugpulling them, and in the end they sorta needed it to not even attempt to work over 2.4GHz wifi, leading to them just dropping development of it. The in-home streaming market is WAAAYYYY bigger than people think (look at Playstation Portal), being able to easily cast to a 2nd screen/device elsewhere in your house. Steam needs to simplify this, and them not releasing a Steam-branded TVstick is a little disappointing. If the SteamCube is super portable and boots fast (like the deck) it will work, you can technically do in-home streaming using just the deck currently but it's not ideal because pairing an external controller and non-natively scaling is kinda underbaked.

The orignal Steam controller is the only controller I've ever liked, though I think the design of the new one looks worse than the original (as well as the Deck's and Index's) I still don't really ever want to use a controller, but I'll probably pick one up to have one. The dedicated puck is smart (like what Logitech and Razer do for their peripherals), as long as it can easily pair to open standards as well it'll get some use. If it presents as a PnP USB mouse/trackpad to normal machines I'll actually pop off because that would come in handy so fucking often.

SteamCube overall, I'll have to see the final price, but I'm going to struggle to see it's value over the hypothetical in-home casting device I wish they'd revive

No thoughts on the VR headset, I'll wait to hear more about it. I accept inside-out tracking is unfortunately the future, but I'm more interested in the AppleVision AR market at this point anyway

oh and to what Max said earlier, I wish Valve would change how they do "remote-play together"