It's a console for people who don't like being constantly kicked in the balls so they drop their money.
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this is the thing.
its a console without the insane locked down interface. its a computer without the need to fiddle with stupid technical stuff that should just work. its linux without the need to learn all the things you think you just always knew about other systems but actually had to learn and aren't willing to anymore.
This kinda blew up. For the record, there are probably decent use cases. I'm just befuddled by its popularity. The best I've seen is PC games on a TV more easily than moving an entire setup. But the form factor removes a lot of the upgradeability and repairablity that makes PCs so great, it has standard hardware like a console but still traps you in a (admittedly slightly better) ecosystem, it has Linux but masks it so well most people won't notice or care. If it pushes gaming to a more linux-friendly place, great, but it feels like it's packaging it to the point that it won't push the player-base, only devs. It feels like it packages almost all of the limitations of the 3 groups with very few of the best benefits. Truly do hope I'm wrong, I often am.
it has Linux but masks it so well most people won’t notice or care.
That's the best sales pitch for linux I'd ever heard!
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still traps you in a (admittedly slightly better) ecosystem,
That's wrong. It comes with SteamOS which is an Arch based Linux Distro. While it launches into Steam's big screen mode, you can always switch to desktop mode and have all the freedom you want. Install GOG, Epic, Heroic or another launcher? Go for it. Want to install Windows on your Machine or Deck? I don't know why, but you can do.
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It's for the people who can't afford to build their own PCs these days. Graphics cards went up in price, hard drives went up and now RAM.
It's a PC for people who are too afraid or possibly can't afford (depending on price when announced) to build their own.
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When was this in the office
I want them to build a top of the line gaming pc put into a small box and sell it to me at a huge loss. Why can't they do that?
The use case would be for people like me who want a dedicated box to put under the TV instead of having it at a desk. I don't know how easy or affordable it would be to build a computer that powerful and that small (and we don't know the price), so I can't say how useful or not the use case is.
Even with all the tweaking time in the world I don't believe you can get a pc set up so that it can reliably and intuitively be operated with just a controller 100% of the time.
If you want to be technical about it, you pretty much just described any modern video game console. The OS is the only thing actually differentiating modern consoles from PCs (or tablets in Nintendo's case).
Bazzite in game mode?
Can people tell me why focus is on the one piece of hardware in the set of three that had already seen a failed attempt in 2015? I thought more people would be talking about the Steam Frame and Controller?
The Frame is the only one I care about. I was debating on getting a Quest 3 since my Quest 1 is having issues, but this would be a great alternative depending on the price.
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