I wouldn’t mind a budget dedicated server of some sort designed to shove in the corner of my room and host game servers on paired with a similar ease of access as SteamOS
Comment on New Valve trademark for 'Steam Frame', looks like we're getting new hardware
BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 5 days ago
My first thought on hearing frame is server. I’m likely way off the mark (to the point I don’t actually think it’s what they’re doing) but it could be the basis for a cloud gaming setup for steam. Would extend the deck life and allow them to optimise settings for proton locally.
MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Yorick@piefed.social 4 days ago
What if it's some system where you buy a server system in a box with everything pre-installed, you can use it as a console game box, and when not in use it's a game streaming server to other players (like Geforce Now), and it pays a bit in your steam wallet.
So it would be a Mainframe, without the Main as it's distributed, hence a Frame
kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 4 days ago
I really hope not, that feels like crypto all over again, with inconsistent payouts and varying electricity prices… And on top of that probably awful service since people tend to have the weirdest internet connections.
Though if you remove the part where it’s used to stream games to other players, that sounds too niche to be viable, but could be cool. If going in that direction, I’d imagine it more likely to be gaming servers for businesses, like VR gaming spots, where they have multiple gaming computers hooked up to headsets.
Zahille7@lemmy.world 5 days ago
My first thought is a dock of some sort for the Deck
unknown1234_5@kbin.earth 5 days ago
there's already a dock