While it’s pretty close, the diy route leaves you with a device that can be completely upgraded and that also outperforms the steam machine. The performance sucks bad. In cpu tasks it even loses agains a ryzen 2600 in some cases.
The only reason “valve fans” will probably buy all of the units Valve makes is because they make fre of them, and they’re not available in every country. I have a steam deck, which is supposedly a huge success for valve, and literally everyone that sees it asks what it is.
These are niche products with an even more niche demographic.
blah3166@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
I’m not even a hug Valve fan, but happy to support them for all the work they’ve done to bring Linux gaming to the masses. I can play most my games without issue on Debian, happy to keep throwing money at them and kick windows to the curb.
potustheplant@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
In that case just install Linux on your pc and buy more games. They’re not going to make much momey from Steam Machine sales.
blah3166@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Fair point, and I did already switch my main desktop to Linux. That said, its still a positive signal for valve and others that there IS money to be made in the Linux ecosystem. Granted, likely not much, but we can change that if we put our money where our mouth is (those of us who can).
potustheplant@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
That’s why I boguht a steam deck. The difference, imo, is that the value proposition of the Deck was far better than that of the Machine. The latter is launching with outdated specs, doesn’t really offer something novel and costs way more than it should. Although, to be fair, the current price of the steam deck is also way too high right now. Specially considering how old it is.