Dirk Benedict
Gold Member
I think it's time to look past them entirely.
Can't believe I am saying this to you and meaning it 100%
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Steam Frame, Steam controller and Steam Machine Revealed
- Thread starter Topher
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Can't believe I am saying this to you and meaning it 100%
Topher
Identifies as young
I wish I could. I tried, but AMD just ain't there. I'd rather take a hit on frame rates with Nvidia than put up with FSR.
Dirk Benedict
Gold Member
I don't mean right away, I should have put eventually. But, it's looking bleak for everyone who doesn't have loads of disposable income or credit.
Not saying I couldn't afford it, but the real question is, would I even want to?
dgrdsv
Member
The thing is DOA with such specs so who cares.
Two months since the reveal. When do you guys think we will get the release date and price? They said release was sometime Q1, didn't they?
amigastar
Member
That's what i'm afraid of, the RAM situation made everything more complicated, pricing and availability.
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lakitu1982
Member
Yeah I'm kinda sorted with my setup but I really want that controller.
BlueManifest
Member
At this point it would be release it now or cancel it, delaying doesn't do anything for them
Guardian Monkey
Member
What? no. lol
Magic Carpet
Gold Member
Guestimates
$1199.99 Steam Machine
$899 Steam Frame
$89 Steam Controller
$Discontinued OLED Steam Deck
$2000 bundle discount for all 3.
$1199.99 Steam Machine
$899 Steam Frame
$89 Steam Controller
$Discontinued OLED Steam Deck
$2000 bundle discount for all 3.
LordCBH
Member
Why would they discontinue the OLED Steam Deck? They already discontinued the LCD model. Discontinuing the OLED means they don't sell any Steam Decks anymore.
Topher
Identifies as young
Plenty of people care, obviously. There is a market for mid to low end gaming PCs.
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Magic Carpet
Gold Member
To prepare for the end of 2027 with a Steam Deck 2. I think handheld PC's are about to become mainstream in 2027, Steamdeck 1 isn't going to cut it anymore.
They can get portables for that. Someone who is going for a stationary gaming pc can get better prebuilts or build something better if your going to spend over a 1000 dollars for it.
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Topher
Identifies as young
Not everyone wants/needs a portable
Maybe. Same form factor? Doubtful. This is why we need to know the price.
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Fake
Member
Alternatives to Windows 11 have nothing to do with portable.
StereoVsn
Gold Member
Valve isn't deprecating OLED Deck till Deck 2 is available.
Magic Carpet
Gold Member
I'm willing to bet a large pizza says they do.
BlueManifest
Member
They aren't discontinuing, the frame plus machine combo is replacing my deck though don't see a need for it anymore
The frame is truly an everything device
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StereoVsn
Gold Member
Will agree to disagree but we will should know either way soon enough.
StereoVsn
Gold Member
Frame is Arm. Even with latest improvements for x86 on Arm emulation, you aren't running close to same number of games vs the Deck.
BlueManifest
Member
Will improve over time just like deck, valve already said it's hard for them to find games that don't work at all
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vodka-bull
Member
Not everyone needs games on best settings to enjoy them. I got COE33 running just fine on Steam Deck, so 6x the power should be plenty for enjoying games on a TV.
BlueManifest
Member
Which also reminds me if anyone is interested I'll probably be ebaying my upgraded steam deck to 512gig and including official dock with it for maybe like 300
It says battery health is 92% so it's still in good shape, screen protector was put on right out of the box
It says battery health is 92% so it's still in good shape, screen protector was put on right out of the box
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Little Mac
Member
So GAF … when are we getting info on the price and release date?! Didn't they say Q1 or was I dreaming that?
Magic Carpet
Gold Member
The hype balloon deflated.
The meta vr news killed the frame hype, the memory news killed the machine hype, TMR aplenty from other companies on Amazon killed the controller hype.
DEAD
AJUMP23
Parody of actual AJUMP23
Closer to release.
BlueManifest
Member
That just increased hype for the frame because a lot of quest users are looking forward to it now
And with Sony pretty much abandoning psvr the frame is going to be the only normal priced gaming headset
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ResurrectedContrarian
Suffers with mild autism
Agreed -- if anything, Meta's unreliability seems like a win for the Frame.
The biggest downside of the Frame at first was that it's not too radically different from Quest3 and yet you don't get all the Meta exclusives (Batman, etc)... but if we aren't going to see that many high quality exclusives in the future on Meta platform, the Frame looks much more appealing.
I think the panic over Meta layoffs is still overblown, by the way; there are layoffs across tech and Meta still retains a very large investment in the space even after those shutdowns. But still a bad sign for them.
MiguelItUp
Member
That was before the ol AI memory price spiking. At this point, I'm sure they want to stick to that, but they're also probably just trying to wait for the right time.
BlueManifest
Member
I hope they aren't announcing pre orders Monday - wed next week because I'm most likely going to be out of power
touchfuzzy
Gold Member
I kinda forgot they were announced, to be honest. What's the point of announcing hardware so far in advance and then peacing out for months with no further details? That's not how we do things anymore really.
BlueManifest
Member
That's how things have always been done for gaming hardware
We didn't even know what ps5 looked like for months after announcement, did you forget about ps5 after they announced it
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HerjansEagleFeeder
Member
I'm so ready to drop two grand on new Valve hardware. Bring it!
touchfuzzy
Gold Member
Right but even with that (and Switch 2) I'm pretty sure they announced when they'd be talking about more details. This they just said "Hey look at all this cool new hardware -- well, see ya later!"
Skifi28
Member
I wouldn't be surprised if it got delayed internally for obvious reasons, maybe they don't even know yet and are looking for the situation to stabilize before officially announcing anything.
CuteFaceJay
Member
Hopefully I can bankroll the Steam Machine via CS skins because my PC is cooked, Been using Steam Deck as my desktop replacement for 3 years now T_T
BlueManifest
Member
According to Bradly it's not delayed and may even release in Feb, March is worst case
And delaying it makes no sense, doesn't help us, doesn't help valve
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It's probably cancelled due to RAM apocalypse
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Topher
Identifies as young
GoldenEye98
posts news as their odd job
No price announcement yet is a bit of a red flag...
peish
Member
Wow this is big if it gains traction, fuck ai slop and sam scamman.
BlueManifest
Member
Nothing has changed they said they were announcing price after the beginning of the year
Reavr
Member
That's my point. Something SHOULD have changed.
It's clear that announcing the Steam Machine and then shrouding it in secrecy until they reveal a ghastly price looks ridiculous. By at least giving it another round of media coverage, maybe the excitement around this thing wouldn't have tanked as hard.
It's a shitty rollout.
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