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[BlueManifest]

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.

They aren't going to announce it earlier than they said they would

After the beginning of the year to me is end of Jan / beginning of Feb

 

[Reavr]

They aren't going to announce it earlier than they said they would

After the beginning of the year to me is end of Jan / beginning of Feb

I'm not talking about a price announcement date. I'm talking about giving us more media coverage that keeps it relevant before the price announcement. It's fallen almost completely out of gaming discourse.

 

[BlueManifest]

I'm not talking about a price announcement date. I'm talking about giving us more media coverage that keeps it relevant before the price announcement. It's fallen almost completely out of gaming discourse.

There's nothing else to know besides price and date

 

[jshackles]

Valve has never been great with customer communications though

 

[Little Mac]

It's probably cancelled due to RAM apocalypse

 

[sodstall]

There's nothing else to know besides price and date

You forget the inevitable steam store/client crashing the moment they announce a pre-order lineup, gotta plan that accordingly.

 

[YeulEmeralda]

I'm not talking about a price announcement date. I'm talking about giving us more media coverage that keeps it relevant before the price announcement. It's fallen almost completely out of gaming discourse.

Yeah it's a really weird way to launch a new console. Makes you wonder just how much time, money and effort Valve is really putting into this.

I also wonder if Valve was blindsided by the current RAM crisis? Sony and Nintendo have long standing contracts with manufacturers and they "lock in" their new hardware a year before.

 

[BlueManifest]

You forget the inevitable steam store/client crashing the moment they announce a pre-order lineup, gotta plan that accordingly.

There's only one way to prevent that from happening and I don't see them doing it

 

[Spukc]

Thanks for the thread push

 

[Crayon]

Wow that would be rough as hell if it was cancelled.

Edit: duh it's already 16

Fucking cut the ram. It does not need 32gb, I promise. 16 would be practically no different. Anything PS4 level and older will run great on 8. You have a smaller memory footprint on linux. This thing does not need 100% extra super expensive ram on reserve.

 

[BlueManifest]

Wow that would be rough as hell if it was cancelled.

Fucking cut the ram. It does not need 32gb, I promise. 16 would be practically no different. Anything PS4 level and older will run great on 8. You have a smaller memory footprint on linux. This thing does not need 100% extra super expensive ram on reserve.

16 is what it has

 

[Guardian Monkey]

Wow that would be rough as hell if it was cancelled.

Fucking cut the ram. It does not need 32gb, I promise. 16 would be practically no different. Anything PS4 level and older will run great on 8. You have a smaller memory footprint on linux. This thing does not need 100% extra super expensive ram on reserve.

It was 16 already and another 8 for video.

 

[Ozriel]

Wow that would be rough as hell if it was cancelled.

Fucking cut the ram. It does not need 32gb, I promise. 16 would be practically no different. Anything PS4 level and older will run great on 8. You have a smaller memory footprint on linux. This thing does not need 100% extra super expensive ram on reserve.

Why did you take a response for another thread (cancellation speculation) and post here?

There's also zero chance of this being canceled. They'd just pass on the cost to you, since the price hasn't been announced.

 

[Schnauzer]

I just want the controller… can we at least release that now?

 

[Sorcerer]

I just want the controller… can we at least release that now?

Nope. It's part of the eco-system. Valve marketing is showing that. There's that animation where all three devices are marching along together. They want to entice people to go all in. Frame, Machine, Controller and maybe be crazy enough to get all three at once. As I said before, bring out the controller and I would buy 3 of them right now. But it won't release independently.

 

[CuteFaceJay]

Front page bump had me opening this thinking actual news released. Come on guys.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Front page bump had me opening this thinking actual news released. Come on guys.

Me too.
Now I'm going back and reading old posts to see if anything new has been revealed. Nothing. Nada. Ziltch.

 

[Crayon]

16 is what it has

It was 16 already and another 8 for video.

Oh and double oh. Lol. I was so sure it was 32. Well there goes my strategy.

Why did you take a response for another thread (cancellation pculation) and post here

There's also zero chance of this being canceled. They'd just pass on the cost to you, since the price hasn't been announced.

Seems kepler saying that was post 1093 in this thread. Or otherwise I'm misunderstanding.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Maybe they can release a bare bones version of the Steam Machine missing the Ram and the SSD. Let us do an organ transplant from old dead PC's.

 

[Mownoc]

Maybe they can release a bare bones version of the Steam Machine missing the Ram and the SSD. Let us do an organ transplant from old dead PC's.

It would need to be DDR5 memory, so it can't really be from an "old" pc.

 

[Bitstream]

Maybe they can release a bare bones version of the Steam Machine missing the Ram and the SSD. Let us do an organ transplant from old dead PC's.

Brother you bumped this thread to post this? There is no universal ram that fits into all PCs, every machine you have laying around probably has completely different sticks.

 

[Spukc]

MOTHER
FUCKER

 

[Luipadre]

Gimme the fucking controller GABEEEEEEEEEEN

 

[CobraAB]

Gimme the fucking controller GABEEEEEEEEEEN

Yeah, me thinks a controller can't possibly be affected by RAM and storage shortages...

 

[Jesb]

Their timing couldn't be worse. Maybe this will give them time to up these shitty specs.

 

[hououinkyouma00]

Every time this thread gets bumped I get excited and then....

Their timing couldn't be worse. Maybe this will give them time to up these shitty specs.

That's not how that works lol

This isn't off the shelf PC parts that can just be switched on command. Valve will have already signed a contract for the chips for quite awhile now.

 

[Hero of Spielberg]

Gimme the fucking controller GABEEEEEEEEEEN

I just repurposed a spare ox for the living room and really need the controller to come out soon!