Whatever happened to the Steam Machines?

yes, because miscarriages are hilarious, right?

Flopped hard like everything hermits tend to hype these days. It really didn't stand a chance against consoles like PS4 and XB1. It's an overpriced POS and you much better off building your own PC or buying a console from Sony or M$.

@jake44: agreed. i'm quite impressed with how it's doing, I owe valve a lot of thanks for this initiative.

witcher 2, witcher 3, project cars, the new civ, civ 5, among the sleep, star citizen - just a few games off the top of my head with are either out and supporting linux, or not out but when they are - will support linux.

i'm pretty enthusiastic about all things computing, linux included.

how could something that hasn't been released flop?

They're still in development, with their anticipated release pushed to 2015. Considering Valve is under zero financial constraints and the role they and Steam OS play in Valve's long term plans, they are far more interested in getting things right than getting them out fast.

Certainly Steam Machines are positioned to compete in the console arena, but the biggest goal right now is to get Steam OS widely adopted as a gaming platform by consumers whether they prefer playing at their desk or on the couch. If it gets enough of a base all major development starts supporting it and Valve has an excellent hedge against MS's possible intentions with the Windows Store.

I didn't see any hermit hype this. Unlike you peasants we don't hype everything.

The OS, outside the Big Picture GUI, was bare-bones. I wish they had plasma desktop + OpenGL 3.x v-sync enabled by default so many could see how really impressive and aesthetically pleasing Linux based desktops could be.

So what I get from this thread is that somehow... $50 is cheaper than $0...

And somehow something that hasn't even released yet flopped...

Just another day in SW I guess

If this was true why does PC have more aaa/aa than pc this year and gen and last gen and more sale than all 6 consoles atm?

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It's not even out yet... Steam OS is still Alpha. Waht

Unlike Valve, their hardware partners are under financial constraints, and are sitting on aging systems that were good to go long ago.

Valve decided to delay and redesign the controller, thus screwing over their hardware partners that had machines ready to go (a box can't be labeled a steam machine unless it has the steam controller packaged with it).

I wonder if there will be the same cavalcade of venders willing to jump aboard when the controller is actually ready.

@Shielder7: SteamOS got delayed until 2015. However, you are definitely putting words in Gabe's mouth. It was never said they were going to overtake consoles, just that it was going to be another gaming platform.

Sometimes I wonder if some of the people posting on this forum are able to cross a road unaided.

Its like asking "Whatever happened to Bloodborne, why can't I buy it yet?"

"Another Gaming Platform".

It's freakin' Linux.

Don't they only run the Steam games that are Linux compatible? If so, they don't have a huge library relative to regular Windows Steam, and they don't get big AAA releases for the most part. Plus, anybody who is nerdy enough to want one - and I don't use that term disparagingly - would just build a dual boot machine and install Steam OS on a partition anyway, thereby negating the need for a retail unit.

Factor out tablets, Macs and Netbooks and I wouldn't be surprised if they were in dead last.

It does not generate more AAA sales your going to need to cite a source for this.

Yeah Consoles are dieing out so fast they're still making record breaking sales.

Consoles aren't going anywhere. PCs on the other hand.... Well there was a reason Microsoft came up with the abomination that is windows 8 to try and cap on the tablet and Mac market that's totally taking over PCs.

Steam had an abortion. They might try again next year.

Joke OS, joke controller, joke design, unable to compete with consoles.

steam sucks

quiet, noob

lol, yeah right

Valve makes millions alone from selling in-game items

The projected prices for Steam Machines were ridiculous. They are charging a arm and a leg for labor fees or something.

IDK but I'm still sceptical about the idea anyway. It's a waste of a PC to have one purely for gaming imo. They're so much more than that. Seems like a disservice to the components considering they're pretty powerful and you're an OS away from being able to do a load of other stuff with them.

They disappeared along with the industrial revolution.

They'll be here soon enough. I'll be buying.

Consoles have their place in gaming, right behind the PC. ^_^

kinda have one already. well i dont have the controller...i have a 360 controller.

but a PC connected to my TV running Steam on a linux distro...yup. tis up and running now. if i press the big picture button its a steam box...yipee!!

i started to blog about it here...got to day 2...then i got a wiiu and got a bit distracted :S. i will get back to it though...i have a ton of games to play on linux. last i checked i was having a few issues but i reckon most of them are because im not using AMD drivers for my hardware...im just using the open source drivers. i wanted to see how those would perform before switching them out.

I saw a lot of hermits hype this. They were saying it was the beginning of the end for Sony and M$.

BTW, I'm not a console peasant. I'm a gamer that supports PC and console gaming. Unlike dumb hermits that tend to think everything is better on PCs I have grown to see the light over the years, and realized that there are some things that consoles do better than PCs. Convenience and ease of use in the living room is one of these things.

My PC is already a Steam Machine.

Prove it

I really didn't see that many. Could you enlighten us? people talked about it in a general or positive light, but I dunno about hyping it.

I wasn't a member of GS so I dunno about here but on other forums like Gametrailers where I post there were a lot of hermits there hyping it.

Perhaps, hermits on SW were wiser and didn't hype it but seeing how rabid some hermits here are I doubt it.

Translation: no evidence

@Shielder7: Macs and netbooks are PC's you idiot.

I'm sure there's evidence, I just don't have the energy to go searching through the cesspool that is SW.

I won't be surprised if some of the rabid hermits in this thread were hyping it.

A little convenient. Hell, link us to other places if you like... My browser can go to sites other than Gamespot.

Translation: just making up bullshit because fanboy

There are NO things better on consoles, apart from a very very very select few games that are only on consoles. (Like FFVI)

Seriously you hermit's don't even lie good. Hermits hyped it, you know you hyped it and I'm not going through a years worth of forums just so you can pretend and say that that's not a significant number.

Spoken like a true ignorant fanboy.

Lets see off the top of my head.

1. Convenience and ease of use

2. Better Exclusives

3. Better optimzation

4. Cheaper - and yes it is cheaper, the 400-500$ mythical Gaming PC is a myth, if you put a gaming PC together with cheap parts you're just asking for trouble and will probably have to replace half of them in a few years when they get fried not to mention trying to run something on minimum system requirements is like trying to get a quadriplegic to run a marathon. ( You need to drop 1000-1500$ for a half decent rig and if you're starting from scratch much more)

5. Option to by Used

6. No DRM BS

7.More Quality Control and Assurance (Yes Steam is broken in this aspect just ask the fat bastard known as Jim Sterling)

8. I actually "OWN" my games, unlike you hermits AKA (The Master Disgrace) That simply rent them.

So you admit most of the PC gaming revenue isn't from Gaming PCs?

it is sitting in front of you right now.

normal people just call them "a pc".

Define "gaming pc".

a pre built PC that imo won't have any impact on PC's and certainly not consoles.

1. Bullshit, is it hard to use your computer ?

2. No

3. If you call some games running at like sub 20fps

4. Well most of us have full time jobs and don't depend on parents so we can afford it. You can get a "half-decent" rig for $800, have you ever built a PC ?

5. You can buy used parts

6. Name the last game with DRM issues

7. No

8. Lolwut ?

Well, the Alienware version is. lol!! I had no interest in it anyways, so I could care less. It was aimed at PC gamers mainly, but they are much happier with their powerful rigs.

Stillborn system?

LOL whatever helps you sleep better at night. Millions disagree with you though otherwise everyone would be gaming on PC.

PC definitely sucks for ease of use and convenience compared to consoles. To argue otherwise is foolisheness.

1. Bullshit, is it hard to use your computer ?

The mere fact you're arguing this point proves how delusional you are.

2. No

Yes

3. If you call some games running at like sub 20fps

Yeah because that never will happen on any PC............ Doesn't change the point and it's a known fact consoles generally have better optimization.

4. Well most of us have full time jobs and don't depend on parents so we can afford it. You can get a "half-decent" rig for $800, have you ever built a PC ?

I have a full time job as well but that's not the point and $800 is still twice as much as a PS4 and half-decent is really only half way there now isn't it.

5. You can buy used parts

And I can buy a used Console but WTF does that have to do with being able to buy used games? Not to mention this totally contradicts your above statement and if you're buying used PC parts odds are they're cheaply refurbished and you'll be buying new parts again when the crappy soldering job wears off.

6. Name the last game with DRM issuesOff the top of my head the latest SimCity, but I'm pretty sure there's ones newer than that I'm willing to guess any EA game.

7. No

Yes

8. Lolwut ?

Try reading your TOS agreement once in awhile you're just paying to use the license and it can be revoked and taken away from you at anytime.

1- Not by much. Inserting a code, download and install automatically. Easy

2- Subjective. I find Divinity Original Sin to be far superior to TLOU despite scores and awards IMO. Not that TLOU is bad btw. Even then, PC has more AA/AAA games if you want to go by scors

3- Most PC games are well optimized. There's always going to be a few configurations that have issues here and thre for certain games, but overall it's fine. Even then, community fixes.

4- My PC costed 800 euros and has backwards compatibility, K/M support, can use any controller and not the madatory 50 euro DS4/XB1, Free online multiplayer, cheaper games at launch (G2A), mods, and more. For twice the price, i get more than 5x the value. Also, 400-450 euros for a machine to play 60 euro games isn't cheap.

5- Cheaper games on PC. Also, torrents if you want to check out a game before buying. To make sure, not saying pirate is fine all that.

6- Steam is good DRM, and like i said, you can pirate the games you bought to store them, like me, in case something happens. So i have both a physical and digital copy of the game.

7- Quality control for games that aren't even on consoles. Dumb logic. Just do some research in case you're not sure.

8- Yes, so do i. My USB pens with the pirated copies of my legally bought games says so. And Valve said they'd patch Steam in case it went down so you wouldn't need it.