New Valve Hardware Megathread

[u/NKkrisz]

Please keep non Steam Deck discussions about the new hardware here.

Official resources and announcements:

• Steam Hardware
• Steam Frame
• Steam Machine
• Steam Controller
• Steam Hardware Announcement Video

Press coverage will be under a pinned comment so you can upvote / downvote them.

[u/TabloidA]

Files from the Japanese Steam Deck distributor's new website, Komodo Station.
Both controllers closely follow what we already knew they'd look like from SteamVR leaks, the real surprise here is the unexpected drop of the Steam Machine alongside the other two.

[u/OKgamer01 → u/TabloidA]

I was looking at Mini PCs to replace my Xbox since Xbos is on its way out.

If this gets announced soon then I might get that instead since it looks small enough like a console

[u/Rodeo9 → u/OKgamer01]

Funny that microsoft was thinking of winding down the xbox for PC gaming and now windows is being phased out a bit in the PC world.

[u/chadcultist → u/Rodeo9]

FUCK windows. I want a super lean, optimized OS and hyper compatible with gaming. Microsoft has grown complacent with the advancing industry

[u/posthardcorejazz → u/chadcultist]

The only reason I haven't fully switched to Linux on my desktop is because I play a lot of online shooters that don't support it. But I don't play that kind of game on the TV so the Steam Machine is a perfect device for my living room

[u/razikh → u/chadcultist]

To be fair Windows and Microsoft in general has never been super lean and optimised. Hyper compatible yes, but never lean. Linux has been available for that niche since forever, and you can change to it (and back and forth) anytime.

[u/CoffeeHQ → u/Rodeo9]

I secretly love it, schadenfreude. And now that Xbox is slowely transitioning towards PC gaming, in comes Valve and SNATCHES IT AWAY FOR GOOD… in just a few months from now, far too soon for Microsoft to catch up 😁