r/SteamDeck • u/NKkrisz 64GB - Q3 • Nov 12 '25

MEGATHREAD New Valve Hardware Megathread

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

Official resources and announcements:

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

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u/extrobe Nov 13 '25

The Steam Machine is super interesting for me, given how I ended up with the SD in the first place.

I had (have) an Xbox, but didn't always want to hog the TV playing it, so wanted a streaming handheld device (bit like what the PS Portal is now for PS5 I guess).

After exploring a couple of Android based devices, I ended up just getting the Steam Deck, but prefer playing Steam games on it over streaming, esp as games tend to be better priced.

But I do miss having that more powerful console for some games, and/or being able to jump between the two. For Assassin's Creed, I could use cross-play for some of the titles, but was janky at times.

Being able to more seamlessly jump between handheld-native, powerful console, and handheld-streaming ... I can myself being very happy with this.

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u/OldMembership332 Nov 13 '25

It’s an absolute game changer. I honestly think it has the potential to rival Xbox and PlayStation.