[–] Bindlestiff 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago
it could have worked if they'd actually given people a reason to use steamOS.
[–] derram 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Valve gets rid of the Steam Machine section | PC Gamer
'While their Steam Machine partners were designing their first boxes, Valve was busy making their own device: the Steam Link. '
'The old Steam Machine page can still be reached, but not through the front page. '
'The Steam Machine launch wasn’t helped by Valve’s second bid for domination of the living room. '
'Remember Steam Machines?'
'It essentially did the same thing: allowing people to play Steam games on their TV, but instead of being a desktop surrogate, the Steam Link was a streaming device. '
[–] SpeechAndAlsoGuns 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Is Steam Link still around? It never played nice for me
[–] DangersDad 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I bought a steam box for my daughter. She likes her pc games and it was a nice small gaming pc. Did it’s job.
[–] malloryquinn ago
The problem with desktop Linux is that it's copying a fucking nightmare of an experience. It's no wonder that the only successful Linux in user space is Android, which removed the horrible UI experience, and had an app strategy that just worked.
And no surprise that the next gen stuff will dump Linux all together.
[–] nospyingpls ago
It already has games. I've switched to Linux desktop for years now and its going great. Just because it doesn't have EVERY game doesn't mean it isn't more than sufficient to game on now
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[–] wuzizname 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago
Doesn't seem like they can, I had high hopes for both the steam controller and the steam machine - I thought it was a great marketing play, but the way they rolled them out and supported them was lame. Imagine if they'd rolled out the Steam Machine with an enhanced half-life bundle (or dare I say even a new valve game).
I think we need to just accept that Valve is just an intermediary making transactional profits - we can hope at least one day they'll licence their IPs to developers but even that is unlikely.
[–] discobiscuit23 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago (edited ago)
Oh man, I still use my Steam Controller a lot, their scheme with "Big Picture/SteamOS" is pretty fantastic, I love the little two touchpads that turn into a keyboard, it's very intuitive. I still use Steam Link hooked up to my TV, and it runs great with ethernet connection. There are some apps and games I prefer to run on the TV.
you can even stream emulators through to your TV, so you can play wiiU games and stuff on your TV with an xbox controller or what have you. I really also enjoy just being able to easily surf my computer or browser from my TV. Steam Link is fantastic.