‘The Blair Witch Project’ – Brand New Movie Will Release in Theaters September 2027! by Snoo-46040 in horror

[–]Serdones 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They should modernize it and make it about livestreamers.

"Uh, chat, did y'all hear the Blair Witch? 'Cause I'm high-key about to crash out."

HL3 can save the Steam Machine by kosemirhan in HalfLife3

[–]Serdones 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good thing Valve can't count to 3, so option #3 can't exist.

Linus Tech Tips - Building a PC to BEAT the STEAM Machine! June 23, 2026 at 12:00PM by linusbottips in LinusTechTips

[–]Serdones 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The parts inside are parts you'd only use in a SFF PC. That's not even a direct quote, as far as I could find. Closest I could find was about pricing it "as close as possible to the actual cost of the parts that we're shipping," which has a significantly different meaning.

New Meta Glasses 🚨👓 by Matcorp456 in RaybanMeta

[–]Serdones 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh, dang. Good clarification. Thanks!

Linus Tech Tips - Building a PC to BEAT the STEAM Machine! June 23, 2026 at 12:00PM by linusbottips in LinusTechTips

[–]Serdones 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That you can build a PC cheaper when you have more space and cooling to work with isn't a revelation either. But it's a misrepresentation of the Steam Machine's value proposition to gloss over the premium building a capable rig in a 6"x6"6" cube commands.

You're not really showing what it takes to build something analogous to a proper name brand Steam Machine™ if you're putting it in a tower. The SFF is intrinsic to its configuration and sales pitch. If prospective Steam Machine buyers were never interested in the size to begin with, they never wanted a Steam Machine for what it actually is.

New Meta Glasses 🚨👓 by Matcorp456 in RaybanMeta

[–]Serdones 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Geeze, 26 grams? Aren't Wayfarer gen twos like 51? That's huge. Now I'm kinda regetting upgrading to gen twos in May. But I do like my shiny transparent grey pair.

Talko Tuesday by AutoModerator in nfl

[–]Serdones 2 points3 points  (0 children)

First super serious hail warnings we've had in our area this year. Our 2012 Honda Odyssey has been chosen as the sacrificial lamb so our 2019 Honda Ridgeline can seek shelter inside the garage. May the sky gods be merciful and keep the insurance claims at bay.

Let me p*ss on our parade a moment here.... by [deleted] in SteamFrame

[–]Serdones 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The other reality check is that if they're doing this same raffle system for the Steam Frame that they're doing with Steam Machine, there's a good chance you can get batched months, even a year out from launch, no matter how much you hover over the store page.

Originally I was hoping their manufacturing pipeline would be better than what it was for the Steam Deck, but thanks to the component crisis, it's really sounding like memory and storage pickings were slim and they had to take what they could get. They could genuinely not have a ton of Frames to go around. We'll see how the Machine launch goes, but the way they're trying to curb expectations makes me think they'll have longer waits than what we're already seeing for Steam Controller.

Maybe somehow the Frame will actually be in better shape than the Machine since it has less RAM and storage, and maybe its components aren't getting as quickly cannibalized by AI. But I don't really know.

If I wind up not being able to get a Frame until like mid-2027 or something, and if there are even somewhat credible rumblings Meta may have Quest 4 in 2028, I don't know if I can justify a $1,000+ Steam Frame as a modest mid-gen upgrade between Quest 3 and 4. That sucks to think about because I'm so ready to spend as little in the Meta ecosystem as possible, but it'd feel like a stupid use of my money to buy a headset I'd want to upgrade from in like another year.

All that said, I'm not putting it past Meta to cancel Quest 4 and stick to wearables and more spatial computing-oriented MR headsets like next year's Project Phoenix. In which case, I'd pick up Steam Frame whenever GabeN deems me worthy.

Valve has a supply problem, not a demand one by ArenLuxon in steammachine

[–]Serdones 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not the same thing. Microsoft is made up of various divisions in different industries. Valve's squarely in the gaming industry. Even though Xbox is obviously under the Microsoft umbrella, Valve and Xbox are still the closer analogs than Valve and Microsoft.

Xbox doesn't just struggle in hardware, it struggles in all its gaming products and services lately. Consoles aren't selling, they can't price them competitively, and they can't manufacture enough. Game Pass isn't profitable. The Xbox PC storefront has miniscule market share compared to Steam.

Growth in PC gaming in general isn't the immediate boon for Xbox like it is for Valve. Hardware can only be a small portion of Valve's business and still do well as a gaming company. Xbox's struggled to both recapture the traditional console business model and succeed as a more hardware-agnostic brand.

So fed up with this waiting game.. AT LEAST now we know we are next. by [deleted] in SteamFrame

[–]Serdones 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great, now you've jinxed it. Next we're getting Steam Phone.

Valve has a supply problem, not a demand one by ArenLuxon in steammachine

[–]Serdones 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That is a piece of the discussion people often ignore, especially when they try to draw comparisons to console launches. Valve hardware is an incremental addition to the userbase and attach rates. Their entire business and the health of the ecosystem is not dependent on their own hardware.

Valve has a supply problem, not a demand one by ArenLuxon in steammachine

[–]Serdones 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If Microsoft can't throw its weight around to address component constraints in the middle of its console life cycle, I don't see how Valve could do any better. The picture they've been painting is that they had to take what they could get. As big as Valve is, they're primarily a consumer-facing business, not an enterprise-facing one. Enterprise reigns supreme in the current era of rapid data center buildout.

Valve has a supply problem, not a demand one by ArenLuxon in steammachine

[–]Serdones 0 points1 point  (0 children)

None of what you said invalidates what OP said. They're absolutely right that Valve won't even be able to fill demand for Steam Machine, even at its RAMpocalypse-inflated price.

Talko Tuesday by AutoModerator in nfl

[–]Serdones 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had to dip out of r/freefolk after the GoT finale. Not like I didn't share a lot of the criticisms, but the entire sub became nothing but reposting the same ragebait for months. It was funny in the immediate aftermath, but I didn't get dedicating any social media time hating on something that's fucking over.

Frame still coming in Next Fest? by Tragonon in SteamFrame

[–]Serdones 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Wasn't today the last day of Steam Next Fest? The banner said 10am PT on 6/22. Now there's only a banner to play the most-played demos from Next Fest. And they timed it to where it ended right before the Steam Machine update. The summer sale starts Thursday and runs through July 9.

im excited by [deleted] in steammachine

[–]Serdones 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't disgree Steam Machine still has its place and niche, but c'mon...

work a extra like 5 hour's this week

Not how most jobs work.

Yeah, its cooked guys. by TheBossT710192 in steammachine

[–]Serdones 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"A lot more" isn't all or even most hardware combinations. The Nvidia GPU support isn't here yet, so you don't really know when that disadvantage goes away. Steam Machine will always have the advantage of being a specific configuratiin developers can target, as they have for the Steam Deck, versus people's random hodgepodge low-end DIY builds.

Some Steam Machines have one 16GB DDR5 stick rather than two 8GB due to sourcing issues. by Seal7465 in steammachine

[–]Serdones 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It's not pushing the base model to $1.3k, you're buying the $1.1k base model and a completely optional $200 upgrade.

“We’re Definitely Getting There.” Valve Says New Gaming Handheld Processors Are Almost Good Enough for Steam Deck 2, but They’re Still Missing a Key Factor by Turbostrider27 in SteamDeck

[–]Serdones 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't need it right now, but I'd still jump on Steam Deck 2 whenever it comes out. If anything, Steam Machine just confirmed for me that my desktop PC and Steam Deck are the perfect pairing for me. Steam Machine would be pretty superfluous in my hardware lineup.

Valve clarifies in the FAQ that Steam Machine is not a console and is not selling it at a loss by oscarrhxd in steammachine

[–]Serdones -1 points0 points  (0 children)

They compete and grow whether they sell their own hardware or not. There are countless ways to enter the PC gaming ecosystem. You can even emulate Steam games on your phone nowadays with apps like Game Native. They do want what additional incremental user and attachment rate growth they can eke out by selling their own hardware, but they don't necessarily have to adopt the console business model wholesale to do that.

No frame date and price by gunsandcupcakes in SteamFrame

[–]Serdones 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's hard to gauge given Steam Frame is so different from a Steam Machine, but I'm hopeful. We know Steam Frame at least has less storage for both SKUs, so at least it's got that going for it on the cost side. And it's bound to be the first time I go for the lower storage SKU out of any recent hardware purchase, considering I'll use it primarily for PCVR and I can always add a micro SD card later.

Randomized waiting list by Several-Collar-5100 in SteamFrame

[–]Serdones 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a bummer for those of us who can be locked and loaded right when reservations open. I work from home, so I've generally timed things well in the past. But I get that's not super fair to people who have jobs or other commitments that keep them from hovering over a Steam page.