Could you imagine if they release HL3 as a Linux exclusive? That'd satisfy me to no end. I don't like exclusivity, but it'd be so fun to watch the chaos.

Half-Life 3 to be exclusive to Samsung Frame TVs, confirmed!

Hmm, you might be on to something with Framework recently releasing a desktop PC. Maybe they decided to cooperate with Valve for a home console. Valve seems to be quite into repairability as well, so that doesn't seem like a totally unlikely match.

That's what I'm hoping, too. A collaboration between Valve and Framework, with iFixit for good measure. I'm expecting that the processor and motherboard will be custom designed, but I'm also hoping that the hardware will be repairable and upgradable.

Surely it's a mechsuit?

Steam Machine was a 10/10 name for an unfortunately failed product :(

High Index Lenses -> Valve Index.

You might be right.

I hope you are right.

I'm sure a new VR headset would still use the Index name. AR glasses maybe, but I doubt it.

I'm personally speculating something like xr glasses with game streaming ability and the ability to connect to some kind of controller.

Agreed.

But I get a strong feeling it is going to be all-in-one like the Quest. Computer and Battery are on the headset.

Deck Verified to now extend to VR titles through this new device. Frame Verified.

Maybe a self-hosted gaming computer rack via which one Steam Links to Steam Decks around the house, give them a lot more compute capability. :-)

Hmmm. I was thinking since sort of flat screen that masquerades as a picture frame. Maybe an AIO device for game streaming.

My guess would be they don't want to spend a lot of effort supporting arbitrary hardware before they're ready. Honestly, I don't get why everyone is so obsessed with it. There are excellent dedicated distro maintainers that provide the same feature set SteamOS will provide —or something more suitable to your taste even. If you have a Deck then great, keep running SteamOS. If not, there are potentially better options for you already.

I want AMD apus to dominate the space. I want Linux to empower them.

Monkey’s Paw: I have really good news for you about the PS4/5!

I just looked up Kazeta.org and it looks like a gaming console with extra steps. It looks cool, but the amount of effort needed to build a physical collection of carts is so tedious that I would have spent better time simply purchasing a gaming console because they are always plug- and- play

I have no interest in GPUs that cost 200% the cost of the rest of the PC.

Well, CPUs have come down in price because they just aren't advancing in performance that quickly any more; serial compute hasn't improved that much. If you charge much for a modern processor, people will just use an older one. Parallel compute improvements has kept going, and thus GPUs aren't under that kind of pressure from physical limitations.

For a while, I’ve also just wanted to use igpus since my gaming demands are not that extreme, but they were enough that older igpus couldn’t handle it. The steam deck was the first machine that could do it for me.

Unless I want to start running ai models in my home, I’ll skip the gpu.

AMD field detected! Pattern orange!

Or a home theater PC, which I am down for

GabeCube was good enough for me.

I sorta dig Frame™

Maybe they will use the stream machines name as an umbrella term for all their “consoles”. I like that name too.

I'd say more effort went into the software which sets us up for where we are now where a great deal of PC games is already compatible making this a must buy for playing the massive libraries that everyone has been amassing since 2003. If it can boot Plasma Bigscreen or if Steam Big Picture gets more entertainment apps like Netflix, it will be a home entertainment juggernaut.

Probably more brand recognition with Steam than Valve, I assume.

There was the Valve Index

I would guess it's to indicate heavy association with the Steam client/service. Valve could make other products (I know they're working on human brain interface stuff), but if it's called "Steam..." you can easily identify it's in the gaming line for use with Steam.

A Valve is a mechanism used to regulate and control the release of Steam?

Deckard being the long-awaited sequel to Deck?

Here is hoping for the Indexard?

Stame frame ™️

I don't have a videogame addiction... I have a videogame buying addiction.

Would they really? Feels like that market is pretty saturated already. Unless they do something unique with it. But then again it would be great for the steam deck.