This is an Xbox
>>726093005pretty much. an xbox without a proprietary OS or launcher wielded to it.
Is this the black box they talk about when a plane crashes?
if you could put steam os on a series X the steambox would be DOA
Okay then give me native xbox and 360 games on it without a stupid xbox account.
why would anyone buy this shit when you can hook up a pc to a tv?
>>726093056That's actually an orange cylinder, despite its name.
>>726093327Poor people nigger, poor people.
>>726093327That's the reason they're not making a higher end Steam Machine with more than 8GB vram, at least not initially. Anyone who wants better spec PC gaming on a TV will already know how to set up their rig that way. It's aimed more at people who don't have capable desktop gaming PCs, who have been console-only or who have only dipped their toes into it with a laptop or Deck
>>726093327A decent rig by modern gaming standard is fuckhuge to move around the house, not to mention the cables, and you need to go through plenty of hoops to get it resemble a console experience with most inputs being done with a controller.
>>726093005>can't play backwards compatible exclusives in 4k like:>Otogi 1+2>Breakdown>Ninja Gaiden 2 (fuck sigma2 and "2black")>Panzer Dragoon Orta>Gunvalkyrie>Lost OdysseyNo, it's NOT an Xbox unless it actually plays games like that still trapped on Xbox hardware.
>>726093005More like a troonbox. HEYO!
>>726093327Because that sucks fucking ass to do, anon, have you ever tried it?
>>726093005
>>726093005Is that the "gamecube" i've been hearing about?
>>726094019*Gabecube
>>726093005except MS would never make a Linux version of their shitty Xbox PC app
>>726093327My PC is currently worse than this.
>>726094093**Gaycube
>>726094137Everything is an xbox, anon. You are speaking xbox right now.
>>726093005>Xbox comes from a shortening of DirectX Box>Steam machine does not run DirectX, because DirectX is shit>Steam machine runs VulkanThis is a Vbox
>>726094142Yes, all gaming is gay, unless you're multitasking and playing while thrusting into a woman at the same time
>>726093327So I can keep my laptop for laptopy things and gaming separate.
>>726094137Except MS would never port their games to PlayStation, until they did.
>>726093601>>726093327For me it's cause my PC was last updated in 2019, and is currently in a cupboard in storage and hasn't been touched in 2 years. If I wanna PC game it's more convenient to get this neat little cube which is way more powerful than my current PC and comes ready-built to plug and play all those Steam games languishing on my dusty desktop.>>726094141>My PC is currently worse than this.Feels.
>>726094520Least obvious Valve shill lmaooo. 50 Rupees for you good Saar!
>>726094137>Gay Pass in web browsers would intentionally shit itself if it detected a linux useragent>This behavior seemingly started immediately after the Steam Deck came out>A couple months later they disable the throttling meaning there's zero ambiguity and they absolutely were up to faggot behaviorMicrosoft is honestly fucking bafflingly retarded to me some times.
>>726094626>Least obvious Valve shill lmaooo.I literally haven't bought a Steam game in more than 2 years cause I can't access my desktop you fucking mongoloid. Not everyone who thinks something is good is a paid shill you zoomer fuck.Oh, and fuck Vishnu for good measure.
>>726093327>uuhh.... I can hook up PC to a TV, so why wouldn't other people just do it???The last few days were eye opening for me. I couldn't believe there are so many psychopaths on /v/ who fundamentally can not comprehend other people's view points. Or legit retards who are still on the level of 3 year old kids who's brains aren't developed enough to understand other people have different experiences from them.No, not anybody can hook up a pc to a tv you dumbfuck.There are many people who just don't care for PCs at all, because they have different priorities. They just need a plug and play box from a trusted brand that they can setup in 2 minutes and that will just work.That's besides the fact than even a mini ITX PC (I built one for my wife) is still significantly larger than gabecube.
>>726095012I mean if it makes you feel any better man, like 90% of the people sperging out about it seem to be antishills with no real opinion on the subject.
>>726093005It's a shitbox
>>726095012Most PC doesn't have HDMI-CEC like the Gabecube. Some people would prefer something that automatically turn on their TV when they power up their toy.
>>726095012Steam isn't a trusted brand for PS and Xbawx drones who have apparently never touched a PC before though.
>>726095012>No, not anybody can hook up a pc to a tv you dumbfuck.not my fault you're retarded
>>726093447No, the Orange Cylinder was the game compilation that Valve put out in 2007.
>>726095012You're not buying it so stfu either way
>>726093005Cubes are so sexy
>>726093005except it won't play the biggest game of 2026 and the next decade lmao
>>726093327it could be a good deal depending on the price. it's about 1.5x more powerful than my 8yearold desktop and is a much more reasonable size than it too. it's all about how much it costs and how fucking hot it'll get in the tiny cube.
>>726093005Is this the thing Jewish guys put on their heads when they pray?
>>726096216I'm pretty sure Deltarune will run fine on the gabecube
>>726094137theres battle.net
>>726093327normalniggers think PC is gay and need a walled garden console. and zoomers don't know how to build PCs
>>726093005gaben will charge $800+ for it and it will flop because valve is full of dei retard hires.
>>726096328No, that's the Tefillin
>>726096598>and zoomers don't know how to build PCsjust pay the store you're buying it from to build it. or ask a friend
>>726095710>the inability to carry a pc all the way downstairs and plug it into a TV just to play videogames is based on lack of intelligence and not it being a fucking hassle to do just to rip some mariokart or literally any emulated multiplayer game in the history of manyou might be the bonafide retard if you cant even invent a scenario in favor of it
>>726096621>it will flop because of who made it, not its capabilities youre mentally ill. stop trying to blame brown people and women for your mental deficiency
>>726093968what can I do with my sexbox?
>>726095710Who the fuck says about anything being your fault? Who the fuck is even talking about you? You are literally 3 year old toddler mentally. You can't wrap your head around other people's lives being different.
>>726095490Valve is defenitely a trusted brand for anybody remotely interested in gaming. It's just that getting a PC was seen as a hustle to a lot of people. But Valve has enough rep to convince them experience will be the same as plugging a console to a TV, pressing a button and just playing games.
>Press power button, your TV automatically turn on from HDMI-CEC>Busy with something, pause your vidya, press the power button to put your Cube to sleep. After you return, press the power button and resume your vidya as it is.The Cube might be underpowered, but just this fact alone already let it mog most PC hooked to TV setup.
>>726096703You need to be at least tech savvy enough to pick components, which most people can't to.
>>726097939wow how has no one ever thought of something like that before
>>726098728funnily enough, no.
>>726097939>The Cube might be underpoweredIt's not even underpowered if you just want to play vidya.
>>726098961It's underpowered for UE5 slops where you need an 5090 to play at 1080p (upscaled) and 60fps (with framegen).
>>726098926like a console?
>>726093005I hear Waluigi is hidden in there.
>>726093005I wonder what M$ thinks of this being announced right before their new PC/Console hybrid is set to be revealed. To be fair hardware "profits" haven't really been that lucrative for years.
Uhh no gamepass so no it's not an Xbox
>>726099198Nothing's stopping you from installing wangblow on it.
>>726099272I just looked up wangblow and now my internet is disconnected fuck you
>>726099126Most likely shitting themselves again. Even if this thing is $700, Microsoft still can't beat the price of it with their own first party device.
>>726093327because it's a mini PC. Setting up a regular PC might look off to some people. It's also a solid black box with a singular led so no RGB shits either.
>>726097437Tyrone playing Madden every day does not know what the fuck Valve is.
>>726097939>underpoweredIt's more powerful than what 70% of steam userbase has. Devs who optimize their slop for top 1% of PCs should get fucked.
>>726099404They can always aim for a "premium" approach instead of trying go cheap. I'd assume some people want what the steam machine does, but with stronger specs.
>>726096216Haven't really find any game past 2020 that really grabs me.
>>726099475Your 2010 2nd hand laptop certainly helped.
>>726099456It is not.
>>72609945670% of the steam userbase are pajeets and bots playing that retarded banana game. Neither of these two groups is going to buy a steam box
>>726099456The top 1% buy more games than the rest.
>>726099474I think it will be pushing that premium angle for sure, but at the end of the day M$ just wants you subscribed to gamepass regardless of platform. There definitely is a market for PC gaming power with console tier setup complexity. Still interesting considering it steals the thunder of an Xbox getting Steam and other marketplaces.
>>726099613>>726099682Damn Valve sure did fuck up, they couldn't even get their user base's stats right! Very impressive you know the real steam users' PC configs. You should write to Gabe right now and tell him.
>>726099049I don't give a shit about console.
>>726099590it's a Pc i built in 2017. But i mostly play old games or on emulators. But even if i had the top of the line PC, i don't really want play any of these new triple AAA that needs upscaling and framegens or a character that yaps about how to solve the puzzle the second i see the puzzle or doing pushups because she disrespected pronounces.
>>726099834Oh, it's valve's fault, eh? May we see this quote then? Surely you weren't just illiterate that would be embarrassing.
>>726093327PC gaming is for losers and if you have a social life, you cant invite people at your house with a PC in your living room or they will laugh at (You) both in your face and behind your back.It's ok to be a PC gamer, if you still live in momma house, or you're a fat fuck with no life or a nerdy loser, but if you have your own house and a resembleance of a normal functioning life, then PC is a big no (plus a giant red flag for girls).A gaming laptop is a complete different story tho.
>>726099474That's what they're going for. It's going to be 4 to 6 times more powerful (on paper) than the PS6 which is more powerful than the PS5 Pro, but with a hefty price that may pass $1000.
>>726093327shader precaching and functional suspend and resume
>1080p gaymen in 2026
>>726099735They don't seem to buy 100 copies of a single game, else AAA slop wouldn't be flop after flop after flop recently.
>>726093601>Anyone who wants better spec PC gaming on a TV will already know how to set up their rig that way. >It's aimed more at people who don't have capable desktop gaming PCs, who have been console-only or who have only dipped their toes into it with a laptop or DeckAlso console players who are interested in games that absolutely require a mouse and keyboard like Total War, Farthest Frontier etc. I could see things going full circle where normies don't want a laptop anymore and just a very small pc where they can still have a large monitor.It's a solid idea and I could see it doing well if they can manage to sell it for like $475-550 for the 500GB model. If this is going to be like $650-700 it will probably not sell particularly well at all desu
>>726095012both sides are like this desumentally stuck at 15 still having wars over whether PC or console is better, what console is "superior" (which boils down to "I grew up with this one so it's better" anyway)
>>726100228you can do 1440p 144hz if you just don't play anything made in the last 5 years, not like you'd be missing much anyway
>>726100243You can only buy it from the Steam store like the steam deck, which cuck out most 3rd world countries from buying it.
>>726100342third worlders are smart enough to build their own system.
>>726093005Microsoft won.
>>726100637...the quick suicide run contest.
will steam machine be an upgrade for me?
>>726100637Won what, home consoles, in general are dying, this won't sell like the Steam Deck, the PS6 is going to flop, and the next Xbox is going to be the biggest flop of the decade. The future of gaming belongs to the Switch 2 and Steam Deck 2. I'm sure Valve doesn't care too much as this is for PC users who want a TV box entry point to PC gaming, but it's also not subsidized and will sell at a PC price.
>>726100909idk
>>726100909>rtx 2060 >2011+14Bro...
>>726099974https://youtu.be/VkW3wTHT-p8?t=853
>>726101537So you're illiterate. Embarrassing.
>>726095012This is why I don't really like /v/. Between the coom threads and the posters that don't even play videogames, it's best you waste your time on a different board
>>726101639Get btfo fucking retard. Cope seethe dilate.
>>726101639Anon says "It's more powerful than what 70% of steam userbase has"Valve says "Steam Machine is equal or better than ~70% of what people have at home"What's the discrepancy here?
>>726093327because a 4070 is $1100 still. also modern hardware is fucking huge. if this thing is as small as it looks like it'll be itll be a great micro PC.
>>726101853The discrepancy comes from the two statements meaning entirely different fucking things. Valve is saying it's equal to a 3060/4060 and better than everything under it like a 1650 not that it's better than a 4060.
>>726102331No, anon. They're the same statements. Both are saying: "Steam Machine is more powerful than 70ish% of steam user's PCs". This means that a 3060/4060 is more powerful than 70ish% of steam user's PCs. Most people using steam (that answered the survey at least) are using something less powerful.
>>726095824kek
>>726095012trvke
>>726095012better yet, who the fuck even has a TV anymore?even my granny moved onto the smartphone and tablet a while ago, TVs are outdated tech.
>>726102820No. You're illiterate. End of story.
>nobody mentions that steam machines have existed for ages already, you can already run steamos on a custom build, and it is crapthis will flop for that simple reason
>>726103095SteamOS is crap?
>>726100018>you cant invite people at your house with a PC in your living room or they will laugh at (You) both in your face and behind your backare you in middle school?
Can i emulate old Nintendo games with this?
>>726103059>Gets proven wrong>NUH UH, I'M RIGHT, FUCK YOUKek, what a bitch
>>726093005No it isn't.
>>726103137can't play gta on it, a lot of the anticheat software doesn't run
>>726093540poor people don't have no $800
>>726093945>lazy zoomer would rather waste $1000 on inferior hardware than to plug in a cord to his pc
>>726093327>>726095012Can I watch my mkv format anime on this thing?
it's better than 70% of steams current users hardware because of all these retards on /v/ that claim their 1080ti is totally still good and its the game devs faults their nearly ten year old card cant run shit on highest settings
>>726093054The launcher is Steam. Only the OS is an improvement.
>>726093005my pc has a i5 10400 and a 3060 12gb, is the steam box better?
>>726103814>must CONSOOM>corporation GOOD>user BAD
>>726103814Well, it is in fact the devs fault for not making it run on a 1080ti they could've and chose not to. It's also nvidia's fault for stagnating so hard nobody wants to move on.
>>726097006Play video games
>>726103814>Games look worse than games from 10 years ago that ran fine on a 1080Ti or 290XThat's why people are mad.If games looked better than that they did 10 years ago no one would be mad.
>>726099446I know a guy who plays basketball, goes to the gym every other day, mainly plays the most basic bitch yearly sports releases and Sony over-the-shoulder movie games and even he has a Steam account he uses sometimes.
>>726093005it looks great, a little black box with no wires. But once you throw the DP. power, internet etc cables in it it'll look like retarded
>>726097006It has multiple ports...
>>726100909>speccy
>>726093005Didn't they already release this? This is going to be the same issue Nintendo had with the Wii U. People will assume this is an upgrade and not a new generation.
>>726100018those rules are just for you because youre ugly. nobody actually cares
>>726102820"equal or better" doesn't mean "better"not beating the illiteracy claims here
>>726104662Just go wireless.>b-but muh powerWireless power.
>>726093945Most modern motherboards have bluetooth built in. Considering that some people give a side eye that I don't use a wireless mouse for my personal setup. People are already opting to use wireless keyboards and mice. Is I have to keep a wireless keyboard and mouse on my coffee table is really a pain point? KDE Linux has a remote control app you can control your pc with your phone. There are obviously ways to do this on windows. I did it on linux I didn't research the best way to do it on windows. I would imagine Teamviewer has a phone companion app.
>>726102987I do. Though I inherited it. Watching shows or playing through ps2 games that supported wide screen.>>726103223it's a PC. More precisely has a linux os on it steam flavored, so yes>>726103726You can do whatever you can do on a linux pc
>>726093601A laptop would still be a way better choice than this tiny shit they are actually designed well.
>>726095012>who fundamentally can not comprehend other people's view points
>>726100909It would be, but you'd be better off just slipping a better graphics card in there. I'd also suggest also putting 32GB of 3200MT/s RAM in there if it wasn't extremely expensive right now. Otherwise what you have is good enough, but the graphics card is a piece of shit. Swapping it will be significantly cheaper than whatever price the Steam Machine ends up being
>>726093163True but there is 0% chance of Jewcrosoft allowing that to happen.
>>726104424To be fair, the games only look worse because you're running them on 1080Ti. That's normal
>>726093005Is this the Gmod Idiot Box i’ve heard so much about
>>726102331Are you an actual for-real genuine diagnosed retard?
>>726093005G-box
>>726093327Because most people don't know the wonders of fiber HDMI cables. I have 30 meter 4k 120Hz hdmi cable going from my PC room to my living room.
>>726093005Let me guess, you need more.
>>726093327TrvkeSteam trannies in shambles
>>726111009You can't possibly be this dumb.
