Valveliving room gaming PCLast featured Feb 2025
Steam Machines
I'd skip itI'd give this a miss.
Valve's Linux-based Steam Machines failed because most Windows games would not run on them, though the failure paved the way for the Steam Deck.
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What I liked
- Led to Proton and the Steam Deck
What I didn't
- Only about 20% of Steam games ran
- Games ran slower
- Windows 10 launched just before and fixed many of Windows 8's issues
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4:3513 Tragic Tech Fails that need to DIEValve's Linux-based Steam Machines failed because most Windows games would not run on them, though the failure paved the way for the Steam Deck.
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