Steam gaming console

[azaher1126]

Hey guys I was thinking to make a gaming console, runs windows and uses steam interface, I was wondering if there would be a market for it or not.

 

[Syntaxvgm]

Steam machines are a totally new, not failed idea. 

[KenjiUmino]

1 minute ago, Syntaxvgm said:

Steam machines are a totally new, not failed idea. 

yup - that has been tried already and it failed.

 

selling a "steam console" does not make that much sense when one can just build or buy a SFF PC, slap windows on it and have steam auto start in big picture mode = DIY steam console. 

[azaher1126]

1 minute ago, KenjiUmino said:

yup - that has been tried already and it failed.

 

selling a "steam console" does not make that much sense when one can just build or buy a SFF PC, slap windows on it and have steam auto start in big picture mode = DIY steam console. 

Meant for people who don't know much about pc's and just want console gaming but with a way better experience and more games

[Syntaxvgm]

3 minutes ago, azaher1126 said:

Meant for people who don't know much about pc's and just want console gaming but with a way better experience and more games

 

7 minutes ago, KenjiUmino said:

yup - that has been tried already and it failed.

 

selling a "steam console" does not make that much sense when one can just build or buy a SFF PC, slap windows on it and have steam auto start in big picture mode = DIY steam console. 

dat was point 

[KenjiUmino]

3 minutes ago, azaher1126 said:

Meant for people who don't know much about pc's and just want console gaming but with a way better experience and more games

people who "just want console gaming" will just buy a console and not care about any other options either way. 

[butler1233]

5 minutes ago, azaher1126 said:

Meant for people who don't know much about pc's and just want console gaming but with a way better experience and more games

They've already got you covered on that. 

You can literally buy them in the steam application

[azaher1126]

Just now, butler1233 said:

They've already got you covered on that. 

You can literally buy them in the steam application

Those run steamOS which is linux so it doesn't have most games

 

[Guest]

They have the software but they made deals with hardware companies too early. 

If you want to kick back with an Xbox or steam controller big picture mode rocks! But aside from that It’s difficult to say “yeah just sell some computers and say they’re consoles.” 

It was a great attempt but the software exists freely for those that would like to use it. Personally I loved playing Space Marine, Shadow of Mordor, and Rise of the Tomb Raider with my Xbox controller. I’d love to try Metro Redux or Metro Exodus in 4K whilst couch gaming. 

 

Edit:

we can bet on the GPU market crash to get some sick SLI setups when the gpus are no good at hashing, or the Crypto market crashes in like 8 years. I can wait. 

[butler1233]

6 minutes ago, azaher1126 said:

Those run steamOS which is linux so it doesn't have most games

 

The Windows installer is very easy. 

 

Seriously. The market just isn't there. There just isn't enough money to make it viable. Especially not in the current climate of mining affected prices. 

[Syntaxvgm]

8 minutes ago, azaher1126 said:

Those run steamOS which is linux so it doesn't have most games

 

Stoodles my man, these things have been tried already. You could just autorun steam big picture on windows sure, but a lot of games will need configuration and will have problems that will need to be solved through actually using the computer side of it. The format failed not because of the library (about 25% of games are on linux for steam) but because it's pricey, and it's no cheaper than just getting a prebuilt. If you'rs gonna game on windows, you're gonna learn how to solve problems. There's no way around it, and it doesn't offer the consumer any value over a pre built pc. Offers less really.