chris_wing said:
Less expensive then a Windows based PC, by exactually the cost of a Windows license, not hard to follow. It cannot replace a Windows PC, so that's not relevant. Which model do you buy? the one that you can afford (pre built units will have Steam Machine rating scores, see below). You've been around electronics long enough to know that nonexistent features cannot ever count towards a product. How do you know what games it will run? By the Steam Machine product rating (not yet implemented) that will evaluate your machine, give you a score, and then you make sure the games you buy are playable with that score. That's already too much work for the consumer to do. What's streaming? Like netflix How does this help Valve or it's customers? Valve is trying to break from it's dependance on Microsoft who are trying to close in on their market. It helps valves customers who want a living room Steam experience but don't want to deal with Windows (raises hand). That market is FUCKING TINY. And everyone who's in it will be buying a gaming PC with Windows installed. The Steam Machines as they exist now do not and cannot replace a PC for less than the cost of a PC. Regardless, the market you speak of cannot justify the massive expense of this programme. It also will eventually improve the Linux games library, support and driver performance for all Linux Steam users as the advances made migrate back to the other distros. EVENTUALLY. Unfortunately, they are selling a half baked product right now and expect people to fork over actual cash for it. Also, I bet we will see zero extra third party ports of major games to Linux unless paid for by Valve themselves. |
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