Atari is coming back with a new console! Would you buy?

[WolfpackN64]

Azzanation said:

WolfpackN64 said:

No it wouldn't. The point of SteamOS is to get developers to not rely on Windows alone, and they succeeded half and half. The amount of game support for macOS and Linux has skyrocketed. It's not fully there yet, but now one can actually just dump Windows and use Linux full time, even for gaming when making a few compromises.

The problem of the Steam Machines is that living room PC's aren't a popular product category at all. They tried that before in the 80's. It didn't work then and it doesn't work now, except for a niche audience.

Why would you want to dump Windows? OS works great for gaming plus DX12 is exclusive to it. With Windows you get all Drivers and APIs while Linux you miss out on DX12. And considering DX is the most popular API for Devs like Blizzard, why would you settle for less? Linux is a backward step. Its good for what it does however you end up with alot less options.

It's supported by Vulkan and driver support is starting to overshoot Windows. Linux is in most cases built better and you don't need to babysit your OS settings to make the damn thing run properly. Linux is in many cases a surperior OS, it just has (as of now) less game support.