New Linux Gaming Survey For March

Hm, don't know what to say about buying a Steam Machine....depends on who is manufacturing it.
I mean, if some whatever company decides to simply slap together some off the shelf hardware parts and calling it a Steam Machine, then I'm not interested, I already did that. (not that is something wrong with a product like that)

I would be more likely to buy something custom made like the Alienware machine, but something more powerful (the Alienware is too weak for my taste).

But the best scenario for me it would be to buy one made by Valve.
I know, they don't intend to do that for the moment...but you never know.
Even better, I would love to get my hands on one of those original 300 beta Steam Machines.
Is not about their value in money, but rather because I consider them (in a sense) a piece of history.
Also, it pains me to know that some of their owners erased SteamOS and oh, the insult, installed Windows on them.

I'm happy with gaming on Debian. If, which I doubt, there will be a huge performance difference with SteamOS not making it back into Debian, I might dual-boot. But I'm happy with a Linux gaming PC and don't need no "Steam Machine".

Planning on picking up one of these for streaming this year. That's about as close as I will come to a "steambox" (not sure if I'll install SteamOS on it or just stick with Arch like I normally do these days)

I put the Steam Machine question in the very first survey, the idea is to then compare the results to this one.

And then have the same question again next month after GDC when more details are announced to see if things change on the results :)

"Will you be getting a Steam Machine any time after release?" Definitely not a desktop, but considering how hard is to find a good economical laptop without windows preinstalled a steamlaptop could definitely be an option.

I put the Steam Machine question in the very first survey, the idea is to then compare the results to this one.

And then have the same question again next month after GDC when more details are announced to see if things change on the results :)

Good thinking :)

On a side note, I will buy one to replace the pc i have on the tv. The one i have is very old. Good enough for playing media but not for gaiming. I hope they come with big hd :)

I'll think of it as if I were going to buy a console... A console im really going to like since the first thing Im going to do is to wipe it and install some standard debian. You can't say that about your average console, can you?

I put the Steam Machine question in the very first survey, the idea is to then compare the results to this one.

And then have the same question again next month after GDC when more details are announced to see if things change on the results :)

Love it, can't wait to see the results of that!

Didn't buy any games last month, so said no to 'buy only Linux games' and none to 'Linux games bought'. Also left all vendors unselected, didn't know if I should've put "didn't buy games" under 'other'.

I can't see myself ever buying a Steam Machine. I just couldn't talk myself into buying a personal computer purposely gimped to exclusively cater to gamers. And if the Steam Machine is just a generic PC with SteamOS pre-installed, what's the point? No, don't answer. I know what the point is. I know there's a big market for simple things in pretty packages. The target audience hardly includes grumpy nerds who have not bought a pre-assembled computer since the Amiga 500.

To sum up: Go Steam Machines! I would never buy one, but I'd happily recommend them to "real" gamers.

I can imagine building my own "Steam machine" with Archlinux in my living room, so I have a real pc there. I could stream from my desktop then :)

For gaming only? No, I have a Wii (not the U) for that purpose.

I can imagine building my own "Steam machine" with Archlinux in my living room, so I have a real pc there. I could stream from my desktop then :)

For gaming only? No, I have a Wii (not the U) for that purpose.

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I can imagine building my own "Steam machine" with Archlinux in my living room, so I have a real pc there. I could stream from my desktop then :)

Does a machine qualify to be the term "Steam Machine" unless it runs SteamOS?

While I made two pre-orders last year that I'm very happy with, I know that many people made pre-orders within the last year they are very unhappy with.

I'm suggesting that the pre-order question should have an additional answer available because right now it asks:

Unique Question 1: Have you pre-ordered a Linux game in the last 12 months?

And the answers are:

Yes
No
No, I don't pre-order EVER

There should probably be a "Yes, but I'll NEVER do it again"

Because if an unhappy person who did pre-order in the last 12 months is being 100% honest with the question they will have to answer, "Yes"

The Steam Machine question was a tricky one considering we don't know how the whole thing will work out. Guess we'll learn in a day or two.

The target audience hardly includes grumpy nerds who have not bought a pre-assembled computer since the Amiga 500.

I lol'd pretty hard at that statement.. I'm the same way. The only "pre-assembled" I've ever purchased are my laptops for obvious reasons ;)

While I made two pre-orders last year that I'm very happy with, I know that many people made pre-orders within the last year they are very unhappy with.

I'm suggesting that the pre-order question should have an additional answer available because right now it asks:

Unique Question 1: Have you pre-ordered a Linux game in the last 12 months?

And the answers are:

Yes
No
No, I don't pre-order EVER

There should probably be a "Yes, but I'll NEVER do it again"

Because if an unhappy person who did pre-order in the last 12 months is being 100% honest with the question they will have to answer, "Yes"

Good point!

I did preordered bl2 presequel, but i understood the spirit of the question and answered "No, I don't pre-order EVER"

I hope you dont accuse me of dishonesty ;)

"Will you be getting a Steam Machine any time after release?"

My answers are "Yes" _and_ "I have already built my own". As they are radio buttons I chose "yes".

I'm building a better box for gaming and I'm going to install SteamOS on it, give it a try. So, that'll be my "Steam Machine." My hope is that SteamOS will easily update Nvidia drivers (current methods I classify as not-so-easy) and will allow the installation of current household media apps: Chrome for Netflix, Radio Tray, Libre Office, etc. If it can't do both these things, (especially the first) than there is little to recommend SteamOS over an Ubuntu install with a Steam client, as far as I can see.

Whichever OS I end up using, the excitement I felt when Valve announced SteamOS was the spark I needed to leave behind my console and begin gaming on my PC . . . my Linux PC.

Nice survey, this one is actually very interesting. Loads of KDE and Debian-Based users around.

I did preordered bl2 presequel, but i understood the spirit of the question and answered "No, I don't pre-order EVER"

I've preordered The Talos Principle because I knew from the demo/test version that it would be working very well and it is just my type of game (and it was even more then I've expected), because it gave me an extra copy of Serious Sam 3 (to gift) and some bucks off. Did not regret. But generally, I would probably not preorder.