More teasers appear for upcoming Valve hardware

Bryant Gardiner... Yeah Bryant... Strikes again:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WEl1HEykRI

Steam Console for the Deckard incoming? At around 8m30s.


Edit: Fan the Deck too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oAtDcC6UQQ

Anything solid on your side @Liam Dawe?


Last edited by Mohandevir on 15 September 2023 at 3:50 pm UTC

Quoting: MohandevirBryant Gardiner... Yeah Bryant... Strikes again:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WEl1HEykRI

Steam Console for the Deckard incoming? At around 8m30s.


Edit: Fan the Deck too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oAtDcC6UQQ

Anything solid on your side @Liam Dawe?

Honestly I think if they do make a console they should;
A) make it the same spec as the Steam Deck (yes people will whine about this, but makes sense from a 'make it work on Steam Deck and it'll work on Steam Console' point of view).
B) Make a new Steam Controller with as many of the gizmos that the Steam Deck control scheme has (again, make it as compatible as possible).

These two will make the thing more like a nice console that people can hook up to a TV permanently, then take their Deck on the road to play, then resume their game once they are home (because just uber / train / plane everywhere so you can just use the Deck all the time.)

I think the problem with the Steam Machines were lack of Proton, and the many different variations of the box, and cost of trying to wedge full sized video cards into tiny boxes. These days we have powerful NUC-likes that are small enough to stick under a TV.

Also, same spec as the Deck would allow them to have the same SteamOS version on each.

Quoting: slaapliedjeThese days we have powerful NUC-likes that are small enough to stick under a TV.

Yep! But Valve can sell them much cheaper and support one set of hardware with SteamOS, instead of as many hardware config as there are mini NUC systems. I don't think Valve wants to support all the PC configurations available anymore.

This said, PS5 are Oberron (7nm) and Oberron+ (6nm) Van Gogh apus. A Deckard console with that kind of spec at a similar price would be an unbelievable value offering, imo... Where is my wallet?

Edit: And there is more to it than just a console. From the leaks, Valve would custom taylor this console to enhance the VR headset support with wireless support (VR Link). Some infos seem to point to something similar to a Snapdragon XR2 Chipset that could analyze and relay motion informations to the main cpu (similar to the overpriced Apple VR headset). Sorry paraphrasing SadlyItsBradley.


Last edited by Mohandevir on 15 September 2023 at 7:51 pm UTC

Quoting: Mohandevir

Quoting: slaapliedjeThese days we have powerful NUC-likes that are small enough to stick under a TV.

Yep! But Valve can sell them much cheaper and support one set of hardware with SteamOS, instead of as many hardware config as there are mini NUC systems. I don't think Valve wants to support all the PC configurations available anymore.

This said, PS5 are Oberron (7nm) and Oberron+ (6nm) Van Gogh apus. A Deckard console with that kind of spec at a similar price would be an unbelievable value offering, imo... Where is my wallet?

Edit: And there is more to it than just a console. From the leaks, Valve would custom taylor this console to enhance the VR headset support with wireless support (VR Link). Some infos seem to point to something similar to a Snapdragon XR2 Chipset that could analyze and relay motion informations to the main cpu (similar to the overpriced Apple VR headset). Sorry paraphrasing SadlyItsBradley.

Right, if you had quoted the rest of my post, that's what I said. One standard system matching the Steam Deck as a box that sits under the TV. Have the portable and not portable versions, a controller for the not portable system have all the features of the Steam Deck. Also, I think they should call it a Steam Block. Just a suggestion... :P

Quoting: slaapliedje

Quoting: Mohandevir

Quoting: slaapliedjeThese days we have powerful NUC-likes that are small enough to stick under a TV.

Yep! But Valve can sell them much cheaper and support one set of hardware with SteamOS, instead of as many hardware config as there are mini NUC systems. I don't think Valve wants to support all the PC configurations available anymore.

This said, PS5 are Oberron (7nm) and Oberron+ (6nm) Van Gogh apus. A Deckard console with that kind of spec at a similar price would be an unbelievable value offering, imo... Where is my wallet?

Edit: And there is more to it than just a console. From the leaks, Valve would custom taylor this console to enhance the VR headset support with wireless support (VR Link). Some infos seem to point to something similar to a Snapdragon XR2 Chipset that could analyze and relay motion informations to the main cpu (similar to the overpriced Apple VR headset). Sorry paraphrasing SadlyItsBradley.

Right, if you had quoted the rest of my post, that's what I said. One standard system matching the Steam Deck as a box that sits under the TV. Have the portable and not portable versions, a controller for the not portable system have all the features of the Steam Deck. Also, I think they should call it a Steam Block. Just a suggestion... :P

Ok. Sorry. I misinterpreted what you meant by that phrase, in this case.

Steam Block or Deckard Pal? Wasn't there a mention of Pal, somewhere in leaks, some time ago?

Quoting: Mohandevir

Quoting: slaapliedje

Quoting: Mohandevir

Quoting: slaapliedjeThese days we have powerful NUC-likes that are small enough to stick under a TV.

Yep! But Valve can sell them much cheaper and support one set of hardware with SteamOS, instead of as many hardware config as there are mini NUC systems. I don't think Valve wants to support all the PC configurations available anymore.

This said, PS5 are Oberron (7nm) and Oberron+ (6nm) Van Gogh apus. A Deckard console with that kind of spec at a similar price would be an unbelievable value offering, imo... Where is my wallet?

Edit: And there is more to it than just a console. From the leaks, Valve would custom taylor this console to enhance the VR headset support with wireless support (VR Link). Some infos seem to point to something similar to a Snapdragon XR2 Chipset that could analyze and relay motion informations to the main cpu (similar to the overpriced Apple VR headset). Sorry paraphrasing SadlyItsBradley.

Right, if you had quoted the rest of my post, that's what I said. One standard system matching the Steam Deck as a box that sits under the TV. Have the portable and not portable versions, a controller for the not portable system have all the features of the Steam Deck. Also, I think they should call it a Steam Block. Just a suggestion... :P

Ok. Sorry. I misinterpreted what you meant by that phrase, in this case.

Steam Block or Deckard Pal? Wasn't there a mention of Pal, somewhere in leaks, some time ago?

Steam Pal was what became the Deck. It is almost unfortunate they named it the Steam Deck though, as there are already Stream Decks. 'Steam Pal' always sounded kind of cheesy, then again so does the Gameboy, and it's still the highest selling portable console...

(Unrelated note, it must be time to play with an Atari ST, as I keep typing STeam...)