Steam Machine

Things are getting steamy

Valve has found success with their first foray into the handheld PC market with the Steam Deck, although the machine hasn’t matched the big boys of the console market in the case of the Playstation 5 and the Nintendo Switch (either the first or second), and was never really supposed to. In much the same way that Nintendo effectively does their own thing without regard for whatever their competition, Valve seems happy to work away on their own plans and see where things take them. Where they’ve ended up now is with the next step into making PC gaming more like a home console experience with the Steam Machine. A new PC that runs on Steam OS, the Steam Machine looks something like a cross between An Xbox Series X and a Gamecube, and it will connect to a big screen like your favourite console. From the official website:

‘With over six times the horsepower of Steam Deck, Steam Machine has the power to play your whole Steam library, including your favorite AAA titles. Just sign in with your Steam account and your entire library is there.‘

Playing videogames, writing about videogames, considering videogames—that about sums it up. Videogames are the one hobby that I’ve kept since I was only little, zapping ducks on the NES or knocking out MR. X. And when I’m not enjoying classics from the bit generation of games or checking out those earliest of polygons, I’m probably playing something from today’s age of modern gaming: if I’m not complaining about it. Something I’m doing at the moment? Playing through Alundra again, this time on the Polymega.