Half-Life 3 to be exclusive to Samsung Frame TVs, confirmed!

Could you imagine if they release HL3 as a Linux exclusive? That'd satisfy me to no end. I don't like exclusivity, but it'd be so fun to watch the chaos.

Hmm, you might be on to something with Framework recently releasing a desktop PC. Maybe they decided to cooperate with Valve for a home console. Valve seems to be quite into repairability as well, so that doesn't seem like a totally unlikely match.

That's what I'm hoping, too. A collaboration between Valve and Framework, with iFixit for good measure. I'm expecting that the processor and motherboard will be custom designed, but I'm also hoping that the hardware will be repairable and upgradable.

I want AMD apus to dominate the space. I want Linux to empower them.

Monkey’s Paw: I have really good news for you about the PS4/5!

I just looked up Kazeta.org and it looks like a gaming console with extra steps. It looks cool, but the amount of effort needed to build a physical collection of carts is so tedious that I would have spent better time simply purchasing a gaming console because they are always plug- and- play

I have no interest in GPUs that cost 200% the cost of the rest of the PC.

Well, CPUs have come down in price because they just aren't advancing in performance that quickly any more; serial compute hasn't improved that much. If you charge much for a modern processor, people will just use an older one. Parallel compute improvements has kept going, and thus GPUs aren't under that kind of pressure from physical limitations.

GabeCube was good enough for me.

I sorta dig Frame™

My guess would be they don't want to spend a lot of effort supporting arbitrary hardware before they're ready. Honestly, I don't get why everyone is so obsessed with it. There are excellent dedicated distro maintainers that provide the same feature set SteamOS will provide —or something more suitable to your taste even. If you have a Deck then great, keep running SteamOS. If not, there are potentially better options for you already.

High Index Lenses -> Valve Index.

You might be right.

I hope you are right.

I'm sure a new VR headset would still use the Index name. AR glasses maybe, but I doubt it.

Maybe a self-hosted gaming computer rack via which one Steam Links to Steam Decks around the house, give them a lot more compute capability. :-)

Finally, I can play Doom on ultra.

Valve is the company, it let's out steam

Probably more brand recognition with Steam than Valve, I assume.

There was the Valve Index

A Valve is a mechanism used to regulate and control the release of Steam?

I would guess it's to indicate heavy association with the Steam client/service. Valve could make other products (I know they're working on human brain interface stuff), but if it's called "Steam..." you can easily identify it's in the gaming line for use with Steam.

Would they really? Feels like that market is pretty saturated already. Unless they do something unique with it. But then again it would be great for the steam deck.

Serious question: Have you ever built a PC?

Because it really isn't rocket appliances. I would venture your average 12 year old could do it, and has done it given a YouTube tutorial.

All of the connectors only fit one way, and they are all uniquely shaped/sized.

More expensive, Proprietary hardware, sounds like a nightmare for all involved.