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Valve’s decision to officially support SteamOS 3.8 on standard gaming PCs has opened the door to an entirely new class of Steam Machines – without requiring gamers to buy Valve’s own hardware. Now, a new benchmark from YouTuber ETA Prime suggests that a high-end AMD-powered mini PC can outperform Valve’s upcoming Steam Machine by a…

If you’re reading this article, chances are you’ve noticed how Valve’s new Steam Machine has the gaming world all excited. With memory and graphics card prices through the roof, due to part shortages and sky-high demand, any remotely affordable product is bound to draw attention. That’s why so much hype built up around the Steam Machine before it launched.…

Launching new gaming hardware has one brutal, recurring problem, and it is not the silicon. It is the library. A new platform with no games is dead on arrival, which is why console makers spend years and fortunes courting exclusives and begging developers to port their catalogs. Every new device starts at zero and has…

After months of speculation and delays,Steam Machines are going out into the world and people have been sharing their thoughts. One of those people is former President of Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida. The industry veteran has worked around gaming hardware for decades. What does he think of Valve’s latest take on living room…

Valve’s long-awaited Steam Machine is now shipping to lucky buyers. But with a long reservation queue and a starting price of $1,049, it’s hard to feel the hype. I’m far more excited about the news that Valve is bringing SteamOS to a wider range of PCs, because it gives me the option to transform one…