First time around with the Steam Machines, like everyone else on planet earth, I had no interest in what I perceived as a pointless device. After getting my Steam Deck and abandoning gaming on a PC for any title that works well on the Deck, I’ve come to greatly value a console-like experience with my Steam Library. Being able to completely avoid the bullshit of Windows has become one of the most appealing aspects of my Deck, although prior to owning one, portability was the only major appeal.
At this point, I’d buy a new Steam Machine right away to be able to achieve that same console-like Steam experience but with more powerful hardware. Paired with the Deck for portability, that setup sounds like a dream come true.
I’ve honestly just converted my PC into a “steam machine” and have it so big picture mode launches right away so I just chill on the couch. After working long hours at my job (am nurse) the last thing I wanna do is sit at a desk and feel like I’m still charting. Couch gaming is just so much comfier and relaxing to me. I have a cheap Bluetooth KBM if I ever wanna play some games that require it.
Yeah but it’s still not a Steam Machine because the most important function suspend/resume still won’t be supported when you stream to the Deck. For me, that’s the only thing I need a Steam Machine to do: stream high end games to my Deck with suspend/resume working.
Are they doing anything special with suspend / resume besides just using whatever’s built into Linux? It might just work on a Linux PC with an AMD GPU.
I don’t think it has anything to do with the AMD GPU. It’s just software. If Valve controls both ends (client and host) it would work seemlessly with the Deck.