An article from this weekend that seemingly got buried by soundbites about the Steam Machine price in the same interview, but given that we have no information on price, this seems way more interesting to me. I mean…I basically self-select games that don’t use these kinds of anti-cheat at all, but this is important information for a lot of people, especially if you’re looking for an off-ramp from Windows and still want to play some of the most popular live service titles.

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    22 hours ago

    Irrelevant to me personally but I’d like to see it cause more windows users to jump ship

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      19 hours ago

      TBH, I kinda get the feeling that’s what most of the hype surrounding the Machine is. People hoping it sells well, but not necessarily people planning to buy one for themselves.

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        17 hours ago

        I jokingly told a few redditors that they are doing A LOT of the marketing work for the Steam machine. They didn’t like that at all, lol.

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          6 hours ago

          lol, they should be proud to champion what valve is doing for the Linux world

          That being said I actually don’t have a desktop and would totally buy a steam machine if the price is right

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      17 hours ago

      I have no need for Steam products. Gaming emulators have been all I needed for years now. I don’t play the latest games so it’s totally fine for me too.