Whether or not you're the right customer for the Steam Machine, you won't be able to ignore it. Valve's upcoming device has enough overlap with consoles as well as PCs that almost everyone will have an opinion about it. The value proposition is there, the loyal fanbase is waiting, and the pricing might not be as big an issue as it seemed. What remains to be seen is how many people believe the Steam Machine makes sense in their living room.
The Steam Machine is coming for consoles, whether Valve admits it or not…price doesn't quite match the design. The smart dial also feels slightly out of place. The company tweaked some things between the pre-production run and the retail devices, and it…
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…The company has proved that SteamOS can work for desktop games, but without the right price for the Steam Machine, the device will simply fail to convert console and PC gamers alike…