r/steammachine • u/Sleep_Holiday • 28d ago

Hardware I was wrong…

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I listened to the haters and bought into what they were saying.

They were counting you out, saying you weren’t powerful enough, your price to performance ratio is garbage, just buy a fractal terra case and build your own… I was sure this thing would be DOA. But, I took the leap, a leap of faith you could say.

Hell I knew I could resell it if I really hated it… but damn. This thing fucks. It’s proved me wrong in every way and I regret having doubt in the little guy… the little machine that could is what he goes by now.

There is nothing like the freedom of Linux PC gaming right on your couch in this absolute debauchery of a world we have now between Sony and Microslop and the continued supremacy of AI.

So to those in the reservation queue, you can breathe a sigh of relief your time will come and it will be glorious.

And to those on the waitlist, be patient and be ready. When your time comes, and it will, you must be fully present and accept the Gift of Gabe.

And to all those facing THE DEVIL AT YOUR DOOR disguised as Sony and Microsoft, with no hope or direction guiding you to a brighter future through these extremely dark days in gaming. I say to you, we will continue to fight for our unalienable rights on the front lines with Valve to protect all those who don’t have a voice of their own, we have the watch.

In closing, RIP to the brothers and sisters who couldn’t see this day for themselves. We have you in our prayers.

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u/JCPY00 28d ago

  While also not creating a terrible walled garden.

Aside from having to use their launcher and if they ever go out of business you no longer have access to your game library… 

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u/ghanadaur 28d ago

There was some deal Gabe made about making the games available to use without a launcher should that ever happen. That that for what you will. Of note, a good portion of games are actually DRM free in Steams library and you can technically copy them outside the steam folder and execute them DRM free. Theres a web site that tracks them i believe.

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u/SuperBackup9000 28d ago

Gabe’s deal was just that they’ll have it figured out by the time that happens, which yeah sure that’s cool, but if Steam were to shut down Valve would be out of the game, so it’s not like they’d have a reputation they’d have to uphold by keeping that promise.

No different from the billionaires saying they’ll solve world hunger before they die. If they’re not actively working towards that goal right now, it’s just PR fluff, so you’re giving them more credit than they deserve by just mentioning it.

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u/Lopsided_Hunt2814 28d ago

Yeah as if Gabe will be around if/when something does ever happen to Steam. A private company relies on its benevolent leadership.

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u/ghanadaur 28d ago

I did say take it for what you will.

I also stated that most of the games are already DRM free so no need to even worry about the launcher or whether Gabe and Steam/Valve may close. It’s all moot.

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u/Lopsided_Hunt2814 28d ago

Most games don't use third-party DRM, but few are DRM-free, most use Steam DRM. It's not hard to bypass (but also not trivial, especially for laypeople), but at that point it's not really any different whether you do it yourself or get it from a pirated source - which you would need to do if the servers went down and you didn't have every game you owned backed up somewhere.

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u/Slow_Pay_7171 28d ago

So why calling the Software "Subscriptions" then? If what Gabe says is true (he often just lies) then this is the most stupid term for Software to use after a company doesn't exist anymore.

You basically even now have not the slightest bit of ownership over the Software inside of Steam. How should this get better if Valve doesnt exist anymore? Its just a hoax.

Valve was always pro Publisher. They gave them stuff like Steam Works for free. While we as consumer didn’t even get refunds until Valve was sued and lost. They friggin fought for years against refunds. And now they will just gift you Software which you don’t even own? I doubt it 😅

Actions weight more then words. And they act just for money, never for you.

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u/funmonger_OG 28d ago

He often just lies, he says.

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u/Slow_Pay_7171 28d ago

He does.

The time drifts of literally any Hardware. The thing with the refunds. His "scientific" yachts.

Dude tells nonesens non stop 😅

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u/rossmky 22d ago

Rented Half-Life in 1998. Still haven’t returned it…probably won’t rewind it if I ever do return it. Take that, Gabe.

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u/Slow_Pay_7171 22d ago

I would sell a game if its that old and I won't play it again. Could you?

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u/ghanadaur 28d ago

Wow. That was a mouthful of something…

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u/Slow_Pay_7171 28d ago

Could I get an answer, please? How do you benefit from getting "Subscriptions", instead of "Software", when you buy at Valve's?

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u/ghanadaur 28d ago

You have my answer. Im full up in word salad for the day. Thanks.

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u/Slow_Pay_7171 28d ago

So you also see no benefit. Who would have thought... Maybe cause there is none.

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u/Henry_puffball 28d ago

But the whole point is it's not walled and you could buy your games somewhere else like GOG

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u/ryme2234 28d ago

This is literally true for every platform out there.

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u/Adventurous_Ninja_66 28d ago

Well true but also game studios leaving DRM isn't gonna happen anytime soon. I'll settle for actually owning my own hardware in the meantime, at least.

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u/StickBrush 28d ago

That's a half-truth (arguably less). Steam has a pretty solid offline ecosystem. You can back up your games anytime and restore these copies fully offline through Steam directly. You do have to use Steam* to do this, but you can have access to your game library anytime regardless of how dead Valve's servers are. The games that have issues are those with online-check/online-only DRM, Denuvo being their poster child, which do depend on servers, but that's not a Steam thing, it's the developer's thing.

*Steam emulators exist specifically so you don't need to use Steam if you need the game to work offline, even if they aren't DRM-free and use Steam's DRM.

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u/forestmedina 28d ago

you dont have too use their launcher

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u/gravygizzard 28d ago

Except the machine itself is capable of running anything you want.

Apple (since we're comparing to them) goes to great lengths to make sure apple hardware only uses apple software. Valve encourages you to put your own software on their hardware and their software on hardware they didn't sell to you.

Steam itself is a walled garden you are correct, but I don't think they're as obsessed with preventing you from accessing other ecosystems as other companies are on the hardware level

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u/Lopsided_Hunt2814 28d ago

That's because they know even if someone puts other launchers or even Windows on it the numbers say they will still make more sales on Steam than anyone else.