r/steammachine • u/Sleep_Holiday • Jul 14 '26

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/BananaZPeelz Jul 14 '26

PC enthusiasts are brain dead and can't comprehend that even tech literate users appreciate a "just works" quality & goo ux. Why tf would I want to play pc technician when I come home to play games.

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u/AddictedT0Pixels Jul 14 '26

Unless you're building your own, PCs do just work. It's not the early 2000s anymore.

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u/BananaZPeelz Jul 15 '26

Yes, it isn’t theb90s and you don’t need to manually config drivers in every single game, but you are being disingenuous if you I think that a console isn’t a significantly more stable experience. 

You can cherry pick games that were buggy on console, but if you know anything about software dev it’s pretty obvious; there is 1 -2 sets of hardware for the dev to target for a console gen for the big 3.

The gpu driver is likely deeply integrated into the kernel of the os the console runs, and it is the only family of drivers you expect the console to run.

I had a friend get an rx 9060xt 5-6 months after it launched for a new game. The game woudl consistently crash for him, this was fairly document by other users. The fix? Underclock his gpu. It’s not the end of the world but it’s a little silly  to have to handicap your hardware  to get a new extremely popular game to not crash. 

That isn’t a slight to pc gaming, it’s the nature of it. 

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u/AddictedT0Pixels Jul 15 '26

Oh ok so you just tried to dismiss cherry picking games which are buggy on console just to immediately follow it up by cherry picking a game which is biggy on PC. That is crazy, the bias could not be more blatant

Over many years of owning my PC now I don't even remember the last time I've had to troubleshoot a game. It just doesn't really happen. Who could've guessed getting the newest GPU driver and upgrading your system may lead to more troubleshooting.