u/MystValkyrie

I'd do this if it meant I could finally play Halo 5, but I'd likely unsubscribe immediately after. And I've been eyeing Phantom Dust on the Windows Store for a while.

Game Pass doesn't feel worth installing/dual-booting Windows over, so I appreciate that this project exists. In a roundabout way, I think this could lessen folks' dependence on Microsoft in the long run.


Just the regular black, which is the color of my soul.

I'm just happy you can still get batteries at all, honestly.

Some of these designs are, um, unexpected? Like, I want to know which nerd is making their Machine look like a square basketball xD.

The orange box one is pretty nice though.

I feel like if there was an alignment chart for Steam Machine users, you'd fall under Chaotic Good.

Well, because they've struggled with their suppliers of late. In any case, it's a non-issue now that they won't be sunsetting the batteries after all.

Oh good. That was the whole reason I bought a Steam Deck lol. And my battery is in bad shape. Not that I blame Valve particularly.

I haven't been this excited for my console to tell me the weather since the Wii.

Is that only if you've already received one, or can you reserve two controllers at the same time? When I go into Steam, it only gives an option to cancel my existing reservation.

Yep, this comes up in every post involving the Steam Machine, so we get it. 👍 I'm getting a Steam Machine anyway, but power to anyone who does a custom build.

Not yet! But I'm not in a hurry and if I'm nearer to the end of the year, that's fine by me.

On brand, honestly. The cake is a lie. Companion cube incinerated. Waiting for Valve to put out a GLaDOS front plate now.

So who on Lemmy is getting a Steamroller? It looks like it has really nice specs for the price.

This is clickbait. Valve didn't use third-party resellers with the Steam Deck for anti-scalping reasons, and it's unlikely they would for the Steam Deck as well. I'm surprised how many news outlets are leaning into this.

I'm not saying the Steam Machine won't be that price, though I certainly hope it won't be. I'm just saying we shouldn't take a random posting from a random Czech website at face value, considering Valve's established business model.

The extended trackpads make it more fuckable, tbh.

It's niche, but has its uses. As the only person who actually liked the original Steam controller, I can attest that *Daggerfall* is so much more fun with a controller that has a trackpad.

I'm definitely picking it up, but honestly, I don't see the controller selling very well.

I actually love the touchpads, but it weird that I'm thinking about this more in the context of a media center PC than actually playing games? I definitely wouldn't use this for all games unless the form factor was *really good*.

Because, trying to operate Desktop Mode docked on Steam Deck with a controller is...painful, and this controller would be perfect for jumping into a web browser for streaming sites that don't have Kodi add-ons (Kanopy and Patreon are two that come to mind).