Re: Hey, my SteamLink still works

Am 22.11.24 um 21:41 schrieb Spalls Hurgenson:

Steam Link --and indeed, the whole Steam Machines concept-- never
really caught on amongst gamers. The Steam Machines themselves were
too expensive and too underpowered to justify themselves, and
SteamLink never really found a market. I guess people who owned PCs
beefy enough to run games and stream it over the local network either
weren't interested in playing on the couch, or had the dosh to just
buy a second dedicated computer for that purpose. Steam Machines
disappeared from the Steam storefront in 2018, and SteamLink was
discontinued shortly afterwards.

They simply were too early, SteamOS was not "ripe" enough to give a decent console experience. Valve struck gold with the same concept with the Steam Deck but given SteamOS now is relatively mature and the deck did not repeat the main mistake of the Steam controller of forcing you to use the right touchpad instead it always is optional!
Cannot wait for the Steam Controller 2 whoch should come out hopefully next year!