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   cybik :deifirev: (root@sms.cybik.moe)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Jun-2023 08:34:42 JST cybik :deifirev:

   So imagine... A Steam OS Device program. If an ODM would:

   * Use a standardized AMD Zx Series chip
   * Have one Xbox-360 controller device registering into the OS via on-board USB
   * MUST ALSO have a Touchscreen
   * Have at LEAST X hours of battery life (can run Half-Life 2 at max spec for 5 hours?)
   * Have either "at LEAST 720p" or "at most 1080p"
   * Provide an exclusive SKU that is to run SteamOS (ODM can re-label the device with another name, but that SKU and branding would be Steam-exclusive)

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     cybik :deifirev: (root@sms.cybik.moe)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Jun-2023 08:34:41 JST cybik :deifirev:

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     Then VALVe would let them "use the SteamOS Devices Branding" and build a Steam Devices Ecosystem. Yes, it's basically the Steam Consoles all over again, but now that they've proven there:

     * is a bloody market
     * is a functioning market ripe for investment
     * is an appetite for SteamOS

     They are in a FAR BETTER PLACE than, uh, "last time".

     #steamosdevices #showerthought #imanerd

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     narcolepsy and alcoholism :flag: (hj@shigusegubu.club)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Jun-2023 08:34:41 JST narcolepsy and alcoholism :flag:

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     @root i don't know why "last time" is considered to be a failure, my DIY steambox been doing great.
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     Lumeinshin (lumeinshin@pleroma.skyshanty.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Jun-2023 08:45:56 JST Lumeinshin

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     • narcolepsy and alcoholism :flag:
     @hj @root
     the DIY part is the reason
     also for the time the 'steammachines' sold were under powered and overpriced with not great thermals iirc
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