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Valve is working with Intel, AMD, and Nvidia to make SteamOS run on any PC hardware

Don't like the overpriced Steam Machine? Just build your own and put SteamOS in it
Forward-looking: Valve's Steam Machine signals the company's willingness to push Steam beyond software and into a proper hardware platform. But hardware is only half the story. Alongside gaming devices, Valve has been quietly laying the groundwork for something potentially more significant: a version of SteamOS that runs on just about any PC you care to throw at it.
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Valve's Steam Machine is here: starts at $1,049 for 512GB or $1,349 for the 2TB version

The living room gaming PC is finally here. Whether it's worth the price is a harder question
Highly anticipated: After months of delays and growing anxiety about memory prices, Valve has officially confirmed pricing, configurations, and a June 30 launch date for its Steam Machine. The living-room gaming box starts at $1,049 for a 512GB model and climbs to $1,349 for the 2TB version – a significant premium over the sub-$750 figure that had been anticipated when Valve announced the hardware in November 2025. Getting one at launch, however, is far from guaranteed.
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Ori director says Game Pass needs "smash hits," not studios slopping out mediocre content

Thomas Mahler compared Game Pass incentives to communism
A hot potato: Things aren't going well for Xbox right now. With the massive changes, studios closing, and the future of the brand itself being questioned, Game Pass has also found itself under the spotlight. According to the director of the Ori games, the subscription service would be much more successful if studios weren't incentivized to "slop out mediocre content like a factory."
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