The rumors circulating around the Steam Console have become a reality. Valve is making a console and it will be running a version of Steam on Linux. As exciting as this news is, the announcement of other hardware partners begs the question, why would anyone buy a Steam Console over a PC?
Blindfolding myself and clicking a Steam page at random would serve me better recommendations than Steam’s algorithm
Hmm, not sure I agree with that. The recommendations I get are usually pretty good, but then again I have pretty large library of games on Steam and hundreds of them in my wish list, along with lots of curators I follow for it to build recommendations off of. On occasion it will throw me a random FIFA game or something I've never bought or shown interest in, but mostly its decent IMO.
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Players can pay to edit their character, resurrect the dead and other actions.
Yet Helldivers 2 gets a pass? Y’know a GotY contender by the name of RE4 had them and so does Devil May Cry V. The funny thing is I enjoyed both of those games thoroughly without having to buy a single microtransaction.
What I do consider a valid complaint is not being able to start a new game or being able to edit your character. That’s kind of a seriously baffling decision, but then I think how I played Dragon’s Dogma 1 and I never edited my character and I just did a 100% playthrough on a single file and didn’t start a NG since. So, I don’t think these are really going to impact me, but I can see how it will others.
I was going to pay full price to support this game because I've been waiting for it for forever but I think I'll wait until I get it for free from Epic or a Humblebundle monthly.
I am not defending Capcom, as I am not a fan of MTX in single player games. I do however belive they were open to reviewers about having MTX in their game. The reviewers just decided to leave that part out. Which is very disingenuous. There are some companies that get away with these things. Image if this was done by EA, Ubisoft, or even Activision? I am positive those defending Capcom, would have had their pitchforks ready if the companies listed above did this
I think the console will have some appeal to the PC gamers that like Linux, but the price may play a factor on how well it will do out the gate and long term.
It's Valve, so, I'm sure they will find a way for it to sell.
I am a console gamer, always have been and qiute honestly i havent done much looking into the steam console. I probably should start tho because everyone seems to be pretty excited. Ive always had an interest in PC but never quite had what it takes in terms of computer to keep up with the games.
Speak for yourselves.
I'm a diehard console gamer but the Steambox has my full attention.
Not on my radar to buy at all, nor does it peak excitement but i am curious to see what it offers. As of now my attention is full steam ahead on a ps4 announcement.
How about price, ease of use, low required technical knowledge, support, and it actually being equivalent to a console?