If Microsoft was to go ahead with talk of bringing a Windows 10 app to the Xbox One that can stream a PC desktop experience to the console - as the Xbox app does now the other way - it would render the Steam Machine redundant. Finder discusses this issue;
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
It's a bloody good point - why would you buy a Steam Machine if you can have Xbox and Steam. Assuming of course that the streaming quality works well. Or at least well enough.
I am interested in the controller though.
Exactly!!! This is exactly what I've been saying for months now. Microsoft has all but killed the Steam Machine dead in the water. There is very little reason to own a Steam Machine because it brings nothing to the table that is not already currently available.
I'm still waiting to be hear who it's actually marketed at? The market for this product must be so small (likely people who just love to own new technologies) that I can guarantee we're going to see rapid consolidation in the market.
I think people are missing the point of steam machines. If the only thing you're doing is streaming your PC games to the living room, you'll want the $50 steam link box. The only reason to pay for, say, a $500 alienware steam machine is if you need a rig capable of running the latest games. Having PC to Xbox streaming would be great, it helps to expand the PC platform, but if all I'm doing is streaming my PC games I'm not going to pay $350 for an Xbox or $500 or whatever for a "console-ized" PC when I can pay $50 for a steam link this fall. Steam machines that run the software natively are an effort to lower the barrier of entry to PC gaming. You still need a rig that can run these games that you want to stream.