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[Debunked] Valve Is Building a 'Steam Console' To Rival PS5 and Xbox, Rumour Claims (insider-gaming.com)

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Debunk from dev Pierre-Loup Griffais ‪@plagman.bsky.social‬

"we've done pre-release Mesa Vulkan work on every AMD architecture since Vega thanks to them kindly providing hardware, so there's nothing meaningful to read into there."

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[–] brrt@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Do you want some eggs? I got news for you! You can literally build a chicken shed right now, no need to wait for farmers.

Seriously, the same captain obvious answer all the time when a Steam console is mentioned. It’s infuriating. Consoles exist for a reason, to provide a ready and verified environment for playing games without any fiddling.

[–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Can I build a chicken? That's the real question..

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

Please don't fuck a chicken

[–] brrt@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Can you build computer parts from scratch?

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

Please don't fuck a computer

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago

Sure. First, you have to create a universe...

[–] gazter@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago

I would argue that's no longer the case.

I was a long time console gamer, for exactly the reasons you mentioned- no fiddling. I was time-poor, so I wanted to be able to slip the cartridge/disc in, and just play.

Those days are gone, my friend. I turn my console on less and less. Every time I do, I need to download game updates. But I can't do that unless I download the system update. I need to sign in to various networks just to be able to do this. Usually with a paid subscription.