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Sigh.
I got my invite to purchase email midweek. And I didn’t read the fine print like a chump… I selected every model, and the model they offered me was of course, the priciest.
So I have to let it pass me by because I thought I’d get the option for the cheaper one.
Enjoy. I’ll get the next steam train. Your model.
Maybe RAM will be cheaper by then.
😭
Glad you got it. Please give us a review if you are so inclined
so jealous. i got mine, but wasn't able to nab a controller... so i've been just complaining about all the minor issues i'm rediscovering with all my old controllers, lol. (not steam issues, just "these face buttons are too squishy", "i forgot this one had stick drift", etc, i've been pure steam-deck for a while...). Good news is i can connect just about anything to it, so that's nice. but a steam controller will be even better! Eventually!
Congrats! I purchased mine the 3rd (also a 512 + controller) and am expecting delivery today. Currently shows as “Loaded on delivery vehicle”. Happy unboxing!!
The thumbnail made me think this was some fake TV made of cardboard
Congrats! Mine also came yesterday. I grabbed the 2 TB with Steam controller. I think you and I were in the same batch of emails!
Congrats, just got my shipping notification!
Beauty! I got my purchase e-mail for 512+Controller today, hopefully it’ll be here by the end of next week! I put a 1 TB SSD into my Steam Deck that I’m going to back up, format for the Steam Machine, and then swap the SM & SD drives so my SM is a 1 TB and my Deck is a 512. A bit of work but I’m looking forward to the end result!
Have fun!
enjoy
Please let us know how it performs! I know it's not gonna blow our socks off but a regular human being using it to gauge its ease of setup and use would be nice.
Sometimes the "I built my pc from scratch starting with smelting the copper ore for the circuit board traces and folding together the case out of a single sheet of steel with my BARE HANDS" perspective has blind spots with regard to everyday usage.
I've had mine since Monday and so far I've been very happy with it. Because of my work schedule, I've probably only played about 2-4 hours but the convenience of how quickly it boots up or even just being able to pause/resume a game like on the Steam Deck has been amazing.
I got the 2TB Machine so I got the 2 extra faceplates, both are really nice and I've opted to go with the wooden one. All 3 (2 extras and the normal black one) feel very well built (each is slightly different due to the variation in materials) and are extremely easy to swap due to the magnets.
Setup was a bit tricky though. I'd gotten my Steam Controller when they initially came out so it was paired to my desktop PC. I tried to follow the setup video that Valve posted but even with the puck connected to my Machine, it just wouldn't work. If I wired the controller directly to the Machine, it would work for a couple of inputs then it would stop. That being said, I plugged in an Xbox controller, which immediately worked. Then after running the various firmware updates, the Machine actually recognized that the Steam Controller wasn't paired properly and it walked me through how to pair it with it. Since doing that, I've not had any issues with it and the controller has been able to turn on the Machine from sleep or even from a power off state every time I've tried. CEC has also been hit or miss, it's really convenient when it works but sometimes it won't switch the input or turn off my TV after shutting down. That being said, I'm pretty sure it's more an issue with my TV than the Machine since I've had similar CEC issues before.
Happy to test anything (non destructive of course) or expand on anything I've said if anyone is curious.
Very cool! Update us in a few weeks or months?
Those make taking down wallpaper way easier. Grats!
