Ep. 206: Valve’s Steam Machine, SteamOS, and PC Gaming

About this episode

The episode discusses Valve's new Steam Machine and its implications for PC gaming and the SteamOS ecosystem.

Send us Fan Mail Valve has officially revealed the new Steam Machine, and The Outerhaven breaks down everything you need to know in this bite-sized holiday episode of the Spectator Mode Podcast. Is it a PC? Is it a console? We dig into why the community is split, what Valve’s goal might be, how this fits into the growing SteamOS ecosystem, and whether this mini-PC could shake up living-room gaming, hardware expectations, pricing predictions, and where the Steam Machine fits in the modern PC ...

Topics covered

• Steam Machine
• SteamOS
• PC Gaming
• Valve
• living-room gaming

Keywords

• gaming
• hardware expectations
• pricing predictions

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Steam Machine, SteamOS, the Steam Machine

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