Give us a standalone VR headset that runs SteamOS and the world of VR will change overnight. Meta will instantly become a minor player!
That’ll be nice. A lot of branding options there. Powered by SteamOS, that’ll be nice for knowing that all the devices drivers have Linux support
Steam Included, easiest win for manufacturers. Steam Deck is pretty much an older generation AMD laptop. Slapping Steam Included should be viable for most new laptops these days
Steam Compatible, hardware shipped with approved controller inputs. I guess Android TV boxes shipped with a gamepad for Steam Link or GeForce Now
Steam Link Compatible, that’s practically any computing device with a WiFi card or Ethernet these days. I guess anything that doesn’t have a gamepad included
I made my own steam deck (ish) with steam link, a 6 year old used tablet, and a gamesir 8+ controller. In fact, it’s better. But of course you need the hardware to stream that, but for at-home couch gaming while the wife is watching stuff, it’s amazing. Portability is iffy because internet.
With recent SteamOS release notes mentioning the ASUS ROG Ally, I think the writing’s on the wall that we’ll see a version of the Ally with SteamOS preinstalled soon.
Finally, an approachable arch distro
Using the domain name steampowered.com will finally make sense 20 years later.
It still reminds me of how it took me about a decade to finally realise the connection between steam (as a gaseous substance), Steam (the platform), valve (as in that rotating thing to release pressure) Valve (the corporation), steampowered (the domain name) and steam-powered (as in a steam engine).
The logo of steam is the crankshaft of a steam engine
The old steam consoles were called “steam machines” with the “piston” being one of them
The distribution system is called “steam pipe”
I’m sure I’ve forgotten some of their puns
Edit: Ah. There’s also “Steam Cloud” of course
