I got a place on the 512GB with Controller list, and got an email a few days after they started. I ordered it on Friday the 3rd and got it today on Thursday the 9th. The tracking codes were all over the place and gave different estimates depending which branch of each company I used. Steam claimed it was shipped when the courier said they hadn’t got it so I was worried for a few days. But this morning Royal Mail (UK customer) sent me an email saying it would arrive today, while GLS said it would arrive tomorrow.

Safe to say I’m happy to have it now and be playing games!

  • potustheplant@feddit.nl
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    20 hours ago

    The steam machine IS a pc. I’ve also been “pc gaming” and haven’t gone crazy or had unsolvable issues. When you can’t fix something it’s usually user error or ineptitude.

      • potustheplant@feddit.nl
        1·
        11 hours ago

        There’s no reason why a steam machine would be inmune to software/driver/hardware issues. I mean, it’s basically a laptop in a different form factor and laptops hace issues too.

        • auzy1@lemmy.world
          1·
          7 hours ago

          Nobody said that

          I think the confusion here is that you see gamers as nerds who all want ray tracing and photorealism

          They aren’t. Some are

          But steam directly tests that hardware in steam os, so less likelihood of issues. Also, not all hardware is compatible with each other when building either

    • rotopenguin@infosec.pubEnglish
      2·
      18 hours ago

      When you can’t fix something, it’s usually “the OEM is doing something insane in their ACPI code”, or “you have a cracked MLCC somewhere, which pushes power delivery barely out of spec and some net doesn’t make timing under complex microarchitectural conditions”.