Channel looks onteresting and isn’t only on Youtube, so huge thanks!

To be honest, I haven’t read the article, but games have never been so cheap for me.

When I was a kid, NES games were around CHF 120.-.

Then as teenager they were around CHF 89.- on Playstation 2 or 3.

Nowadays, my most expensive game on Playstation 5 was probably CHF 79.-.

And on my Steam Deck, I don’t think I’ve paid more than CHF 20.- for a game.

Related to inflation, my Playstation 3 was probably my most expensive console.

Now it’s true that the hardware prices are increasing (bought my Playstation 5 at around CHF 500.- and I guess it’d be at least CHF 150.- more expensive now), but games have become cheaper over time in my country (Switzerland).

I don’t know how much the Steam Machine is gonna be in Switzerland, but it’ll probably still be cheaper than a medium gaming PC was 10 years ago.

Well if GOG becomes evil, I’ll have all my games stored locally and I can do what I want with them.

While it’s true there is no GOG Galaxy for Linux, I think they sponsor Heroic and it works quite well on Steam Deck to be honest.

I might get pirated games if my Steam Library gets taken away since, contrary to PS5 or GOG, I wouldn’t be able to do anything with my games.

In the end, if I get a Steam Machine, it’ll probably be:

1. GOG when available
2. Steam
3. Playstation for their exclusives

Without the Steam Machine, it’ll be the same but I’ll have to take into account that some games are too demanding for the Deck, so it’ll be PS5 physical.

Yeah but buying on GOG also means not being tied to them if they turn evil since you can just copy the game and use whatever launcher.

Yeah PS5 physical discs, even if only holding data to download the game, have the advantage of giving you the ability to resell a game if you don’t enjoy it.

Well no one really knows the price of the Steam Machine, maybe not even Valve😅

What I know is that I’m not willing to put more than 1000$ to buy it.

Even if Valve said they won’t bleed to make it cheap, I don’t think they can afford to make it so expensive.

We’ll see because everyone is just guessing for now😇

Yeah but I’m kind of psychorigid and I like to establish guidelines😅

True, but for this I plan on using a Steam Machine to be able to emulate a PS3 since almost everything after that era is available on PC.

Also it’s be easier for peripherals like the ones you get with Buzz games.

Not really an app, but a way to easily display HEIC pictures, even in preview mode like with Gnome Sushi.

Yeah that’s what’s great with the Deck.

Even if one day it’s not gonna be poweful enough as a gaming handheld, you can still use it as a poweful admin computer if you have a dock, avoiding a bit of e-wate.

I have all the Playstations except the first one and they’ll probably just become bookshelves or pieces of art when I put my hands on a Steam Machine to go along my Steam Deck.

What you’re saying is probably true, but I don’t think he deserved to die burned in a crash for such things.

I’m not saying he was a good guy, but he ain’t a war criminal and was maybe really nice for all we know so I don’t really understand how you can be happy about such news.

Great because at one point I plan on using a Steam Machine for my racing sim and using it with my Steam Deck hooked to a big screen when playing normal games that the Deck can’t run.

Also available on GOG I think if you want to make sure you’ll be able to play it forever

It’s crazy if they just made it disappear without giving you any notification.

It’d be like a burglary where they put everything back in place so that you don’t notice anything.

I hope it’ll never happen to the games I have only available on Steam.

How can it just disappear from your list when it’s a game you bought?

I’d understand why it would not be available to buy anymore, but taking it away from you is crazy.

That’s why I’m always buying GOG when available (or physical on consoles even if it’s doesn’t mean anything anymore).

I still have to play the first one, but it’s great to see that the Deck keeps getting support

I don’t really mind if it doesn’t break the immersion or lower the quality of a game.

If it’s some unskipable add or some big billboards for Pepsi in a medieval game, I do mind.

Yeah I don’t like this too, but it’s already more acceptable for me than buying games owned by Microsoft, which I’m trying to avoid with some failures…

I review my GOG games on Proton DB.

Sometimes ProtonDB says that the game isn’t my library but you can bypass it by getting the entry number of the normal « steam » version.

It’s the number which appears in the URL when you type the name of the game to check other users reviews.