What’s Inside Valve’s Prototype STEAM Console?
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Published 2023-02-25
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Valve’s Steam Machine was their first game console, and we’ve got a prototype! But it’s broken… Can we fix it? And if we can, should we, or should we have left it in the past?
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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova
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Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High
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Intro animation by MBarek Abdelwassaa www.instagram.com/mbarek_abdel/
Monitor And Keyboard by vadimmihalkevich / CC BY 4.0 geni.us/PgGWp
Mechanical RGB Keyboard by BigBrotherECE / CC BY 4.0 geni.us/mj6pHk4
Mouse Gamer free Model By Oscar Creativo / CC BY 4.0 geni.us/Ps3XfE
CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
1:26 But why did Steam Machines exist?
2:15 Basically PC consoles - They even made a controller!
2:53 Linus broke the script
4:02 It was already broken. Let's tear it down and fix it!
5:36 It's all standard hardware, but a very nonstandard chassis
6:58 The GPU is NOT stock.
7:49 This was so ahead of its time
9:40 Linus breaks the script again
10:53 Hardware was only half the problem...
11:43 HoloISO to the rescue!
12:42 IT LIVES! But it's not a good experience
13:53 Tragedy.
14:23 Controllers, old hardware, and shaders, oh my
15:29 What would a modern version without these problems look like?
16:58 Hang on... How did Valve plan to deal with hardware variations?
17:44 Conclusion - All hands on Deck
All Comments (21)
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The grill on top of the unit... there should be exactly 300 holes in it. The one drilled larger than the rest indicates which unit you have. You have #78 of 300 (1:39). My friend had one equipped with a Titan for Christmas, 2013. Came in a small wooden crate. The controllers were a bit janky.
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But you know who’s NOT prototype? Our sponsor!
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I am constantly in awe of Anthony's knowledge about PC hardware. Man's a genius
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So nice to see Anthony making his way back into the videos. He always brings the good vibes.
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I for one would support a new Steam Machine if one came about. The Steam Deck has been awesome!
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I actually appreciate them addressing sleeping on the steam controller - time has been really kind to steam's hardware ecosystem honestly, they've put in the work with updates and steam input is genuinely such a boon for everyone using something that isn't a keyboard and mouse
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Honestly, all I can imagine when I think a modern day Steam machine, is just a non-portable Valve console type thing like the Deck. Built in house by Valve, with a custom chip, aiming for roughly Series X/PS5 performance, but with your existing Steam Library, and honestly, I'd buy that.
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Anthony is like a super hero who always shows up to save the day, even for old hardware which was way ahead of its time. Bring back the Steam Machine and make Anthony lead designer. 😎
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Did you know that Linus has thermal paste in between his toes
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Yes! I love prototype/dev stuff!
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I built a steam machine about a decade ago myself. I took some old hardware from work that was gonna be recycled and decided to build a homebrew box to mess around with. I used a dell precision server box with dual xeon cpus and four quadros that were good for the time. It was a fun experiment before junking the old hardware.
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Was just talking about this with a friend of mine. It would make sense for Valve to bring this one back at some point in the future, bundled with a controller similar to the layout of the Steam Deck. Great backwards compatibility going forward and standardized hardware for out of the box settings per game seems like a win, though some of the OTHER hassles with PC gaming like multiple launchers and invasive DRM are a different conversation I suppose...
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Watching Linus watch Anthony work is always a good video.
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3:44 "Thats not magic that's gravity" Linus drop tips drops in again!
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The Steam Controller is my favorite controller of all time by far, as a person that didn't grew up playing shooters in consoles the SC is the closest to M&K experience, nowadays I use traditionals controllers only for emulation and 2d platformers. The SC may not be for everyone but it clearly has a market, I would absolutely love a SC2 that "premium" materials and bigger buttons since those are the only aspects I would change de SC.
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Really good job at not letting the end of the video feel like the end. It just abruptly ended. I know its a good thing.
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Got to say. Linus and Anthony videos are ALWAYS my favorite. Learned almost all I know about computers and tech from you guys. Thank you! Just finished my liquid cooled 4090 pc❤️ my first build was back in the Radeon HD days. Time flies.
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As a beta tester, it is awesome you are showcasing this machine. In many ways the steam machine laid the ground work for the steam deck and I personally think it would be a fantastic idea for a dedicated vr machine in the future.
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i love videos where anthony is involved. it usually means high tech stuff i probably wont understand much but is still very interesting (:
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Anthony really made this episode epic. Sometimes we just want to experience person's such as Anthony . Thank you for that. And thank you for the whole team
