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Re:Ataribox will be an open, Linux-based console priced star... by godzillabrennus on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @04:30AM (#15345865)
Not only that but if they partner with Steam they stand half of a chance at attracting more than Atari nerds who remember the 2600 fondly to purchase these.
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Re:Ataribox will be an open, Linux-based console priced star... by pjmlp on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @05:17AM (#15346091)
A quick Google search shows that the few surviving shops that still try to sell Steam Machines, do it at the comparable price or higher as Windows gaming rigs.

So not sure if it would generate any considerable profit.

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Re:Ataribox will be an open, Linux-based console priced star... by merlijn_s on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @10:01AM (#15347856)
It's not about steam machines, it's about the game catalogue. Steam has 3000+ titles on Linux and the Steam runtime takes away a lot of the pain of developing for Linux.
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Re:Ataribox will be an open, Linux-based console priced star... by pjmlp on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @10:20AM (#15348013)
A small portion of the games that actually matter to most avid gamers, quantity is not all.
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