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Re:Steam Machine today, Steam Phones tomorrow (Windows Gamin... by sheepscreek on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @05:39PM (#46141255)
Your argument doesn’t make any sense. What does this have to do with supporting Arm chips? It’s not like AMD and Intel are waging a war against Valve. If anything Steam helps them by strengthening the PC gaming market, leading to higher CPU/GPU sales.
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Re:Steam Machine today, Steam Phones tomorrow (Windows Gamin... by lallysingh on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @05:49PM (#46141359)
Slowly getting their stuff independent of wintel gives a lot of flexibility. And the big gaming market's on phones / tablets. A steam controller could find itself paired to an iPad running steam in a year or two.
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Re:Steam Machine today, Steam Phones tomorrow (Windows Gamin... by Miraste on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @07:57PM (#46142488)
We're too far into the grip of monopolies for that. Apple would never let a full version of Steam run on iPads. Google wouldn't either.

I think more ARM Valve hardware is likely.

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Re:Steam Machine today, Steam Phones tomorrow (Windows Gamin... by sheepscreek on Thursday December 04, 2025 @02:52AM (#46144904)
The only play I see here is a legitimate Valve console to take on XBOX and Sony. Plus Arm on a Steam Deck would improve the battery life considerably (assuming they are able to integrate with some powerful GPU solution).
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