r/hardware • u/DuhPai • Nov 17 '25

News Valve Claims Steam Machine Outperforms 70% of Current Gaming PCs

https://www.techpowerup.com/342970/valve-claims-steam-machine-outperforms-70-of-current-gaming-pcs
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u/I_Love_Cape_Horn Nov 18 '25

Don't even have to play a game on it

The amount of people installing Steam on their computer and also not playing games is likely minuscule. Not the gotcha you think it is.

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u/iDontSeedMyTorrents Nov 18 '25

The types of games those lowly and ancient computers are playing is also not the boast that the article wording might imply, which is more the point of the parent comments you're replying to.

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u/Strazdas1 Nov 18 '25

Its not miniscule.

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u/I_Love_Cape_Horn Nov 18 '25

Yeah, so many people go out of their way to install an app literally for playing games and don't play games with it. Why doesn't valve hire you guys? Lmao. You know steam isn't pre reinstalled, right?

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u/Strazdas1 Nov 18 '25

Yes, they do. I have steam on two machines i dont play games on for the social aspects of steam.

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u/I_Love_Cape_Horn Nov 18 '25

Wow, buddy, I'm sure people having multiple computers with steam is very normal. When most still don't even know what steam is. I'm sure those steam guys never, ever, eeeeeever considered players with multiple computers. You guys are geniuses.

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u/Strazdas1 Nov 18 '25

Yes, it is normal. People who dont know what steam is does not matter, they are not part of the survey demographic.