▲ 168 ▼ Valve may be working on a direct competitor to the Nvidia Shield (www.xda-developers.com) submitted 2 years ago by Blxter@lemmy.zip to c/steam@lemmy.ml 36 comments fedilink hide all child comments Valve may be developing a "Steam Box" powered by SteamOS The new kernel designed for "AMD Lilac" hints at possible new hardware The device seems more of a competitor for Nvidia Shield than an upcoming Steam Deck 2.
[–] wolfshadowheart@leminal.space 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) The shield is a bit stronger than light gaming. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) No, it isn't. You can install emulators on the shield to play classic roms and you can stream games from your PC or the cloud to it. My laptop does both of those things. Plus I can install some modern games like Hades 2, block ads on every video and music streaming service, and be more in control of where my data goes. I'm pretty sure the only thing the Shield does that my laptop won't is a.i. upscaling which is not an important feature for me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago Most people, when speaking about a gaming device, aren't talking about the ability to play things from 40 years ago that you could run on a smart toaster permalink fedilink source parent [–] moody@lemmings.world 1 point 2 years ago The shield isn't meant as a gaming device, it's a streaming device. I mean you can run games on it, I guess, but it's an Android device and its purpose is to stream from PC to your TV. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) No, it isn't. You can install emulators on the shield to play classic roms and you can stream games from your PC or the cloud to it. My laptop does both of those things. Plus I can install some modern games like Hades 2, block ads on every video and music streaming service, and be more in control of where my data goes. I'm pretty sure the only thing the Shield does that my laptop won't is a.i. upscaling which is not an important feature for me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago Most people, when speaking about a gaming device, aren't talking about the ability to play things from 40 years ago that you could run on a smart toaster permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago Most people, when speaking about a gaming device, aren't talking about the ability to play things from 40 years ago that you could run on a smart toaster permalink fedilink source parent
[–] moody@lemmings.world 1 point 2 years ago The shield isn't meant as a gaming device, it's a streaming device. I mean you can run games on it, I guess, but it's an Android device and its purpose is to stream from PC to your TV. permalink fedilink source parent