my friend has one and says it’s an amazing machine but the controls take some getting used to since most games aren’t made for its controls

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i dont have a steam deck or a steam machine (dont think the latter is out yet but i could be wrong) but the steam machine is basically a pc thats built to be used as a console if that makes sense. like it will have a steam OS and you can probably only access steam games on it, its small so its convenient to use with a tv, but in terms of hardware it will be more pc-adjacent. its more powerful so it will be much more expensive than a ps5 for example

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Theyre good, but they are technically finicky. Its like a windows PC as a console. If you want anything fancy done (outside of simply playing a steam game made for steamdeck), you have to program it yourself

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Build a PC with better specs, run arch-linux as the OS and install steam. The Steam Deck and Steam Machine run a modified version of arch as their OS.

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