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Valve may be working on a direct competitor to the Nvidia Shield (www.xda-developers.com)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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[–] kitnaht 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I mean...is it though? I thought they stopped selling the NVidia Shield. So, there isn't exactly any "competition".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They still sell them. They made newer models since, though I have no idea if it's still as popular as it once was.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They haven’t updated the models since 2019 yet still charge the same full price on older chips and parts ($200 for the pro). The value proposition has collapsed especially considering they originally didn’t have ads but now do. So they’re just pocketing profit off the decreased costs since then. Frame-rate switching still doesn’t work right. Meanwhile Apple has eaten their lunch in the premium segment with price-dropped Apple TVs for $50 less which get active feature and hardware updates annually.

So I hope Valve does jump in. I’m doubtful the major streaming services would allow their apps unless Valve locks it down though. Though they could do what Dune-HD does and run Linux in a container and another OS for Android TV in another container or something.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

I wish it was cheaper too but I would argue the value is still there. Yeah I have to run a custom launcher now to truly be ad free but this is still leaps and bounds better than what's built into televisions.