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The problem with that one was the OS. But they have proven with the steam deck that these issues are solved. If they can sell this for under 600 eurodollars it could work as a budget option.
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| Posted: Thu, 13th Nov 2025 15:42 Post subject: |
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This definitely needs to be cheaper than a PS5 to succeed.
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| Posted: Thu, 13th Nov 2025 19:06 Post subject: |
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I don't think so. Steam is so much cheaper then ps5 and it has way more titles. If you are on a budget this is the better option. PS5 only offers the exclusives but for the rest it's an inferior product. 600-700 euro isn't bad for a budget gaming PC.
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| Posted: Fri, 14th Nov 2025 13:30 Post subject: |
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https://x.com/Okami13_/status/1989089815837696376?t=i5hoq9d3yfLDinQLNOL75Q&s=19
Hmmmmm
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Nodrim
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| Posted: Fri, 14th Nov 2025 15:25 Post subject: |
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The new steam controller might be the first controller I owned outside of the ones that came with the consoles I bought to play Bloodborne and GoW2.
I'm actually pretty excited for it. I liked Steam Deck's incorporated controller.
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| Posted: Sun, 16th Nov 2025 07:39 Post subject: |
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How would you keep such a title exclusive to the steam machine though?
Best/worst they could do is making only a native linux version without having a windows version.
Still wouldnt make it completly exclusive.
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| Posted: Sun, 16th Nov 2025 18:05 Post subject: |
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They would not in a million years make it exclusive to the Steam Machine.
However they would not in a million years make HL3 anyway. I do truly hope I am wrong though.
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| Posted: Sun, 16th Nov 2025 19:17 Post subject: |
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| lametta wrote: | How would you keep such a title exclusive to the steam machine though?
Best/worst they could do is making only a native linux version without having a windows version.
Still wouldnt make it completly exclusive. |
From that quote alone its not exactly what it's saying. It says it'll launch alongside the console and maybe be specially optimized for it.
But half life 3 aint coming and i dont believe that it is before any proof is presented
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| Posted: Sun, 16th Nov 2025 21:49 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Sun, 16th Nov 2025 22:31 Post subject: |
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Either way, I'd really love to hear someday what really happened behind the scenes at Valve. They had a great engine, great dev teams, then sometime around Left for Dead 2, they simply stopped making games. Yeah, they launched hardware segment, and they had a store to run that was reaping big cash, but certainly not everyone that was behind Half Life franchise, and Portal games just stopped everything and went designing steam store stickers.
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| Posted: Sun, 16th Nov 2025 23:15 Post subject: |
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There is that documentary, but honestly, i dont buy it. I feel they're just making excuses. Personally i think it was a gold rush at valve and they stopped making effort ... which also is weird since they developed other games since.
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| Posted: Sun, 16th Nov 2025 23:47 Post subject: |
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| fawe4 wrote: | No, it is coming. 10h campaign that ties to that VR bs that nobody played and ends on a cliffhanger.  |
Speaking of that, anyone tried this?
https://www.moddb.com/mods/half-life-alyx-novr
If so, is it worth it? Seems janky as fuck 
| boundle (thoughts on cracking AITD) wrote: | | i guess thouth if without a legit key the installation was rolling back we are all fucking then |
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| Posted: Sun, 16th Nov 2025 23:59 Post subject: |
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| Stormwolf wrote: | | There is that documentary, but honestly, i dont buy it. I feel they're just making excuses. Personally i think it was a gold rush at valve and they stopped making effort ... which also is weird since they developed other games since. |
why develop i novative good that might mame some money ic you can copypaste other games ans print money. Reworking cs all the time, dota 2 content updates until it wasnt worth it anymore and that card game that tried to do the same as hearthstone.
they only want games that print money or promote their hw.
at least until now..
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| Posted: Tue, 18th Nov 2025 11:04 Post subject: |
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In 8 hours begins that "conspicuous gap in the official Steam schedule between November 18 and December 8" that some had a lot of hopium for a Half-Life 3 announcement
Probably just a broader announcement of the new steam hardware, maybe even pre-orders
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| Posted: Tue, 18th Nov 2025 11:35 Post subject: |
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HL3 would make sense, imagine the extra exposure, not that it lacks it but it would pump it up some more..
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| Posted: Tue, 18th Nov 2025 12:02 Post subject: |
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And ain't nothing like launching new hardware with a befitting game
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| Posted: Wed, 19th Nov 2025 21:07 Post subject: |
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It's probably going to be 650-700. The top Steam Deck is 680euro.
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| Posted: Sun, 14th Dec 2025 15:40 Post subject: |
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My account is in Argentina for years now, but Steam has converted the currency from ARS to USD at some point. The last time I used a secondary account to transfer a gift card from a "friend" to my main account, but now, I get the following error in the friend account:
| Quote: | | There seems to have been an error initializing or updating your transaction. Please wait a minute and try again or contact support for assistance. |
Since this is a dupe account that only sends gifts to the main account, I don't want to contact support.
How are people buying games from different regions these days?
Thanks
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| Posted: Sun, 14th Dec 2025 15:56 Post subject: |
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This is what i do. Account in India for the last like 7-8 years, can't add cash from that account so i use a "friend" dupe account that is in my country store to send wallet gift cards. I expect this to end at any time so while its working i usually add more than needed just to have some extra to take one last thing in case this last method stops working too.
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Hehe, yeah, that's what I did the last time, but funds are over. It was so long ago, I didn't even remember I used a "friend" account. On your friend account, do you have a game? Mine is completely empty, so maybe this is why it's blocking me now. Or they implemented a lock and it is no longer possible to send gift cards.
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| Posted: Sun, 14th Dec 2025 16:05 Post subject: |
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| LeoNatan wrote: | | Hehe, yeah, that's what I did the last time, but funds are over. It was so long ago, I didn't even remember I used a "friend" account. On your friend account, do you have a game? Mine is completely empty, so maybe this is why it's blocking me now. Or they implemented a lock and it is no longer possible to send gift cards. |
Yes i do have a game purchased there. Was able to send 50euro gift card just now. So it might require having spent something like 5 euro in store.
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| Posted: Sun, 14th Dec 2025 16:09 Post subject: |
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I bought the lowest gift card for myself (the friend account). It said "purchase will be reviewed shortly"  Let's see if I can then transfer the same amount of gift card to the other account.
| Quote: | This purchase is pending while Steam attempts to collect payment.
When this purchase completes and Steam collects payment, Steam will email you a receipt and the product will be added to your library.
If the purchase should fail, Steam will email you a link that will let you try your purchase (with the discount) again for up to 72 hours. |
But I got the SMS for them charging already.
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tonizito
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| Posted: Sun, 14th Dec 2025 16:30 Post subject: |
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Regular 'merican gift cards from eneba or any other online store do the trick, I'm still in pampas country too.
| boundle (thoughts on cracking AITD) wrote: | | i guess thouth if without a legit key the installation was rolling back we are all fucking then |
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| Posted: Sun, 14th Dec 2025 17:14 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Sun, 14th Dec 2025 17:23 Post subject: |
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Funds in my friend account went in, but still can't send a gift card.
@tonizito So the US gift cards work?
That eneba link says $56.72 for 50$ card. Or do you buy from one of the stores at the bottom? How reliable are those?
I usually buy US gift cards from offgamers.com, but for Steam, it's $52.56 for $50. If needed, I'll just buy from there.
Thanks guys!
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tonizito
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| Posted: Sun, 14th Dec 2025 20:25 Post subject: |
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| LeoNatan wrote: | Funds in my friend account went in, but still can't send a gift card.
@tonizito So the US gift cards work?
That eneba link says $56.72 for 50$ card. Or do you buy from one of the stores at the bottom? How reliable are those?
I usually buy US gift cards from offgamers.com, but for Steam, it's $52.56 for $50. If needed, I'll just buy from there.
Thanks guys! |
Yeah, used the US minimum amount card you could buy from Eneba as a test a few years back, worked like a charm so used those since then. Never had any problems. Completely forgot about checking the store around black friday to see if they had any promo, but maybe they'll get something going closer to xmas. Guess from now on I'll also check that offgamers.com store too, nice.
Guess it works for the Turkish store too 
| boundle (thoughts on cracking AITD) wrote: | | i guess thouth if without a legit key the installation was rolling back we are all fucking then |
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I think they converted both Turkieyie and Arg stores to USD at some point.
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that's going to be difficult to sell if it's anywhere near 650+
