My initial thought is definitely yes for the Steam Machine, and maybe yes for the Steam Frame.

All devices are Valve made hardware running steamOS, so I would think a lot of the discussions/content would apply to Steam Deck. This also isn’t a super busy community, so I wouldn’t be that worried about Steam Deck specific content getting buried.

The Steam Frame is a bit more iffy than the Steam Machine though, there’s a lot of experience differences between the Deck/Machine and a VR device, so there will be larger differences. Also the Frame has ARM hardware and has to use an additional x86 to ARM compatibility layer for games running on it, so we’ll probably see some unique compatibility bugs for it.

Overall though I just want to hear everyone else’s opinions on it.

  • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
    5·
    22 days ago

    No, I think they should have their own communities, and someone should add a steam hardware community, for those interested in all of it, as well as the general trajectory of Steam hardware and ecosystem (if you can call it that).

    • [deleted]@piefed.worldEnglish
      14·
      22 days ago

      Spreading converstion to many different communities only makes sense if one community is oversaturated with content.

      • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
        33·
        22 days ago

        No, it makes sense if the content of the community doesn’t fit the name of the community. There should be places where people can go to learn more about a specific product without having to sift through a waterfall of irrelevant information.

        • [deleted]@piefed.worldEnglish
          42·
          22 days ago

          You’ve convinced me! Instead of a general gaming community where people post about games on more then one platform we should have separate communities for the Sega Saturn, Playstation, Playstation 2, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Playstation 5, xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X, Nintendo, SuperNintendo, GameBoy, GameboyColor, NintendoDS…

          Or maybe the name not being perfect is ok since it was started before other stem devices existed? Pretty sure the display name can be changed even if the community address doesn’t.