Is Valve Taking On Microsoft? with Steve Burke
Better Offline3 Joulu 2025

Is Valve Taking On Microsoft? with Steve Burke

In this episode, Ed Zitron is joined by Steve Burke of GamersNexus to talk about Valve’s new console-like Steam Machine and Vision Pro-like Steam Frame, and what this means for the future of gaming.

GamersNexus:
Valve Steam Machine, Desktop SteamOS, Steam Frame VR, & Controller | ft. Engineering Discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWUxObt1efQ
Valve Steam Frame Engineering Deep-Dive: Water Cooling, Thermals, Power, Acoustics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NSjvJDe6Ic
Support GamersNexus’ AI Surveillance Dystopia Series: https://store.gamersnexus.net/ai-dystopia
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Steam Machine: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steammachine
Steam Frame: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamframe

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