Valve's Steam Link is one dollar (in a $9 bundle) right now - Sensationalist Headlines

[QUOTE=Conro101;52799755]I really want to just burn the $15 but I'd only really use it to play cuphead with my dad and the idea that it might be obsolete very soon is annoying[/QUOTE] I wouldn't really let the future product idea get to you because IF there is a Steam Link 2 coming out, it sure as hell isn't going to be (technically) a dollar for a while.

[QUOTE=Wii60;52799367]if you dont hardwire your steam link don't buy one. the wifi card is shit also dont be shocked if they are doing this and then in november you see the steam link 4k.[/QUOTE] What? I use it in the other end of my house and it works pretty smoothly most of the time.

This was entirely worth the money

Well I ordered one. I don’t even have an hdmi monitor, it’s just gonna sit in a box until I move somewhere else and get a TV.

[QUOTE=Cock Boner;52799697]What? The Wifi card is fine. I have it in a part of my house where basically everything else gets shitty wifi on 5GHz AC due to distance and it still has nearly no input delay streaming at 1080p60fps.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Durrsly;52799828]What? I use it in the other end of my house and it works pretty smoothly most of the time.[/QUOTE] when it came out everyone was complaining the wifi made the delay worse and quality was weird but hardwiring showed zero issues. [url]https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/02/17/have-you-played-with-a-steam-link/[/url] [QUOTE]If you’re at all interested in a Steam Link, or Steam Home Streaming in general, be aware that you will almost certainly experience poor results if you try and play it over a wireless connection. What’s happening is that your PC is turning the game into a video stream on the fly, and as such it transmitting vast amounts of data constantly. You need a super-fast connection for that, and right now only a hard-wired ethernet cable can achieve that. Use a cable and the experience is so much better – a infinitely crisper picture, less lag, almost no sudden spikes or collapse into a mess of smeary shapes. And the Steam Link provides a mostly elegant Steam Big Picture UI for it too. When it works, it feels as though in-home streaming is a solved problem. When it doesn’t work, which is usually over wifi, it feels as though we’re light-years away from getting it right. These things are ace, but use a cable. Even if it means drilling. Trust me.[/QUOTE] [url]http://blog.patshead.com/2017/01/six-months-with-the-steam-link.html[/url] [QUOTE]Does the Steam Link work over Wi-Fi? Yes, it does, but not particularly well. If you’re going to stream your games over Wi-Fi, things will go a lot smoother if one end of the connection uses a wired connection instead of Wi-Fi. If both ends are on Wi-Fi, you’re cutting your bandwidth in half—every packet will go from the PC to your Wi-Fi access point, then from your access point to the Link. When I added a Steam Link to the TV in the living room, I tried streaming games over my old 802.11a access point. It worked better than I expected, but I had to limit the resolution to 720p. Even then, Steam’s In-Home Streaming often turns the bandwidth down, and the quality of the stream suffers. The overall latency was closer to 30ms, but I was able to play some Rocket League in the living room![/QUOTE] [url]https://www.engadget.com/2015/10/15/valves-steam-link-review/[/url] [QUOTE]What if my router wasn't so close to both my television and my gaming rig? I'd have to use WiFi. So I did. I noticed an immediate difference. Removing the Link from my physical network and connecting over 2.4GHz WiFi didn't seem to change the frame rate of Steam's video feed, but it had a definite effect on audio and visual quality. It was still a playable experience, but every now and then the game's audio would stutter, or the stream would hang for a brief moment. The graphics also seemed to suffer a little color fidelity, like a faded wash of video artifacting was always threatening to pop up. Upgrading to my router's 5GHz connection helped a little, but the experience still wasn't on par with what I saw over Ethernet. It wasn't bad, per se -- it just wasn't as good.[/QUOTE] i have mine hardwired and i never tested wifi myself so i never could confirm it. but everything i read basically says wifi a shit edit: oh yeah, even on the steam link store page [t]https://i.imgur.com/zGhJlRh.png[/t]

Mine is hardwired, but my main issue is controllers. I bought it for couch gaming with friends and it has so many issues with accepting multiple controllers and will frequently drop connections to any of the controllers at random, all wired. It also has issues with games from any other online store. I hope NVIDIA makes a cheaper version of the Shield TV that has their direct streaming capability, seems way more efficient and effective. Can't say I recommend it, but for $8 you'll probably get enough use out of it.

Had too many issues with the steam link. Bought an Nvidia streamer instead, issues as well but less. My main problem was the lack of support on non-steam games which varies a lot.

[QUOTE=Reagy;52798079]Yeah no that's not even close. £7.40 is almost $10, we're paying a £2 premium over anyone in the US. Europe gets shafted on shipping and product price again.[/QUOTE] £7.40 is about €8.20 but shipping to the Netherlands costs €8.80, shafted even harder :v:

[QUOTE=Reagy;52798060][img]http://horobox.co.uk/u/reag/2017-10-19_23-43-19.png[/img] Fuck me Valve, do they not have regional stores of these? Only reason for that shipping price would be due to it coming from the US.[/QUOTE] What? When I went to check shipping cost for it, the price overall was £12

Shipping cost here in Germany would bring it up to like 17€ total. Half of that is the bundle, the other shipping.

Y'all complaining about 7 Dollar shipping, meanwhile it's 14 Euro to ship to Ireland which sums it up to 23 Euro. I have steam link already, I like it and tbh I've never had a single issue with it.

Honestly what confuses me most is the game bundled alongside it.

I remember paying 70 bucks for this a few months back, fuck me I guess

Was thinking of buying a steam link two weeks ago, glad I waited it out, I originally wanted to wait for Christmas sales but this is even better :v: Let's just hope Valve doesn't pull out last second

14€ shipping, holy fuck

[QUOTE=yellowoboe;52800485]Honestly what confuses me most is the game bundled alongside it.[/QUOTE] Yeah this is def the weirdest part about it, these devs got lucky as fuck that so many people are buying their game just to get a Steam Link for cheap. Even if they never play it, the devs still profit from it.

[QUOTE=Reagy;52798079]Yeah no that's not even close. £7.40 is almost $10, we're paying a £2 premium over anyone in the US. Europe gets shafted on shipping and product price again.[/QUOTE] Valve has a Storage in Poland. All the HTC Vive for Europe are coming from there.

Not available for Aussies? :'(

So what about the game it's bundled with, is it good? Reviews seem to indicate as much, at least.

I think the Zaibatsu played it (Best Friends Play) and the general consensus is that it's fine. I'm tempted to try this deal, but 90% of the games I play are RTS games which I doubt can be playable on console controllers.

This deal isn't even available in my country ICEY is.. alright. Combat's nothing to write home about, and the story feels forced as heck.

Why the fuck not, I'm always looking into cheap gadgets.

$1 for a box steam but valve you don't exactly it's a switch so I think I save anyway

[QUOTE=Sockpuppetss;52801026]$1 for a box steam but valve you don't exactly it's a switch so I think I save anyway[/QUOTE] Are you okay? Did you just have a stroke? Should I call an ambulance?

[QUOTE=Trekintosh;52801053]Are you okay? Did you just have a stroke? Should I call an ambulance?[/QUOTE] Monthly reminder that Sockpuppetss always writes like that, Big Dumb American got info somewhere that he legit has some sort of disorder or something like that.

imho the problem of the device is slow LAN, WLAN and getting relatively old (only 1080p only 60fps) i'm still unsure about the issues with various USB devices (it wasn't exactly pnp friendly at start) and the amount of apps was quite limited or pain to find (via something like LINK-APPS workshop page)

[QUOTE=yellowoboe;52800485]Honestly what confuses me most is the game bundled alongside it.[/QUOTE] You'd think they would've included a walking sim or something that didn't require many timely inputs.

You can plug a mouse and keyboard into a steam link guys

[QUOTE=scratch (nl);52800370]£7.40 is about €8.20 but shipping to the Netherlands costs €8.80, shafted even harder :v:[/QUOTE] The funny part is that it ships from Tilburg, Netherlands. I live like 1 hour from there and I still get that price.

[QUOTE=Socram;52802648]You can plug a mouse and keyboard into a steam link guys[/QUOTE] So you're telling me I can hook it up to my computer monitor and play Steam games at my computer desk? With the normal peripherals?