@supay you think a storage server like that would be better/cheaper than an off the shelf NAS device? (pretty much the same thing at the end of the day I guess)

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I was just thinking: in 2 yrs my htpc will be 7 yrs old, so starting to show a little bit of age. I will probably look at replacing it around then. I have roughly 60tb of local storage that I use constantly (and I mean almost constantly with friends and family streaming stuff from my plex to them) and will probably want to upgrade that storage to around 100tb.

Right now my htpc is just a regular old gigantor pc case stuffed full of wd red spinning drives due to cost and a mid range gpu so my buddy and I can play couch games. That works fine with the current setup, but it really does require a humungo monstrous and loud case to house all the components.

What would a replacement look like that for this that could utilize the steam machine? I'd need some form of 100tb external enclosure? Locally connected via ... something? Or just networked as a nas? Would it suffer performance wise that way? I should research all this.

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welp, that's the end of the cities skylines franchise forever. Sadness. CS1 was so damn good. I played with a friend at his house, and it felt like we were back in 1995 with a crt and playing simcity releasing tornadoes everywhere LOL

I never did play cs2 because the launch was so miserable, I was waiting on the game to become in a more enjoyable less horrible state, and then just eventually gave up and stopped paying any attention. No idea what state the game is in now, but I guess by this news: still horrible?

Sad to see stuff like this happen.

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I'm making a note here.

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What is wrong with me?
Why am I not excited anymore?
When did I lost my passion for gaming?

What has worked for me when I get in this very exactly the same situation (where no games "click" with me and I just wind up putting them down after a tiny bit over and over again) ... I try a different medium. I will pick back up any one of the bazillion scifi books I have on my to-read list, go through 2 or 3 of those and BAM I've got the bigtime itch for a good story heavy turn based rpg. Or start watching a series with my wife (I almost never watch tv normally). Stuff like that. Small breaks always work wonders for me.

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My bet is February next year for the release date announcement.

ok so if I were to wager, then it'll see release sometime around October I bet.

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Check this out, linked below. I feel so bad for any 11th hr employees affected by this nonsense.

Today, Business Korea (as spotted by Eurogamer) reported that the company has “begun offering resignation support to all employees.” Business Korea writes that the resignations would be voluntary, with severance based on years of employment.

https://aftermath.site/lets-see-how-being-ai-first-is-going-for-krafton/ [External Link]

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Have there been any reliable leaks on timing? Are we thinking like a year from now, or maybe even as close as this winter/spring?

If it's a year from now, I think I'll get my friend a framework desktop instead. If it's sooner, I may wait for THE MACHINE!

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any kind of name would be better than Steam Machine LOL ... aka an iron.

I would love to have a Gamecube themed one of these though! And also a skin wrap for the steam controller that changes the controller colors to gc colors!

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I'm tempted, but Ubi has so so so soooooooo lost their way. I can only imagine all the good people left long ago due to corporate enshittification and what's left just .... aren't the best?

Example: Star Wars Outlaws. So extremely frustrating. They absolutely nailed the worldbuilding, art, audio, and then the actual gameplay was a combination of extremely boring plus extremely frustrating. The entire thing felt like it was a game made by a committee of accountant suits who have never actually played a game before.

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