Valve sells the Link for just $50, or $90 if you want a bundle with the Steam Link and Steam Controller. It's still your PC doing all the heavy lifting.

It's just streaming the video from your gaming PC over 802.11ac Wi-Fi or Ethernet, then outputting it to your TV over HDMI.

The Steam Link runs a customized version of Linux with an ARM v7 processor and just 512MB of RAM. In place of the hardware, Valve says it's focusing on the Steam Link apps.

Valve has announced it won't manufacture any more Steam Link hardware, and stock is almost out (Opens in a new window). The company never talked about specific sales figures, but it can't be a big money maker. Oh, and what games you’re playing on it, especially if they include Cultist Simulator.Īnd to make your Steam Link setup process easier, type rpf.Valve launched the Steam Link in 2015, allowing PC gamers to get their favorite titles on their TVs without running extra-long video cables across the house. Let us know if you’ve tried the Steam Link app on Raspberry Pi, and what you think of it. But in case you’re interested, Cultist Simulator is made by Factory Weather, and there are currently some photos of a tiny kitten on their homepage, so go check it out. “Took less than five minutes before I was investigating strange cults from the comfort of my sofa,” explained Simon, as we all nodded, inwardly judging him a little for his game of choice. He even went so far as to copy and paste the short line of code via a Chromium search for the announcement, instead of typing it in for himself.Īnd then Simon just had to sign into his Steam account and boom, Bob’s your uncle, Sally’s your aunt, the process was complete. It took Simon all of five minutes to get Steam Link up and running on his TV.

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