{"id":413,"date":"2026-07-03T00:08:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T00:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aimoneylab.ai\/?p=413"},"modified":"2026-07-03T00:08:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T00:08:24","slug":"former-playstation-exec-is-less-than-impressed-with-steam-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aimoneylab.ai\/?p=413","title":{"rendered":"Former PlayStation Exec Is Less Than Impressed With Steam Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Steam Machine is slowly making its way into the wild, with some folks getting their hands on Valve&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/steam-machine-is-not-a-console-valve-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not-a-console console<\/a>. One of those people is former SIE Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida, who called the device &#8220;meh&#8221; in some recent social media comments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yoshida <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/yosp\/status\/2072582164898787363\">took to X on July 2<\/a> to give his early impressions of the Steam Machine. In a long post, he not only called its performance &#8220;meh,&#8221; but he also said that it&#8217;s &#8220;hard to recommend&#8221; because of its high price tag.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-x\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thoughts after a few hours of playing with Steam Machine.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; 3D performance is just\u2026meh.<br \/>&#8211; The system recommends to default to 1080p &#8211; am I going back to PS4 days?<br \/>&#8211; Some games take a looooooong time to boot, what is it doing?<br \/>&#8211; System UI is easy to use.<br \/>&#8211; Being able to boot up\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qQL93AALpZ\">pic.twitter.com\/qQL93AALpZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shuhei Yoshida (@yosp) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/yosp\/status\/2072582164898787363?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 2, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The system recommends to default to 1080p&#8211;am I going back to PS4 days?&#8221; Yoshida pondered. &#8220;Some games take a looooooong time to boot. What is it doing?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He clarified that he&#8217;d only been playing it for &#8220;a few hours&#8221;&#8211;he posted his thoughts in the early morning on July 2&#8211;but ultimately concluded that the device just doesn&#8217;t live up to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/the-internet-has-some-thoughts-on-the-steam-machines-1000-price\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">its $1,000+ retail price<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s not all bad for Yoshida, though. He <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/yosp\/status\/2072582535847313898\">did say<\/a> that the Steam Machine&#8217;s &#8220;small form factor and quietness&#8221; are good while commending the device&#8217;s changeable faceplate, easy-to-use UI, and the ability to play Steam games on the living room TV. That last fact alone makes it &#8220;reason enough&#8221; to keep the Steam Machine, but these features appear to be where the positives end for now, as overall, Yoshida just isn&#8217;t quite buying what Valve is selling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Steam Machine has begun shipping out to folks following its June 29 launch. It&#8217;s very possible, though, that you may have to wait a while for yours, especially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/steam-machine-preorder-emails-are-super-confusing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">considering how confusing the preorder emails Valve started sending out were<\/a>. You could always check out eBay, but be warned: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/steam-machine-preorders-are-about-to-begin-so-of-course-theyre-already-on-ebay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You&#8217;ll likely pay double the price<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Steam Machine is slowly making its way into the wild, with some folks getting their hands on Valve&#8217;s not-a-console console. One of those people is former SIE Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida, who called the device &#8220;meh&#8221; in some recent social media comments. 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