Steam Machine – Hands On Photos View 9 ImagesPerformance Isn’t EverythingI’ve never really been much of a console gamer. Before the Steam Machine came out, I just kind of stopped playing games on the TV at all. Pretty much all of the daily maintenance for the Steam Machine can be done in ‘Gaming Mode,’ without ever needing to go to the desktop. Over this last weekend, the Steam Machine just kind of fell into its natural place. But I own thousands of games on Steam, many of which don’t even exist on the PS5 or Xbox Series X.