8 Reasons The Steam Machine Will Destroy The Xbox One And PS4

8. It'll Launch With Over 1,500 Games

The Steam Machine launch line-up will dwarf that of any console in history, and will in fact be bigger than the current games libraries of the PS4 and Xbox One, a couple of years on from their launches. Now, there is a caveat here. Most of these titles won't be new games, and are an amalgamation of all Linux-compatible Steam games that have come out since Steam's inception back in 2007. But what's impressive is the increase in Linux-compatible games since SteamOS - the Linux-based operating system that Steam Machines run on - was launched. In October 2014, there were around 700 compatible games, while now there are around 1500. So in a single year, Linux uptake of Steam games has more than doubled, whereas before only 700 Linux-compatible games were launched on Steam in seven years. This is a promising tangent, and suggests that Valve has the gravitas to push games developers towards the Linux platform. The arrival of Steam Machines should further accelerate the uptake of Linux-compatible games.