{"id":1624100,"date":"2026-07-02T10:10:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T10:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fY6yiQjoueK3DNuavVFtCB"},"modified":"2026-07-02T10:10:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T10:10:41","slug":"meh-ex-playstation-president-shuhei-yoshida-weighs-in-on-valves-steam-machine-after-a-few-hours-with-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/meh-ex-playstation-president-shuhei-yoshida-weighs-in-on-valves-steam-machine-after-a-few-hours-with-it\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Meh’: Ex-PlayStation president Shuhei Yoshida weighs in on Valve’s Steam Machine after a few hours with it"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Previously serving as the president of SIE Worldwide Studios for Sony and then becoming the head of PlayStation Indies in 2019, Shuhei Yoshida retired last year. He has since taken to giving industry analysis over on X. With the Steam Machine<\/a> and its mighty price tag serving as a big discussion point, Yoshida has had a couple of hours with the machine. So far, he doesn’t seem mighty impressed. <\/p>\n

Yoshida<\/a> recently said on X, “3D performance is just\u2026meh”, going on to add, “The system recommends to default to 1080p\u2014am I going back to PS4 days?”<\/p>\n

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Thoughts after a few hours of playing with Steam Machine.- 3D performance is just\u2026meh.- The system recommends to default to 1080p – am I going back to PS4 days?- Some games take a looooooong time to boot, what is it doing?- System UI is easy to use.- Being able to boot up\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/qQL93AALpZJuly 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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This middling performance is something our Andy said of the device in his review. We saw performance sitting at significantly less than even comparably priced mini PCs, with the Atomman G1 Pro<\/a> handily beating it. The Steam Machine’s RDNA 3-era graphics hardware seems to particularly struggle with ray tracing, but it’s not particularly pretty across the board when you consider the price. <\/p>\n

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