#254 | Valve Just Beat Xbox To The Punch...

Defining Duke: An Xbox Podcast

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Hobbies, Leisure, Video Games

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🗓️ 16 November 2025

⏱️ 238 minutes

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Summary

Xbox's big bet for bringing PCs to the living room has officially been undercut. This week, Valve announced three (!) different pieces of hardware. First, there is the Steam Machine, which serves as the strongest competitor to consoles. While still very much a PC, the Steam Machine packs a lot of punch for a small device and could be a force if priced well. Second, a brand new VR headset in the Steam Frame. Despite Meta having massive first-party support, Valve has decided to challenge a space that many of us thought was finished growing. Third, and finally, is a Steam Controller. It's horrendous looking and makes the Duke look ergonomic. How does Valve's aggressive hardware plans disrupt Xbox and does any lingering appeal for the PC in the living room by Xbox remain? The Dukes unite and dive straight in. Please keep in mind that our timestamps are approximate, and will often be slightly off due to dynamic ad placement. 0:00:00 - Intro0:08:49 - The Hair Crisis0:13:57 - Halo Infinite support is ending0:21:59 - Former Nintendo President opens up on Xbox and Switch 20:31:59 - State Of Play Japan reactions0:47:15 Arc Raiders is a smash hit0:57:04 - GTA 6 has been delayed1:09:02 - Take Two proves great narrative games sell well1:13:02 - Borderlands 4 sales are soft1:18:58 - Dispatch sells over 1 million copies1:20:47 - Ghost Of Yotei sells over 3 million copies1:23:00 - BioWare and EA recommit to Mass Effect1:42:28 - Marvel 1943: Rise Of Hydra has been delayed1:44:35 - Silent Hill 2’s Xbox release date leaks1:48:42 - Nintendo first party are using game key cards1:51:07 - Square Enix undergoes layoffs and drops new roadmap2:03:02 - Trails In The Sky Remake 2 confirmed for 20262:05:54 - What We’re Playing3:00:07 - Valve announces Steam Machine, Frame, and Controller3:28:55 - Todd Howard interview3:42:30 - Avowed 2 is in the cards, but not Outer Worlds 3? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Salutation, everybody, it is Maddie here today.
0:35.2	And welcome to episode 254 of Defining Duke, a Valve podcast.
0:40.5	We got a PC, y'all, and we're here to talk about it.
0:44.1	As always, I'm joined by my lovely co-host, we always has steam coming off the top of his head.
0:50.1	Steaming.
0:51.0	That's Lord Cognito.
0:52.4	How are you doing today?
0:53.3	Good sir.
0:55.1	Hanging in, hanging in.
1:00.6	A little under the weather. We trained it. Yeah, we traded play. Yeah, I got what you got.
1:07.6	And just a lot of running around. And then I'm just trying to, my goal is just got to get to the birthday weekend. I just got to get to the birthday weekend. That is my sanctuary.
1:12.2	That is my North Star. And I'm just trying to do everything I need to do. What's the plan for
1:17.0	the big day? Nothing major. Surprisingly, surprisingly all I know. Celebrate yourself. I hope you're not
1:22.7	you're not doing that, right? You're not like, I don't matter this year. No, no, not. Okay.
1:27.3	You got to do an unfolded energy. No, no, not, no. Okay. You got to do an unfolded energy, no way?
1:29.5	No, all's folded energy.
1:43.9	No. Yeah, just it's, it's a different kind of a year. It's a weird year because it's like there's a lot of good stuff happening, but then there's a lot of stuff. And a person like, I'm like, ah, stress, drama, you know what I'm saying?
1:44.2	So I said, but keep this one small friends and family, just a very small thing.
1:49.8	So, yeah, so that, yeah, keep it low key, keep a low key and just celebrate and try to have
1:54.0	some fun with those to love you and that kind of thing. But yeah, I'm trying to get, I'm trying
1:58.4	to make it as to make thing like that. Absolutely crazy. But first of all'm trying to get, I'm trying to make it. It's the big thing like that.
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