Hey, remember when we all thought we were getting a *great deal* on the Steam Link? It's $8.69 now.

[Destruya]

http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/5025/ICEY__Steam_Link_Bundle/

Steam knew they were going to do this, so they unloaded them for ~$15-20 before. I've no clue if the game they're bundling with it is worth it, but hey. As said below, S&H kind of 'kills' the deal - or at least brings it in line with what the last sale price was.

Sale ends on 10/21 @ 10am PDT.

 

[Grimham]

Plus $7.99 shipping and handling. At least that's what came up for me.

 

[Liquid_Static]

Shipping prices tho...

 

[Deleted member 88227]

$7.99 S&H for me also.

 

[MavericK]

You also get that ICEY game, which looks pretty cool.

I've been playing Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice over the Steam Link with one of those Bluetooth XB1 controllers...works great, a little bit of input latency but nothing major.

 

[Archaea]

These work exceptional -- I only have a 4-6ms of lag over my wifi when using this up two floors from my AC3100 router.

Thing is - I don't really use it. I thought I would - but if I'm going to play games I just sit down in front of the PC.

Even so --- this is a heck of a deal!

 

[htpc_user]

I wish they would do something to it to make it more than just a game extender. Every time I see a deal on these I think I want it...but then I'm like, "For what?".

 

[6foot4geek]

Every time I see a deal on these I think I want it...but then I'm like, "For what?".

I think the same thing.... but bought it anyway

 

[Makeroflostsouls]

Bought one to use in my theater to see how well it works. Thanks OP

 

[Nostram]

I want one but have a separate computer (Phenom II x4 w/750ti) hooked up to my TV and just don't see the benefit for me. At this price I just might go ahead with it though. Anyone with a similar situation pick one up and actually end up using it over the PC?

 

[Kuurus]

 

[Nebulous]

I still got a Steam Link still sealed BNIB collecting dust. It's been moved from the closet, to the dining table, to my desk, to the window sill and back into the closet shelf to collect more dust. I have no clue why I even bought it

 

[Destruya]

I keep waiting for every Steam member to get a Steam Link...

...right before they advertise the new Steam Link 4K.

 

[Flogger23m]

Haven't looked into these much. Can I use this to stream to a laptop from my desktop? Or is it only for TVs?

 

[noclevername]

Haven't looked into these much. Can I use this to stream to a laptop from my desktop? Or is it only for TVs?

If you have HDMI input on your monitor. I would assume no but not sure.

 

[rhansen5_99]

I got one what the heck. As for if you have a laptop as long as your vid card does h264 acceleration I think running the steam client and streaming through that is probably about the same thing.

 

[BigJayDogg3]

Haven't looked into these much. Can I use this to stream to a laptop from my desktop? Or is it only for TVs?

Fairly certain in home streaming works without separate hardware. You just need the Steam client installed and set up.

 

[Criticalhitkoala]

If steam has a sale always check game stop also. They tend to match or decrease their price also.

 

[geniekid]

The deal on the game itself is pretty good too. Not the longest game (took me less than 10 hours to complete and around 20 hours to unlock all achievements), but the combat feels good and the narration is hilarious. I encourage any one thinking of trying it out to play with English subtitles and the original Chinese audio.

 

[Pringle]

Love the Link. Simple, quick setup and works flawlessly.

 

[NickJames]

I wish they would do something to it to make it more than just a game extender. Every time I see a deal on these I think I want it...but then I'm like, "For what?".

I think Steam is trying to expand into too many markets at once. They've been trying to get movie and TV streams going but it's so obscure no one pays attention to that section. They should just go ahead and support some of the popular ones like Amazon, Netflix, Youtube. Make it a multi streaming device.

 

[beyonddc]

I actually like the Steam Link a lot. My main computer is in the basement so often time I play computer games in my living room on the first floor, usually RPG games that are fully compatible with controller. I do run ethernet wire from my basement to my living room so connection speed is never an issue.

The only thing I don't like is that I need to disable the computer from locking itself automatically in Windows 10 settings.

 

[FrozenSteel]

In for one just to see if I can hack it...

 

[Flogger23m]

Fairly certain in home streaming works without separate hardware. You just need the Steam client installed and set up.

So I don't even need Steam Link to play games off my desktop with my laptop? Didn't know that. It is tempting to pick one of these up anyways, but I literally have no use for it if that is the case.

 

[Wine]

So I don't even need Steam Link to play games off my desktop with my laptop? Didn't know that. It is tempting to pick one of these up anyways, but I literally have no use for it if that is the case.

Steam in-home streaming works onpretty much anything you can install steam on, it also works on most android devices running an app called Remotr.