# I Spent a Month With the Steam Machine and it Perfectly Fills the One Gap in My Gaming Habits

> The Steam Machine has been out for a little over a month, and while I spent the first couple of weeks testing it against the PS5 and different graphics cards, I wasn’t sure how or even if it’d fit into my daily…

- **Source:** [Ign](https://www.ign.com/articles/the-steam-machine-is-better-for-me-than-the-ps5-or-xbox-series-x?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a6a6e47c881aa4afa6bbe05)
- **Published:** 2026-07-29
- **Category:** Gaming
- **Tags:** #playstation #xbox #steam
- **Canonical:** http://localhost:4321/a/6a6a6e47c881aa4afa6bbe05

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