What part of the steam machine page shows a controller as the default mode?
What do you mean? The entire operating system of it starts up in Game Mode, which is primarily designed and used by game controller. The same as on the Steam Deck. Steam Machine is primarily a console like experience, that’s the point of it. You can switch to desktop mode or you can install games that require keyboard or mouse, just like on a docked Steam Deck in example (or on a Xbox console…). But you can’t expect this as the default.
Now at this point it is a bit speculation how this will pan out. We don’t know how Valve will handle this. I can definitely see your argumentation and it makes sense. But at the moment this is still an open question. BTW I don’t trust IGN much…
What do you mean? The entire operating system of it starts up in Game Mode, which is primarily designed and used by game controller. The same as on the Steam Deck. Steam Machine is primarily a console like experience, that’s the point of it. You can switch to desktop mode or you can install games that require keyboard or mouse, just like on a docked Steam Deck in example (or on a Xbox console…). But you can’t expect this as the default.
Now at this point it is a bit speculation how this will pan out. We don’t know how Valve will handle this. I can definitely see your argumentation and it makes sense. But at the moment this is still an open question. BTW I don’t trust IGN much…