- cross-posted to:
- steam@lemmy.ml
- cross-posted to:
- steam@lemmy.ml
Filed just yesterday, September 2nd 2025.
STEAM FRAME™ trademark registration is intended to cover the categories of computer hardware; computer networking hardware; computer peripherals; computer hardware and computer software for the reproduction, processing, and streaming of audio, video, data, text, and multimedia content.
https://uspto.report/TM/99370857
STEAM FRAME™ trademark registration is intended to cover the categories of computer game consoles for recreational game playing; video game consoles; video game accessories, namely, controllers for video games.
I am hoping this ends up being a PC hardware ecosystem, where each component is a cartridge or LEGO brick. Just pull out the power supply, RAM, GPU, or CPU, and slot in another, without worrying about breaking something or technical details. No need to dig your paws into the flesh of the machine and hope your rocket surgery skills are up to the task.
So… a PC?
They really are close to plug and play. You need to know that parts are compatible, but that’s true for anything.
No, a PC ecosystem where all the parts are shrouded and there are no wires to futz with.
It isn’t unrealistic - the original Starfox and Yoshi’s Island games were on cartridges, which included 3D acceleration (Super FX) hardware that increased the performance over the standard SNES. For the player to use it, all they had to do was just insert the cart into the SNES and start playing. The Nintendo 64 also had RAM expansion Paks that plugged into the machine, doubling the RAM to a massive 8 megabytes, in less than 10 seconds.
Serious question: Have you ever built a PC?
Because it really isn’t rocket appliances. I would venture your average 12 year old could do it, and has done it given a YouTube tutorial.
All of the connectors only fit one way, and they are all uniquely shaped/sized.
More expensive, Proprietary hardware, sounds like a nightmare for all involved.
I can tell you without a doubt the average 12 year old is most likely unable to even install windows…they don’t know how to use computers anymore like people born in the 80s early 90s learned to use and fix them.
The only way they could make a PC more modular without making more proprietary is to use laptop expansion ports or USB C expansion ports.