Well, as above, the chances are that if you really wanted a Steam Link, the only option for you to get one now would be in the semi-murky waters of 2nd hand retailers. The truth is that it’s probably better! Why? Well, apparently not, a user on the Steam Forums has shown a way in which you can get a Raspberry Pi to operate exactly as a Steam Link. With the product now officially removed from Steam, if you didn’t buy one, but wanted one, you may feel that you have missed out. It was, after all, no surprise to regularly see it heavily discounted in sales. Despite it only having released about 3 years ago, the device (which was actually pretty decent) simply failed to catch on with consumers. And of course, the Raspberry Pi has a bunch of uses beyond being a game streaming box, too.Towards the end of November, Valve decided that it was finally time to put an end to the Steam Link.

And voilà, you've got a fully functional DIY Steam Link box, easy to connect with a range of gamepads and at $35 probably a lot cheaper than upgrading your router for stutter-free gameplay. Just make sure you're running the 'Stretch' version of Pi's OS (which has been default anyway since August 2017) and drop in a few lines ( here).

On Monday, Valve's Sam Lantinga announced that the Steam Link app is now available in beta form on the Raspberry Pi 3 and 3 B+. Valve, however, is offering an alternative, and it comes in the form of Raspberry Pi. The Steam Link app continues to live on in mobile devices and smart TVs, so it's not the end of days, but this doesn't offer the same latency-mitigating clout as Ethernet-wired hardware. The simple black micro PCs designed to let you play games in the living room - or anywhere else in the house away from your gaming rig - is sold out everywhere and it seems Valve has no plans to produce more.

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