

My games were up and running in seconds in 4K and as I moved The Apple TV initially showed a lot of promise. Several of the buttons would quit out of the Steam Link app and back to the home screen! Fortunately I found a workaround and was up and running.Īfer that, Steam launched quickly and my games worked perfectly. In theory that should have been easy and simply involved pressing each button one at a time, but tvOS found itĪnd I was quickly able to navigate the menus, but the Steam Link app insited on being taught the buttons on theĬontroller.

In the App Store, but I did have a little more trouble getting my Xbox One controller to work. Installing the Steam Link app is quite easy as it’s available Game controllers and supports the Steam Link app. I already owned an Apple TV 4K, which as of tvOS 13 allows you to pair I buy most of my PC games on Steam, and it has a product called Steam Link which allows you to stream games from your PC to other devices. Instead, I decided to try out streaming from my home PC to Just for the ability to game on my couch or bed.

I briefly considered building a second gaming PC to attach to one of my TVs, but that’s a considerable cost Home, and sometimes I want to get out of my office and play games on the couch instead of an office chair. PC Gaming is a little more janky than console gaming, as there can be things to mess with like device drivers,īut given the chance I always prefer it. It loads games and levels significantly faster than any home console.

It can do 4K without upscaling techniques like checkerboard rendering. Mine is equipped with a RTX 2080 TI GPU, and a 9900K processor, so it can play pretty much any new game at 4K with a solid 60 fps on high settings.įor any cross platform AAA game, my PC is going to provide a signficantly better experience than the consoles. However, I also have a gaming PC in my office, which is quite powerful compared to any home console PS4 Pro and one has a Nintendo Switch and both are great. I have two 4K TVs at home, one in the bedroom and one in my living room.
