Posted: 12/9/2012 1:18:39 AM EDT
http://www.theverge.com/2012/12/8/3744314/gabe-newell-valve-console-living-room-steam-box
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Quoted: Consoles are for children. I think you're ignoring the fact that the personal computing world is shifting to a thin client model. Cloud SAAS Online Content Delivery All are harbingers of the future. The personal computer that contains hardware and a true OS will be gone sooner than you think. All that will remain are consoles, network routing devices, and super-servers. |
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Quoted: It will be another walled garden system. Even more so then stream on Windows. I really can't see the benefit of this unless its under $200. (being using steam since Half-life 2). If Valve doesn't charge shit loads of money for the SDK or charge a patch release fee (Like some companies do today) it will draw more developers to the platform. More developers mean more games. Lack of bullshit fees means games should be cheaper. |
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I built a HTPC with a gtx 670 a couple months ago so I won't be needing this, glad to see it is coming out though. The more people that jump on steam the better. I used to HATE steam back in the day, I even got one of my accounts hacked and had no recourse. For that I despised steam for the longest time. Over the last few years I've gone full circle. Now when I buy a game and it DOESN'T link to my steam account I get pissed and moan about how I have to keep my game discs and CD keys around to play the game in the future. 
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Quoted: Isn't there an android based console coming out within the next few months as well? Yeah, the Ouya console: http://www.ouya.tv/ |
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I built a HTPC with a gtx 670 a couple months ago so I won't be needing this, glad to see it is coming out though. The more people that jump on steam the better. I used to HATE steam back in the day, I even got one of my accounts hacked and had no recourse. For that I despised steam for the longest time. Over the last few years I've gone full circle. Now when I buy a game and it DOESN'T link to my steam account I get pissed and moan about how I have to keep my game discs and CD keys around to play the game in the future. I bought HL2 when I was in Afghanistan and the disc got lost in a move. Steam locked me out for some reason and Valve refused to reply to my emails. Suddenly unable to play the game I bought. Fuck Valve and fuck Steam. |