Steam Boxes using Steam OS announced

[Bluecast]

http://www.joystiq.com/2013/09/27/valve ... ontroller/


So just like gaming on a ipad

[Crimson Ryan]

Looks very uncomfortable to hold..

[Mitsuzuki]

I wouldn't count this thing out. My spidey sense tells me it has potential. Not like the Ouya which was a dumb idea in the first place and landed with an audible thud.

[ShenmueTree]

http://www.joystiq.com/2013/09/27/valve ... ontroller/


So just like gaming on a ipad

It's NOTHING like gaming on the ipad. https://twitter.com/chrisremo

He has used it and says the trackpads feel exactly like psychical mechanical devices.

The thing has the highest resolution trackpads in any device, that can even produce sound, and even textures. It has haptic feedback to provide resistance, force, frequency, etc. Come on, how anyone can compare this to a touchscreen game is beyound me. Need analog sticks? The developers can create virtual analog sticks that react like psychical objects.

[Bluecast]

A virtual representation of analog just can't replace actual analog IMO.

[Raithos]

I won't deny I am very eager to try the gamepad, but it looks very uncomfortable. On top of that it looks to have lost functionality versus normal controllers. I mean there is good reason why the basic design of a control hasn't changed in the past 20+ years. Where are the face buttons? Imagine playing an FPS on this thing (Valves bread and butter), Right off the bat you are missing the buttons than on console normally switch weapons, jump, reload, melee (depending on your layout), enter/exit vehicles, switch kits, arm mcoms in bf3, defuse in CoD. On top of that your normally click the left stick in to sprint (shift on PC) and to do that on this control you have to take you finger off the pad. It just screams fail to me lol.

And you have to understand I game mainly on PC these days. If it was not for JRPG's and top notch exclusives from Nintendo and Sony, my console days would have been done after the DC/PS2. So of all people I want to see Valve succeed, but I just do not see what they are going for here.

[Kaven]

I want to get my hands on the controller. It might have potential, but it does seem kind of odd. Not sure how it'll work without the mechanical resistance of an analog stick trying to recenter itself.

Since Steamboxes are coming from multiple manufacturers, Sega should make one. Just because.

[Bluecast]

I want to get my hands on the controller. It might have potential, but it does seem kind of odd. Not sure how it'll work without the mechanical resistance of an analog stick trying to recenter itself.

Since Steamboxes are coming from multiple manufacturers, Sega should make one. Just because.

DreamSteam?

[ShenmueTree]

Different reactions. Mostly positive.

https://twitter.com/dejobaan
https://twitter.com/chrisremo
http://kotaku.com/valves-controller-...pre-1415579308
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/2..._they_said.php
http://tommyrefenes.tumblr.com/post/...eam-controller

[Crimson Ryan]

I'd be interested in dual booting SteamOS if I had a gaming laptop. I go to a BYO gaming LAN event every few months. I bet something like that would spread like wild fire.

[mrslig100]

HERE IT IS
OUR 3RD ANNOUNCMENT!!!!!
ITS THE ONE OR SHOULD I SAY THREE YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR
CONTROLLERSFORTEHSTEAMBOX111111

[Bluecast]

I'd be interested in dual booting SteamOS if I had a gaming laptop. I go to a BYO gaming LAN event every few months. I bet something like that would spread like wild fire.

In case you're curious what SteamOS is like. . Might be just me but reminds me a lot of Windows media Centers and functions similarly.

[ShenmueTree]

That's not SteamOS, that's big picture mode on Steam. SteamOS isn't just a UI, it's an actual Linux OS and can do everything other OSes do and is also open source, and extremely customizable. Windows Media Center is shit and is about as customizable as toothpick. Sure, there are plugins but they're clunky and just a hell to deal with.

[AnimeGamer183]

I never understood the steam name, or its logo, it looks like gears and pullies, wtf does that have to do with steam? Some power plant or something?

[Bluecast]

I never understood the steam name, or its logo, it looks like gears and pullies, wtf does that have to do with steam? Some power plant or something?

Steam used to run trains and the gear shown is a gear that would churn the wheel of a train.
Why did they choose a Train and Steam to represent a games company? Well even I am too lazy to google it for you.