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Valve/nVidia & Square-Enix(?!) Making Consoles

Postby Henry Spencer » Sat Jan 05, 2013 3:42 pm

Valve engineer just let the cat out of the bag:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=506899

The console is being called "Steambox" for now. No idea if that will be the final name for it, or not. This will be a console which hooks up to the digital Steam store.. This will be great for those of us who do not play PC games too much. I'll finally be able to play STALKER and Last Remnant.

The interesting part is that it will be using Linux OS instead of Windows (since Gabe Newell views Windows 8 as a disaster, lol). Supposedly Valve are also working on Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality projects too. Let's see what happens at E3!
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Re: Another Competitor Enters the Ring - Valve Making Consol

Postby Who Really Cares? » Sat Jan 05, 2013 3:53 pm

And now he will have to actually test patches and have some what of a closed system which is one of the things Gabe has moaned about in regards to the 360 and PS3.

Sure the Valve fan boys will cream all over it but Ive always found them over rated and Gabe needs to spend more time on his stuff rather than moaning about everyone else. Also cant help but laugh at all the bitching he did about the PS3 till Sony bent over backwards for him a few years back.
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Re: Another Competitor Enters the Ring - Valve Making Consol

Postby Axm » Sat Jan 05, 2013 5:03 pm

Agreed. Imo Valve makes good stuff but I still find them over rated.
I think a steam box will probably have legs to it but I wont be a buyer.

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Re: Another Competitor Enters the Ring - Valve Making Consol

Postby Thief » Sat Jan 05, 2013 9:10 pm

So none of my Steam games will work with Steambox because of Linux?...
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Re: Another Competitor Enters the Ring - Valve Making Consol

Postby Spokane » Sun Jan 06, 2013 12:37 am

This has been speculation for a few years now. I figured this is what it was when I saw the first part of the topic title.
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Re: Another Competitor Enters the Ring - Valve Making Consol

Postby Segata Sanshiro Jr. » Sun Jan 06, 2013 6:41 am

I prefer making my own PC. no steam box for me.

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Re: Another Competitor Enters the Ring - Valve Making Consol

Postby KiBa » Sun Jan 06, 2013 12:57 pm

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Re: Another Competitor Enters the Ring - Valve Making Consol

Postby Spokane » Sun Jan 06, 2013 7:23 pm

Segata Sanshiro Jr. wrote: I prefer making my own PC. no steam box for me.


Knowing you I think you'd do just as good of a job then they ever could.

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Re: Another Competitor Enters the Ring - Valve Making Consol

Postby Vyse Hazuky » Mon Jan 07, 2013 5:54 am

I was more interested in Ouya, for being developer-oriented and having a low price, but I fear it'll be as riddled with lack of quality games as most other platforms.

The steambox seems irrelevant in the sense that most people that have an HDTV already have a computer as well. Valve seems to have a good business sense but I don't see it here.

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Re: Another Competitor Enters the Ring - Valve Making Consol

Postby MiTT3NZ » Mon Jan 07, 2013 6:07 am

Yeah, I'd be willing to buy an Ouya, no doubt.
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Re: Another Competitor Enters the Ring - Valve Making Consol

Postby Segata Sanshiro Jr. » Mon Jan 07, 2013 8:36 am

Vyse Hazuky wrote: I was more interested in Ouya, for being developer-oriented and having a low price, but I fear it'll be as riddled with lack of quality games as most other platforms.


That's a general thing with Ouya, Shield, iOS and even Steam. I'm cool with freedom and stuff but if the market is saturated, and the people who cover them have no idea whats actually going on, how would the single player know what to play? What they'll enjoy?
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Re: Another Competitor Enters the Ring - Valve Making Consol

Postby shengoro86 » Mon Jan 07, 2013 9:07 am

I think it was inevitable for Valve to make a console.
Steambox is cool, lets just hope that we see Half Life 3 on it.
I would still rather prefer to play on my PC though.
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Re: Another Competitor Enters the Ring - Valve Making Consol

Postby Henry Spencer » Mon Jan 07, 2013 1:42 pm

Ouya, Steambox and now...

nVidia have just announced a handheld game console.

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http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=507099

What the hell is going on? Next thing we know Apple will make a games console too. I also await Philips return (CD-i 2).
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Re: More Competitors - Valve & nVidia Making Consoles

Postby MiTT3NZ » Mon Jan 07, 2013 2:05 pm

nVidia? What the flying fuck?

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Re: More Competitors - Valve & nVidia Making Consoles

Postby Segata Sanshiro Jr. » Mon Jan 07, 2013 2:19 pm

That was my reaction, hopefully won't be too expensive. Also I hate the angle of the screen.

L <-That looks like a really uncomfortable way to play games. In order for the screen to be level yo your eyes the buttons need to be in front of it.
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