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    Poll: So who here's building/getting a steam box?

    if the low-end streaming ones are cheap (say, below $100), i wouldn't mind picking one up. otherwise, no
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    Great video game openings

    Xenogears! It has the type of opening I love, one which is seemingly unrelated to the plot initially, but makes perfect sense towards the end. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSc59wy4aT4
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    Universal gaming devices

    You made some good points. Although when I was talking about driving prices down, I was thinking more about games, much like how competition in the digital downloads arena has resulted in Steam/Amazon/GMG sales. I do feel that the prices ($400-$500) for next gen (PS4/XBox One) are reasonable...
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    Universal gaming devices

    I would argue that to get a "good enough" gaming experience, you certainly do not need an Nvidia Titan. A mid-range card (660 perhaps) will be sufficient. Isn't that exactly why the most successful PC games are Sims, LoL and WOW? Becuz they are hardly resource taxing. If there were a universal...
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    Universal gaming devices

    Interesting. I am quite ignorant about the 3DO. So the idea of a widely-adopted universal standard has been tried and failed. But if Android can succeed in the smartphone arena, perhaps a new gaming standard would stand a chance?
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    Universal gaming devices

    Yeah, whatever happened to the steam box? wasn't it supposed to be beta tested in Q1 2013? Anyway, while I agree the PC is the closest to a universal gaming device with multiple content providers (Steam, Amazon, GMG,etc), PC gaming comes with its own set of problems. Localised monopolies...
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    Universal gaming devices

    Well, it would seem to me that if gaming adopts a universal standard, there would be more competition among console providers (Sony, Samsung, Nintendo, etc) as well as content providers (game studios). True, there might be a patent fee to be paid to the creators of the new universal standard...
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    Universal gaming devices

    The games industry has been around for a long time. Why do you think there is nothing like a universal standard for gaming media? An analogy would be blu ray/dvds for the movie industry. You buy a blu ray/dvd from any studio and it will work on any number of blu ray players manufactured by...