Valve working on 'Steam Box' console
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Yeah, it's not just PC gamers, either. There's a certain kind of petulant whiner who thinks that any time spent on anything other than their exact platform of choice is a betrayal. It cracks me up every time.FernandoV said:
Hopefully most of them will either grow out of it or rage themselves into having an early stroke and spend the rest of their lives on Valium and blood thinners.
I would honestly love a console with all the digital distribution and modding potential of a PC. That would make gaming a lot more accessible.
I dont think it will do well, It would face too much competion from the PS4, the next Xbox, and the Wii U. Now you might say, "Oh but Valve has a massive fanbase", and thats true, but they'[re mostly on the PC. Why would a PC gamer buy a console made by Valve, when they could access and play all of the Valve games they want, on their PC?
Cross Platform support.GoaThief said:
And it'll probably be far cheaper to get a "Steam Box" that you can just hook up to a Tele and then play. You won't have to spend hundreds and hundreds on a really smooth gaming PC.
Because this:Gorilla Gunk said:
TF2 is the only valve game that qualifies for that statement. Every other game they've released on the Xbox has received equivalent updates to the PC version.Gorilla Gunk said:
For that matter the statement from Valve you're recalling/referencing there was referring to the Xbox version of TF2, and the lack of updates to it specifically.
I'm very interested to see where this idea goes. I do hope we hear more about it soon because I think it could easily beat all the other consoles for a large variety of reasons:
1: You know the issue that PS3's had after newer models came out and you couldn't play your old PS2 games anymore? If this console has steam, any old game you had on Steam will still, likely, be accessible without problem.
2: Valve is a PC gaming company and knows that people will probably want to be able to upgrade the hardware at any given point in time. I'm sure they'd also be smart enough to allow people to do just that.
3: The price would likely be lower than the average gaming PC, meaning that it would be a much cheaper investment than normal PC gaming. But if it is also running steam, my bet is that it would be like if PS3 was capable of using the PC-version of steam, i.e. free and constant updates to games without any of the SOE or XBL bullshit that would normally slow them down. These problems might not exist in the next generation of consoles, but rather than hope it isn't an issue (because it's probably still going to be with XBL) Valve may want to avoid it being a problem entirely, to which I say, "right on"
4: It would already have a massive library of games thanks to all the stuff Steam has on it. Not to mention that you would be able to free up a lot of space on your PC by moving the bulk of your games (if not all) off the PC and keep most of them installed on the console. Because, honestly, I'm running out of space and my PC is 4 years old now (going on 5 soon) so this would be a great alternative as opposed to getting a new PC or upgrading (because upgrading laptops doesn't seem as easy or fun).
5: Lastly, to PC gamers (me included), don't think that this will be the end. Have you ever stopped to think that maybe Valve is just trying to get both markets rather than focus on just ours? I mean, if anything, we were probably like their first test/hurdles to see if they could get people to like their products and service. Doubling profits for about three years proves people like them and they know what they're doing. They obviously won't drop support or service quality towards their PC crowd if this happens. If anything, they'll probably give us the updates first still to make sure they work before implementing them on their consoles. I could be wrong on any of these points, but whatever. I think this could be an interesting and worthwhile idea. Sign me up.
1: You know the issue that PS3's had after newer models came out and you couldn't play your old PS2 games anymore? If this console has steam, any old game you had on Steam will still, likely, be accessible without problem.
2: Valve is a PC gaming company and knows that people will probably want to be able to upgrade the hardware at any given point in time. I'm sure they'd also be smart enough to allow people to do just that.
3: The price would likely be lower than the average gaming PC, meaning that it would be a much cheaper investment than normal PC gaming. But if it is also running steam, my bet is that it would be like if PS3 was capable of using the PC-version of steam, i.e. free and constant updates to games without any of the SOE or XBL bullshit that would normally slow them down. These problems might not exist in the next generation of consoles, but rather than hope it isn't an issue (because it's probably still going to be with XBL) Valve may want to avoid it being a problem entirely, to which I say, "right on"
4: It would already have a massive library of games thanks to all the stuff Steam has on it. Not to mention that you would be able to free up a lot of space on your PC by moving the bulk of your games (if not all) off the PC and keep most of them installed on the console. Because, honestly, I'm running out of space and my PC is 4 years old now (going on 5 soon) so this would be a great alternative as opposed to getting a new PC or upgrading (because upgrading laptops doesn't seem as easy or fun).
5: Lastly, to PC gamers (me included), don't think that this will be the end. Have you ever stopped to think that maybe Valve is just trying to get both markets rather than focus on just ours? I mean, if anything, we were probably like their first test/hurdles to see if they could get people to like their products and service. Doubling profits for about three years proves people like them and they know what they're doing. They obviously won't drop support or service quality towards their PC crowd if this happens. If anything, they'll probably give us the updates first still to make sure they work before implementing them on their consoles. I could be wrong on any of these points, but whatever. I think this could be an interesting and worthwhile idea. Sign me up.
I'll just leave this here
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/116240-Valve-Denies-Steam-Box-Console-Rumors
Oh and told you so!
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/116240-Valve-Denies-Steam-Box-Console-Rumors
Oh and told you so!