MRPolo13
The Arbiter of the Gods
As soon as I mentioned it OOC, I just had to make a thread about it. The Steam Box.
Seems Valve decided to go e le bit mental, and destroy the concept of console gaming as we know it and replace it with a far nicer one.
This. This is the Steam Box Piston, first of the offered Steam Boxes. Don't be fooled by the name, Steam Box isn't a single console, it's an entire concept. People from different companies will be able to buy licenses and produce and sell their own Steam Boxes. They are all to be around that small too, so that you can easily stuff them in any living room.
For those interested in details, here are the rumoured specs;
The Steam Box will run on Linux based operating systems, giving many possibilities and also stumping Microsoft out of the market for some time (hopefully... Don't really like Windows >_>).
The prices are estimated to be around $999, but the normal range should in theory be as low as $499.
Here are some links for you.
http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/6/3958162/valve-steam-box-cake
http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/valve-steam-box-release-date-news-and-features-1127072
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/385376/valves-steam-box-everything-you-need-to-know/#
What do you think? Are you getting it? I certainly am if I'll have the money
Seems Valve decided to go e le bit mental, and destroy the concept of console gaming as we know it and replace it with a far nicer one.
This. This is the Steam Box Piston, first of the offered Steam Boxes. Don't be fooled by the name, Steam Box isn't a single console, it's an entire concept. People from different companies will be able to buy licenses and produce and sell their own Steam Boxes. They are all to be around that small too, so that you can easily stuff them in any living room.
For those interested in details, here are the rumoured specs;
- Between 4 and 8 gigabytes of DDR3 RAM
- A quad-core 64-bit, x86-based 32nm processor running at up to 3.2GHz (with 4MB of Level2 Cache)
- An integrated graphics card containing up to 384 programmable cores
The Steam Box will run on Linux based operating systems, giving many possibilities and also stumping Microsoft out of the market for some time (hopefully... Don't really like Windows >_>).
The prices are estimated to be around $999, but the normal range should in theory be as low as $499.
Here are some links for you.
http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/6/3958162/valve-steam-box-cake
http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/valve-steam-box-release-date-news-and-features-1127072
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/385376/valves-steam-box-everything-you-need-to-know/#
What do you think? Are you getting it? I certainly am if I'll have the money