Steam Box CES 2013
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Melexiious
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WHAT
THAT
WHAT
THIS IS
WHAT
WHAT
WAAAAAAHHHHHTTTT
WHAHAHEPWJONHLPNHAW:LKF
THAT SO SMALL
WH
WHAOPJKNHD
My mind has been blown.
I WANT ONE NOW.
THAT
WHAT
THIS IS
WHAT
WHAT
WAAAAAAHHHHHTTTT
WHAHAHEPWJONHLPNHAW:LKF
THAT SO SMALL
WH
WHAOPJKNHD
My mind has been blown.
I WANT ONE NOW.
littlespedve
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I'd rather just build a desktop. From what I've read. The specs don't warrant the $1000 price tag. But we'll see.
Melexiious
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I think it's based of something worth 1000 and equal to that, but worth about 400-500 I think.
Don't quote me on that.
Don't quote me on that.
littlespedve
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There's supposedly a $500 model and a $1000 one. They will be able to run Windows and Linux which is nice. I just hope the Linux distribution that comes with it isn't Ubuntu. They're also rumored to have AMD APU's.
Riein
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Wait, so those "games" in my Steam library are actually meant to be played? SORCERY!
Dr_LASR
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littlespedve
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This isn't the Steam box... Piston is just one of several hardware projects being developed by various companies with Valve's support.
Gabe Newell: "We'll come out with our own [system] and we'll sell it to consumers by ourselves. That'll be a Linux box, [and] if you want to install Windows you can. We're not going to make it hard. This is not some locked box by any stretch of the imagination. We also think that a controller that has higher precision and lower latency is another interesting thing to have."
Gabe Newell Clarifies That Piston Is Not the "Steam Box"
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/new...ll-Clarifies-That-Piston-Is-Not-the-Steam-Box
I'm actually relieved. The Piston looks like crap imo.
Gabe Newell: "We'll come out with our own [system] and we'll sell it to consumers by ourselves. That'll be a Linux box, [and] if you want to install Windows you can. We're not going to make it hard. This is not some locked box by any stretch of the imagination. We also think that a controller that has higher precision and lower latency is another interesting thing to have."
Gabe Newell Clarifies That Piston Is Not the "Steam Box"
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/new...ll-Clarifies-That-Piston-Is-Not-the-Steam-Box
I'm actually relieved. The Piston looks like crap imo.
DaGamer12345
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This makes no sense. That thing is so freaking small... and probably expensive. Not sure if gusta.
thee_pro
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For that price, you could buy half an Apple product.
Or you can buy Piston and get twice as much for less cost.
DaGamer12345
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Or I could just not waste my money on either, considering I just need to run stuff like Minecraft.For that price, you could buy half an Apple product.
Or you can buy Piston and get twice as much for less cost.
Patchouli
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I don't see why you would be dissing it for being expensive then, when you have no need for it.
That's like if I complained that a smartphone is too expensive if I only would use it to make phonecalls.
moondoggy23
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So, there's this thing, Ouya and Nvidia announced their own portable PC gaming thingy-ma-jig at CES.
Anyone notice a trend?
Anyone notice a trend?
Patchouli
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I feel like Ouya might get stomped if Piston is the only thing that has Steam on it, even if it is a $400 difference.
I haven't heard of the Nvidia thing until now, actually.
3vans
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Either way, it'll run Big Picture just fine, plus it's not going to run more than the 100 or so games steam for linux uses.
konflakes
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Pretty sure its called Project Shield. Its basically a really thick controller with a little monitor attached to its back. I think its supposed to play PC games as well, since the video I saw of it had BLOPS2 running on it.
But tbh this Steam Box thing looks to be pretty interesting. I might get one myself if the price doesn't cost me an arm and a leg. And the ouya has potential, but I won't be looking at it until it has confirmed games that I'm interested in.
3vans
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The SHEILD runs anything which can run on android. There have been some PC games ported to it, though.