James
MyGaming Alumnus
Rumour alert: Valve working on their own console dubbed Steam Box
Valve’s ambitious gaming console to be unveiled at E3 or the GDC. Maybe
Valve’s ambitious gaming console to be unveiled at E3 or the GDC. Maybe
Rumour alert: Valve working on their own console dubbed Steam Box
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Necuno
The Piper
I'm going to seriously cry or something. I want to read.... "valve announces half life III"
However it be interesting to see *if* they actually get one out how it would work and all. What I can't wait for at GDC next week is unreal IV engine announcement/trailers next week
hideinlight
New member
If Steambox supports both mouse/keyboard and gamepad and is hassle free with close to next gen graphics it'll be awesome. There's currently just too many PC components and consoles are far too limiting atm. Need a new "standard".
Necuno
The Piper
Agreed. Even better if it's modular, meaning you can upgrade the box in part
/approve.
Necuno
The Piper
I can hear the groans in the distance
Like these ?
My SteamSole needs to be connected
My SteamSole needs to be updated
MOnk
New member
This looks like someone just read this interview selected a few words and then just made up their own story.
That being said, if Valve did look into this it wouldn't be a 'console' per say, it would be more like a streamlined PC dedicated to playing Steam games.
That being said, if Valve did look into this it wouldn't be a 'console' per say, it would be more like a streamlined PC dedicated to playing Steam games.
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Tsar
The thing that should not be
Like these ?
My SteamSole needs to be connected
My SteamSole needs to be updated
loooool yeah. I remember that one vid of gabe having this huge announcement at one of the e3s. You just hear him walk up to the stage saying oh boy. The announcement was that the orange box was hitting the ps3 lol
Graal
New member
Yeah, it basically is nothing more than a really powerful gaming PC. It's even said to be able to run other platforms like origin alongside Steam.
Rumor-mill says it's going to have an i7, 8GB of RAM and a Nvidia GPU.
You realise the Xbox is pretty much a PC? It also has Pc components inside...
Graal
New member
Can you run whatever software you want on it? No. Then it's not a PC. Running PC hardware does not make something a PC.
Isengard
No Hobbits Allowed
A really low spec PC yes, 512MB shared RAM LOL, then again my PS3 is even worse off (it however doesn't claim to be a PC). This rumoured Steambox specs are quite beefy, even by PC gamer standards.
OmegaFenix
The Legendary Troll Hunter
Agreed. Even better if it's modular, meaning you can upgrade the box in part
/approve.
Then it won't be a console since the entire point of consoles is to have a everyone having the exact same system specs. If it can run other software then again its a PC not a console. If this turn out to be anything more than a high concept that valve was playing around with it will either be something like the Alienware X51, which is a PC or its going to go full console i.e. standard set of system specs and stripped back OS.
Will keep an eye out for this.
