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Valve working on a "Steam Box" console
Posted on 3/5/12 at 4:19 pm
Posted on 3/5/12 at 4:19 pm
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rumors floating around say that Valve is developing a console-esque box designed to let gamers get their Steam on in the living room.
The so-called "Steam Box" even has some specs attached to it: a Core i7 CPU, 8GB of RAM, and an NVIDIA GPU.
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This post was edited on 3/5/12 at 4:56 pm
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Posted on 3/5/12 at 4:21 pm to ChroniX
quote:jesus frick, what's the price point going to be on this thing?
a Core i7 CPU, 8GB of RAM, and an NVIDIA GPU.
$1000+?
also they're saying it would be able to load games from Origin too, which is a great move to cater to a PC fanbase that loves Steam for its openness.
This post was edited on 3/5/12 at 4:25 pm
Posted on 3/5/12 at 4:24 pm to baytiger
It's called a PC!
Posted on 3/5/12 at 4:26 pm to ChroniX
steam box? might have some trademark violations there...
Posted on 3/5/12 at 4:26 pm to RolandDeschain
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It's called a PC!
Exactly! Which is why i linked the comic with it
Posted on 3/5/12 at 4:31 pm to RolandDeschain
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It's called a PC!
well it's supposed to compete with apple tv as well as consoles.. and it'll be made according to Valve's specs, but by multiple manufacturers. So I guess it will essentially just be a PC, possibly with a few minor form factor changes.
If Valve's past is any indication, I'd bet they release the SteamBox software to install on your home PC as well, for people who want to build their own.
Posted on 3/5/12 at 4:32 pm to ChroniX
quote:neither of your links actually work, though.
Exactly! Which is why i linked the comic with it
Posted on 3/5/12 at 4:34 pm to poncho villa
quote:purdue university is going to sue the shite out of them
steam box? might have some trademark violations there...
Posted on 3/5/12 at 4:44 pm to ChroniX
They need to be fricking working on Half Life 2 Episode 3.
Posted on 3/5/12 at 4:45 pm to boxcarbarney
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Half Life 2 Episode 3.
TF3 imho
Posted on 3/5/12 at 4:56 pm to baytiger
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neither of your links actually work, though.
Edited the OP, they work now. I'm gonna blame this one on the work filter
Posted on 3/5/12 at 4:57 pm to baytiger
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If Valve's past is any indication, I'd bet they release the SteamBox software to install on your home PC as well, for people who want to build their own.
Im hoping they do. This will give me an excuse to build something else.
Posted on 3/5/12 at 5:27 pm to ChroniX
quote:well I've got everything outside of the i7, and I can upgrade to one when the time comes...
Im hoping they do. This will give me an excuse to build something else.
Posted on 3/5/12 at 5:37 pm to ChroniX
damnit why dont they just create a version of steam native to linux instead
Posted on 3/5/12 at 5:59 pm to jcole4lsu
all of that^
Posted on 3/5/12 at 11:26 pm to jcole4lsu
Because no one uses Linux?
Posted on 3/6/12 at 7:41 am to ChroniX
Posted on 3/6/12 at 2:00 pm to SG_Geaux
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Because no one uses Linux?
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As Jim Zemlin, the executive director of The Linux Foundation, points out, "I am not joking or trying to be trite, but the answer to this question is: every single person in the modern world every day. Everyone who searches Google, picks up a phone and uses telecommunication infrastructure, watches a new televisions, use a new camera, makes a call on many modern cell phones, trades a stock on a major exchange, watches a weather forecast generated on a supercomputer, logs into Facebook, navigates via air traffic control systems, buys a netbook computer, checks out at a cash register, withdraws cash at an ATM machine, fires up a quick-boot desktop (even those with Windows), or uses one of many medical devices; the list goes on and on."
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It would appear that a good rule of thumb would be the number of user desktops that report they're running Linux to Web server logs. For example, we often cite the percentage of desktop Linux users as being under 1% because Net Applications (https://www.netapplications.com/) Web site survey shows, in its January 2009 survey, that Linux has only 0.83% of the market
This post was edited on 3/6/12 at 2:05 pm
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