Gabe newell bashes consoles. Valve thinking about releasing a steam box?

Seems like valve is pissed and jealous...maybe instead of releasing a game then riding its wave for 10 years they should actually do something at valves studios.
I mean its obvious gabe does't do much he gets fatter and fatter every time I see him and now has the time to grow a beard that is inferior to my own.

I freaking love Steam and Valve and their games....but...the hell are they thinking, tbh? :|

Last post by WilliamRLbaker haven't seen it but must be another fanboy comment lets see now....

Reads it up and yeah I'm correct.

[QUOTE="SecretPolice"]

Hmm, sounds very interesting but TBH, the saying when pigs fly comes to mind for some reason. :P

mems_1224

Well I love steam and everything but we all know what "Valve time" is and that is based on something 90% done usually. So a cnosole that they haven't even done or have no experience doing......Maybe in the year 2090.

Seems like valve is pissed and jealous...maybe instead of releasing a game then riding its wave for 10 years they should actually do something at valves studios.
I mean its obvious gabe does't do much he gets fatter and fatter every time I see him and now has the time to grow a beard that is inferior to my own.

WilliamRLBaker

There is nothing superior about your beard brah. That fire red beard that probably has crumbs from your girl scout cookies all entrenched in it. Plus, not to front, dat dere avatar is lols.

Your logic-1/10

Your genetics-1/10

Combined total-1.23/10 (Note this is not a weighted average).

Only bad thing about it is...not all games are on Steam. They'd have to allow Origin in some way, as well as games that don't use either.

>Gabe makes nuanced comment about how consoles are going to have to adapt to a more open and iterative marketplace.
>TC adds "Gabe Newell bashes consoles" to the topic name.

This is why we can't have nice things. :P

He's completely correct in his last comments about consoles being so closed off. Everyone is trying to be like apple and itunes; Ninja-Hippo

Nobody is trying to be like Apple and itunes. Console have been closed systems since like forever. As for your Zune comment, 10$ a month and I can download every song I want from it. I especially love the PC software.

I don't like the idea, simply because I'm almost certain they'd start abandoning PC if it threatened the success of their Steambox, and Valve is one of my main reasons I PC game.

I mean, MS used to be the face of PC gaming before Xbox came along, and now its all about the Xbox.

Partner up with Sega, I've already said it.

Though I prefer Valve to stay a software company, hardware could saturate the market and be a money pit for them.

Only problem I see with this is that Valve tends to take forever to release their games, and no one is going to buy a console that has no exclusives, sorry Lems (I kid I kid) but it is true (not the Lem part, just the exclusive part).

I wonder why they are doing this, I do know they have been pissed off at how MS has been treating them lately. I would gladly welcome a new console on the market, more console means more competition which means more quality for everyone!

And Valve wouldn't screw over their customers or fans like some of the other guys, and they would have a great online console service that is FREE! If it had great exclusives I would buy one.

Partner up with Sega, I've already said it.

Though I prefer Valve to stay a software company, hardware could saturate the market and be a money pit for them.

sneslover

Sega's RingEdge arcade gaming platform is already MS Wintel based box...

Valve could follow Amazon(and other eBooks shops)in bundling thier services with x86 PC OEM hardware e.g. my Acer Iconia W500 tablet comes with 3rd party online shops.

PS: There are rumours that Windows 8 ARM based machines are "wall garden" type devices. Mac OSX 10.8 "white lion" will introduce it's own "wall garden".

Only problem I see with this is that Valve tends to take forever to release their games, and no one is going to buy a console that has no exclusives, sorry Lems (I kid I kid) but it is true (not the Lem part, just the exclusive part).

I wonder why they are doing this, I do know they have been pissed off at how MS has been treating them lately. I would gladly welcome a new console on the market, more console means more competition which means more quality for everyone!

And Valve wouldn't screw over their customers or fans like some of the other guys, and they would have a great online console service that is FREE! If it had great exclusives I would buy one.

ShadowMoses900

Though I love Valve, their customer support and chew wieners.

If they can improve that then I'd say they're ready for a console of their own!

Hey Valve, how about you show that you can release HL3 and maybe a new engine before you start talking hardware smack.

[QUOTE="ShadowMoses900"]

Only problem I see with this is that Valve tends to take forever to release their games, and no one is going to buy a console that has no exclusives, sorry Lems (I kid I kid) but it is true (not the Lem part, just the exclusive part).

I wonder why they are doing this, I do know they have been pissed off at how MS has been treating them lately. I would gladly welcome a new console on the market, more console means more competition which means more quality for everyone!

And Valve wouldn't screw over their customers or fans like some of the other guys, and they would have a great online console service that is FREE! If it had great exclusives I would buy one.

SPYDER0416

Though I love Valve, their customer support and chew wieners.

If they can improve that then I'd say they're ready for a console of their own!

Well I never had any problems where I had to contact customer support. But in general I just find they teach their customers and fans better. You sign up for Steam for FREE and they give you Half Life 2, Portal, Team Fortress, Left 4 Dead for FREE, AND they give you 70% discount! All for just making an account.

They don't charge people to play online, they let fanbases do what they want with games by offering dedicated servers and mods! Newell may act like a sea saw with his opinions sometimes, but they don't try to nickel and dime their customers or rip them off like MS does.

He bashed MS and Sony not Nintendo.

Hey Valve, how about you show that you can release HL3 and maybe a new engine before you start talking hardware smack.

SUD123456

Day One Buy!

Oh, for f*ck's sake. Get over yourself, Gabe.

a prebuilt gaming PC that acts like a console? thats great

but one problem, WINDOWS

MS still has a monopoly on PC games thanks to Directx, get all games to run on OpenGL then Valve can think about it

I don't like the idea, simply because I'm almost certain they'd start abandoning PC if it threatened the success of their Steambox, and Valve is one of my main reasons I PC game.

I mean, MS used to be the face of PC gaming before Xbox came along, and now its all about the Xbox.

SPYDER0416

No, its more about playing PC games on a console, like a prebuild PC that acts like a console, thats what Gabe is talking about

either way, it wont happen anytime soon thanks to Microsoft

Do it Valve, do it!

I love value and all, but Gabe Newell has really started to irk me the past few years, he'd done a lot of talking and not much else. stfu and give your fans want they want. IE HL 2 Episode 3.

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Hey Valve, how about you show that you can release HL3 and maybe a new engine before you start talking hardware smack.

princeofshapeir

Oh, for f*ck's sake. Get over yourself, Gabe.

DarkLink77

Boy, coming from you...the irony is quite thick. :P

I'd be the equivalent of an Apple fanboy if Valve made a console. Camp outside the store to get it, make unboxing video, buy every iteration with minor improvements.

[QUOTE="princeofshapeir"][QUOTE="SUD123456"]

Hey Valve, how about you show that you can release HL3 and maybe a new engine before you start talking hardware smack.

Innovazero2000

I probably wouldn't buy one if they ever did release tbh.

[QUOTE="SaltyMeatballs"]They would fail.Animal-Mother

Not the heart. Some people like to buy the physical copy, or they buy it somewhere else (Origin, Amazon).

"Bashing" is the wrong word to use.

Also, will it use Steam-power?

Fail or not... I'd buy it day 1

[QUOTE="SUD123456"]

Hey Valve, how about you show that you can release HL3 and maybe a new engine before you start talking hardware smack.

princeofshapeir

But they don't have next-gen visuals, physics and AI.

I think Valve wants the hardware standards to increase before they make Half-Life 3.

[QUOTE="SaltyMeatballs"]They would fail.GD1551

People told MS that.. look how that turned out haha.

So very true! I really hope they do it!

I love value and all, but Gabe Newell has really started to irk me the past few years, he'd done a lot of talking and not much else. stfu and give your fans want they want. IE HL 2 Episode 3.

Innovazero2000

:roll:

Yeah he did jack all the last few years...except for Portal 2, L4D series, Tf2 Made free with a ingame store, DOTA...

[QUOTE="Innovazero2000"]

I love value and all, but Gabe Newell has really started to irk me the past few years, he'd done a lot of talking and not much else. stfu and give your fans want they want. IE HL 2 Episode 3.

dzaric

:roll:

Yeah he did jack all the last few years...except for Portal 2, L4D series, Tf2 Made free with a ingame store, DOTA...

Seeing how they have problems releasing games on time now imagine how bad they will be in a "console" industry.

[QUOTE="SaltyMeatballs"]They would fail.GD1551

People told MS that.. look how that turned out haha.

Well after 2009..Heil68

They aren't really comparable though.waltefmoney

a prebuilt gaming PC that acts like a console? thats great

but one problem, WINDOWS

MS still has a monopoly on PC games thanks to Directx, get all games to run on OpenGL then Valve can think about it

Theres already too much competition? How about teaming up with one of the companies and integrating Steam into it? Hunh?

Seeing how they have problems releasing games on time now imagine how bad they will be in a "console" industry.

eboyishere

When I read the article, this kept popping into my head:

Just without the 360 logo...

In all honesty, If Valve was to enter the market, I'm worried about whether or not they'd pull steam from PC. It's pretty much the heart and soul of modern PC gaming. Without it, PC gaming would revert back to the 90's. This is just all in my head, and I know you hermits will have reasons to try to prove me wrong, but the only gaming I do on PC is through Steam and Minecraft. That's it.

a prebuilt gaming PC that acts like a console? thats great

but one problem, WINDOWS

MS still has a monopoly on PC games thanks to Directx, get all games to run on OpenGL then Valve can think about it

When I read the article, this kept popping into my head:

Just without the 360 logo...

In all honesty, If Valve was to enter the market, I'm worried about whether or not they'd pull steam from PC. It's pretty much the heart and soul of modern PC gaming. Without it, PC gaming would revert back to the 90's. This is just all in my head, and I know you hermits will have reasons to try to prove me wrong, but the only gaming I do on PC is through Steam and Minecraft. That's it.

WiiCubeM1