Rumor: Valve making a Steam Box console?

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"Apparently meetings were held during CES to demo a hand-built version of the device to potential partners. We're told that the basic specs of the Steam Box include a Core i7 CPU, 8GB of RAM, and an NVIDIA GPU. The devices will be able to run any standard PC titles, and will also allow for rival gaming services (like EA's Origin) to be loaded up."

Thoughts?

Lock if old.

Valve has no reason to enter the console scene, especially when Xbox, Playstation, and Nintendo are already doing great on that front.

Valve should stick to developing games and making money off of Steam. I do not wish for them to enter an already crowded market full of competition especially with names that have already been well established in that market for years.

I'd buy it, but I don't think they would fare too well.

I just wanted to point out before there is tons of ####posting. It's essentially a PC/console hybrid that would run windows.

It would be a dedicated gaming console that is an open platform.

The big plus for developers would be the lack of licensing fees.

PS4 > steambox (selling pcs now eh valve? its not just about hardware, its about dev team(S) notice the s) nawty dawg polyphony D sucker punch insomniac rock* from software thatgamedev therest etc. etc. etc. take a lesson from microsoft and rip off non gamers because your steambox sounds like big fail.PinnacleGamingP

You'd have to remember, "Steambox" would have access to all those PC exclusive games and I'm sure Valve would no longer be releasing future games on other platforms (Half Life 3).

[QUOTE="PinnacleGamingP"]PS4 > steambox (selling pcs now eh valve? its not just about hardware, its about dev team(S) notice the s) nawty dawg polyphony D sucker punch insomniac rock* from software thatgamedev therest etc. etc. etc. take a lesson from microsoft and rip off non gamers because your steambox sounds like big fail.SAGE_OF_FIRE

You'd have to remember, "Steambox" would have access to all those PC exclusive games and I'm sure Valve would no longer be releasing future games on other platforms (Half Life 3).

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[QUOTE="PinnacleGamingP"]PS4 > steambox (selling pcs now eh valve? its not just about hardware, its about dev team(S) notice the s) nawty dawg polyphony D sucker punch insomniac rock* from software thatgamedev therest etc. etc. etc. take a lesson from microsoft and rip off non gamers because your steambox sounds like big fail.PinnacleGamingP

You'd have to remember, "Steambox" would have access to all those PC exclusive games and I'm sure Valve would no longer be releasing future games on other platforms (Half Life 3).

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You'd have to remember, "Steambox" would have access to all those PC exclusive games and I'm sure Valve would no longer be releasing future games on other platforms (Half Life 3).

SAGE_OF_FIRE

Sounds more like a pre-built PC to me, or am I missing something?

[QUOTE="SAGE_OF_FIRE"][QUOTE="PinnacleGamingP"] it just sounds to me like valve is pissed off with microsoft for whatever reason and now they want to compete. i would say first F microsoft, and second F valve too for teaming up with them back in the day. left 4 dead sucks and dead island puts it to great shame.

PinnacleGamingP

[QUOTE="PinnacleGamingP"]PS4 > steambox (selling pcs now eh valve? its not just about hardware, its about dev team(S) notice the s) nawty dawg polyphony D sucker punch insomniac rock* from software thatgamedev therest etc. etc. etc. take a lesson from microsoft and rip off non gamers because your steambox sounds like big fail.SAGE_OF_FIRE

You'd have to remember, "Steambox" would have access to all those PC exclusive games and I'm sure Valve would no longer be releasing future games on other platforms (Half Life 3).

[QUOTE="PinnacleGamingP"]PS4 > steambox (selling pcs now eh valve? its not just about hardware, its about dev team(S) notice the s) nawty dawg polyphony D sucker punch insomniac rock* from software thatgamedev therest etc. etc. etc. take a lesson from microsoft and rip off non gamers because your steambox sounds like big fail.brofists

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[QUOTE="PinnacleGamingP"]PS4 > steambox (selling pcs now eh valve? its not just about hardware, its about dev team(S) notice the s) nawty dawg polyphony D sucker punch insomniac rock* from software thatgamedev therest etc. etc. etc. take a lesson from microsoft and rip off non gamers because your steambox sounds like big fail.brofists

You'd have to remember, "Steambox" would have access to all those PC exclusive games and I'm sure Valve would no longer be releasing future games on other platforms (Half Life 3).

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[QUOTE="SAGE_OF_FIRE"] Left 4 Dead only sucks if you don't have any friends. SpruceCaboose

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[QUOTE="SAGE_OF_FIRE"] Left 4 Dead only sucks if you don't have any friends. SpruceCaboose

Personally, I think Valve would make more money releasing Steam on PS3 and 360 than making their own system.SpruceCaboose

[QUOTE="brofists"][QUOTE="PinnacleGamingP"]PS4 > steambox (selling pcs now eh valve? its not just about hardware, its about dev team(S) notice the s) nawty dawg polyphony D sucker punch insomniac rock* from software thatgamedev therest etc. etc. etc. take a lesson from microsoft and rip off non gamers because your steambox sounds like big fail.PinnacleGamingP

[QUOTE="SpruceCaboose"][QUOTE="PinnacleGamingP"] no i played it at a friends house it was garbage.

PinnacleGamingP

It's not a console. It's tv-friendly PC. But I imagine it could do pretty damn well.

[QUOTE="SpruceCaboose"]Personally, I think Valve would make more money releasing Steam on PS3 and 360 than making their own system.SAGE_OF_FIRE

Personally, I think Valve would make more money releasing Steam on PS3 and 360 than making their own system.SpruceCaboose

[QUOTE="brofists"][QUOTE="SAGE_OF_FIRE"]You'd have to remember, "Steambox" would have access to all those PC exclusive games and I'm sure Valve would no longer be releasing future games on other platforms (Half Life 3).SpruceCaboose

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[QUOTE="SpruceCaboose"] Yeah, playing it once makes you an expert. I touched a PS3 and a Vita and they are trash...SpruceCaboose

Steam doesn't need to be closed off and money has a way of changing people's mindsSpruceCaboose

[QUOTE="SpruceCaboose"][QUOTE="PinnacleGamingP"] i am an expert at any game i play. i play hardest difficulties and get layed in every game that provides the option

PinnacleGamingP

[QUOTE="SpruceCaboose"]Steam doesn't need to be closed off and money has a way of changing people's mindsAdrianWerner

[QUOTE="SpruceCaboose"][QUOTE="brofists"] Half Life 3 exclusive to "steambox" could be a system sellerbrofists

[QUOTE="brofists"][QUOTE="SpruceCaboose"] What incentive is there to ditch the loyal PC crowd who loves personal hardware configs?SpruceCaboose

Valve gets a 30% cut of everything sold on Steam, that's larger than the $10 cut that Sony/Microsoft/Nintendo get from their licenses.

also this would make sense...

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-03/01/steam-big-picture-mode

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[QUOTE="SpruceCaboose"]Steam doesn't need to be closed off and money has a way of changing people's mindsSpruceCaboose

Steam would be direct competition for MS and Sony, on their own platforms. Bascialy it would be like Wallmart allowing Bestbuy to open shopping isle inside their own malls, right next to their own electronic section.

Doesn't make any sense. Portal 3 and HL3 will be ported to consoles anyway, so there's just no incentive to do so.

[QUOTE="SpruceCaboose"][QUOTE="brofists"] The incentive would be to sell the steambox?SAGE_OF_FIRE

Valve gets a 30% cut of everything sold on Steam, that's larger than the $10 cut that Sony/Microsoft/Nintendo get from their licenses.

also this would make sense...

[QUOTE="SpruceCaboose"][QUOTE="AdrianWerner"]What money? All it would do is make Sony and Microft lose money.

AdrianWerner

Steam would be direct competition for MS and Sony, on their own platforms. Bascialy it would be like Wallmart allowing Bestbuy to open shopping isle inside their own malls, right next to their own electronic section.

Doesn't make any sense. Portal 3 and HL3 will be ported to consoles anyway, so there's just no incentive to do so.

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[QUOTE="SpruceCaboose"] How would games like a Portal 3 and HL3 not make money? Win win for all involved. SpruceCaboose

Steam would be direct competition for MS and Sony, on their own platforms. Bascialy it would be like Wallmart allowing Bestbuy to open shopping isle inside their own malls, right next to their own electronic section.

Doesn't make any sense. Portal 3 and HL3 will be ported to consoles anyway, so there's just no incentive to do so.

[QUOTE="SpruceCaboose"][QUOTE="AdrianWerner"]Umm..no. I don't think you understand how it works.

Steam would be direct competition for MS and Sony, on their own platforms. Bascialy it would be like Wallmart allowing Bestbuy to open shopping isle inside their own malls, right next to their own electronic section.

Doesn't make any sense. Portal 3 and HL3 will be ported to consoles anyway, so there's just no incentive to do so.

PinnacleGamingP

And MS and Sony would get cuts. They care about money, not about who owns what IPs. And I am talking about the people saying make all Valve stuff Steam exclusive, so if you are maintaining Valve would port to consoles still then we are not discussing the same situation. I am talking about Valve going against PS3 and 360 with their own console specifically, which would make no sense.SpruceCaboose

No, you might be disussing that with others, not me. I'm just arguing that your "Valve should release Steam on consoles" is completely ridiculous and makes no sense for either Sony and Microsoft.

And with Steambox Valve isn't competing direcly with Sony and MS, because it will not be a console. It will just be a small PC that's TV friendly. Not the first, or even fifth device of it's kind. It won't stop Valve's games from apearin on consoles.

[QUOTE="brofists"][QUOTE="SpruceCaboose"] What incentive is there to ditch the loyal PC crowd who loves personal hardware configs?AdrianWerner

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[QUOTE="SpruceCaboose"] How would games like a Portal 3 and HL3 not make money? Win win for all involved. SpruceCaboose

Steam would be direct competition for MS and Sony, on their own platforms. Bascialy it would be like Wallmart allowing Bestbuy to open shopping isle inside their own malls, right next to their own electronic section.

Doesn't make any sense. Portal 3 and HL3 will be ported to consoles anyway, so there's just no incentive to do so.

[QUOTE="SpruceCaboose"]And MS and Sony would get cuts. They care about money, not about who owns what IPs. And I am talking about the people saying make all Valve stuff Steam exclusive, so if you are maintaining Valve would port to consoles still then we are not discussing the same situation. I am talking about Valve going against PS3 and 360 with their own console specifically, which would make no sense.AdrianWerner

No, you might be disussing that with others, not me. I'm just arguing that your "Valve should release Steam on consoles" is completely ridiculous and makes no sense for either Sony and Microsoft.

And with Steambox Valve isn't competing direcly with Sony and MS, because it will not be a console. It will just be a small PC that's TV friendly. Not the first, or even fifth device of it's kind.

your problem is, youve been getting screwed by microsoft one too many times and associate loyalist and generally curtious companies such as Sony and valve with them. think about it like this, if valve and sony work out a deal, sony will be happy to have valves software on their platform, and valve will be happy to sell more software overall. they do it as friendly business, and general curtisy. then you have microshaft. Valve ditched them, bungie ditched them, rare evaporated into oblivion, and soon their user base will ditch them too because they are greedy lying cowards.

PinnacleGamingP

[QUOTE="PinnacleGamingP"] your problem is, youve been getting screwed by microsoft one too many times and associate loyalist and generally curtious companies such as Sony and valve with them. think about it like this, if valve and sony work out a deal, sony will be happy to have valves software on their platform, and valve will be happy to sell more software overall. they do it as friendly business, and general curtisy. then you have microshaft. Valve ditched them, bungie ditched them, rare evaporated into oblivion, and soon their user base will ditch them too because they are greedy lying cowards.

SpruceCaboose

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[QUOTE="PinnacleGamingP"] your problem is, youve been getting screwed by microsoft one too many times and associate loyalist and generally curtious companies such as Sony and valve with them. think about it like this, if valve and sony work out a deal, sony will be happy to have valves software on their platform, and valve will be happy to sell more software overall. they do it as friendly business, and general curtisy. then you have microshaft. Valve ditched them, bungie ditched them, rare evaporated into oblivion, and soon their user base will ditch them too because they are greedy lying cowards.

brofists