@Shanks_D_Chop Valve isn't going to stop supporting the desk-bound PC, this is just another option to offer to the growing number of people who do have a PC connected to their TVs and up until now only had really awkward ways to interact with it when it comes to gaming. However, I think you underestimate the potential of moving PC gaming into the living room. If the rise of consoles has taught us anything, it's that the general public does prefer to do their gaming on a larger screen, sitting back comfortably on a couch. For a company like Valve, who pretty much already owns the "traditional" PC market, there is only one place for them to go, if they want to continue growing, and that is into the living room.

@kel86 Why do you think he dislikes MS so much now? The exclusivity experience left a really bad taste.

@Evanrocknuma You realize this is not meant to be a replacement for your existing OS, right? It's basically a way for people to make their own TV connected console, in addition to the PC they already may have.

@komuchen Android is Linux, it's just a different flavor of it.

@kik4444 Of course there are going to be "issues", the biggest being that unless a game is coded and compiled for Linux, it won't work on Linux at all. That's why Valve added the "in home streaming" function. Those games that currently don't work on Linux (and probably never will, especially the older ones) can be streamed from your existing Windows gaming PC to your new "do-it-yourself game console" running SteamOS, bypassing the compatibility issue. If SteamOS becomes a success and gets a significant install base, then we might start to see those major compatibility issues go away as devs start coding new games in a more platform agnostic way, then the need to rely streaming will decrease.

3 announcements? The number 3... Half-Life 3 confirmed!

@Random_Matt Well aware of that, grew up in one of the many towns named Plymouth here (the first one... well, the first one in the US).

Um, it's a video game that takes place in a fictional version of California, not real Scotland. Until these people spoke up, I had no idea that was also the name of an actual town in Scotland. I never would have made that connection or thought any less of the town if they hadn't opened their mouths to complain. As it is, the only thing that is making me think less of the town is the fact that its humorless politicians have nothing better to do than complain about a video game.

BTW - Hawick is also the name of a small town in Minnesota, I guess this fictional game region also reflects poorly on them?

I think you are seriously underestimating the number of gamers that still enjoy a decent offline single player game Mr. Moore, but then again, this is EA, they've been misreading what the public wants in their games for years now.

@PainfulElegy No one dev'd for it = useless peripheral. Without games for it, I don't have a use for it, therefore it is useless. Basic logic.