Steam Readies Prototype Games Console

[OcelotKharn]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21677119

whats your opinion of this?

I for one hate the Idea as do few games Developers, reason being it costs developers alot more money to put their game on steam and then steam sell it for less and they lose money, THQ could vouch for that had it not went bankrupt.

[Aaricane]

I don't get what there is to hate about it. Sounds pretty good to me.

[iChinglish]

I am a mindless Valve fangirl-drone. I will buy it no matter what!

In all seriousness though, I do like the idea, but I'm not a huge console person. I may buy it waaaay after it's released and the price has gone down. Full price consoles are expensive!

[Defy]

sounds good, but waiting to see more reviews of it

[rathb18]

Personally I don't see these lasting mainly because if you want a small under powered console than just go with ps4 or xbox there designed for casual gamers like what this will be made for, It also uses linux last I heard which is and OS for tech savvy people and a pain to use plus there is almost no software for it. So that's my 2 cents I for 1 will not be wasting money on this just like I don't waste my money on some dumbed down console I enjoy playing game and want the best out of them which is why I spend a few extra $'s and go with only PC plus in a month ill be getting the new oculus rift that's coming to PC gaming which is going to bring a whole new era which sucks for you console gamers cuz you will be missing out big time.

[OcelotKharn]

Personally I don't see these lasting mainly because if you want a small under powered console than just go with ps4 or xbox there designed for casual gamers like what this will be made for, It also uses linux last I heard which is and OS for tech savvy people and a pain to use plus there is almost no software for it. So that's my 2 cents I for 1 will not be wasting money on this just like I don't waste my money on some dumbed down console I enjoy playing game and want the best out of them which is why I spend a few extra $'s and go with only PC plus in a month ill be getting the new oculus rift that's coming to PC gaming which is going to bring a whole new era which sucks for you console gamers cuz you will be missing out big time.

Its seems to me they are trying to push xbox's and playstations off the market which I find annoying

[A s0t]

are they gonna have half life 2 episode 3 on it?

everyone boycott it till half life 2 episode 3

[Deilgyre]

An upgradable console in which I can download games off STEAM and play PC mods?
Put me down for a "BEST" tier version, Mr Newell.

[rathb18]

The one mistake there making is by having it run linux, Nothing works on linux and most people don't have to time to learn how to even use the OS because of how complicated it is. And the fact it has barely any software or games. Linux is almost useless garbage besides the fact it make a great OS for hackers.

Sure, they can port all their games to Linux to try and create incentive for customers/developers to use it, but at the end of the day 95% of developers ignore it and no matter what Valve does that won't change as long as Direct X is Windows only. Linux's market share for gaming is completely under Microsoft's control. Gabe is kidding himself if he thinks devs will all be convinced to choose Open GL over Direct X considering just how far behind the API is to its MS-owned competitor.

Valve's games will be ported to Linux, and a handful of other devs maybe, but that's it. They're not changing the game here and they're just digging themselves a hole by going with Linux if Valve truly intends to do so with their Steam box. With 90%+ of Steam's games unplayable on Linux, they won't be luring Steam Box customers in any time soon no matter how they price the thing.