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http://www.theverge.com/2012/3/2/2840932/exclusive-valve-steam-box-gaming-console
Basically rumor says they're planning on releasing neatly packaged PC that'll look and feel like a console but have all Steam services neatly packaged to it.
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It will fail. Most console makers lose millions of dollars from consoles before they start to make a profit
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Valve is a great company and this is a great idea depending on price. Getting access to steam, and a keyboard/mouse is vastly superior to the console experience right now.
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Unless it is priced really low I cannot see it going anywere. Most would understand that you can just buy a computer. However; if they can create a system that will run all their games and is cheaper than an Xbox, they might have something. I don't see that happening unless they want to take a loss on the hardware.
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It will fail. Most console makers lose millions of dollars from consoles before they start to make a profit
Console makers get their money from developer packages, licences and royalties, thats why they can afford selling the console itself at loss.
who'll buy an overpriced PC with Steam and Valve logos on it when you could build equal pc with half the price?
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Its pure fail. A move like this can kill a company. Whoever is in charge at Valve is stupid. They should stick to what they know, games
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Fist_de_Yuma posted:
Unless it is priced really low I cannot see it going anywere. Most would understand that you can just buy a computer. However; if they can create a system that will run all their games and is cheaper than an Xbox, they might have something. I don't see that happening unless they want to take a loss on the hardware.
They might just do that though. Amazon is taking losses on the Kindle Fire just so that they can get more people using their e-services.
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Consoles are an obsolete technology.
They don't really fill a need that can't be filled by something else better.
IF there is a next generation of consoles they will be the last. Media consumption has evolved.
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It will fail.
All of you are underthinking this.
Valve hasn't really missed yet - with anything. I think you might be surprised, since with Steam packaged into it and undoubtedly every single "free" to play game probably pre-installed they could latch on to a huge money maker, even if they sell the device at a loss.
In fact, I'll bet that if they do this the device is going to be less than the cost of a current gen console.
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Imagine a box you could plug into any monitor or TV in your house, and play any game Steam offers on that monitor or TV.
If you can't imagine such a box, Steam has, and they already figured out how to make it so.
The world is changing.
Valve is pretty god damn amazing.
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It is a more reasonable business solution to getting into the console market than the other approaches that rely on their console selling to a lot of people. The development of the console should have been relatively cheap compared to the costs associated with any other console and there is no worry about lining up developers to make games.
Should be interesting.
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I'll always prefer having the physical media.
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All Valve really needs to do here is provide a machine that works for mainstream gamers. If it will play PC games fairly, gives you access to steam (probably the point, attracting more business) and also works like a living room console, I don't see how it could fail.
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We're told that the basic specs of the Steam Box include a Core i7 CPU, 8GB of RAM, and an NVIDIA GPU.
I just don't see how such a system could be priced anywhere near Xbox/PS levels, especially once you throw in the mboard, case, keyboard/mouse, 1 gamepad, etc
They're asking people to throw away their consoles for a gaming service they can download for free on any PC. They're also asking people to forget that they can plug in their existing PC to the TV.
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Console gaming is dying out.. It's just not worth it, you will never get the same sharp graphics or control as you will on a pc.
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Could work!
I wonder though if they'll throw in a wireless mouse/keyboard etc, FPSs in particular are atrocius to play with gamepads.
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Consoles aren't going to die out.
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Console gaming is dying out.. It's just not worth it, you will never get the same sharp graphics or control as you will on a pc.
this messages was brought to you by..
i've not laughed so hard in weeks. thanks!
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It's simple..
Just look at the number of games uniquely available to PC compared to Consoles and sales.
People are getting sick of being handed shit and a higher price then a PC game and not being able to enjoy better graphics and control..
It's simple, and when the new gen of consoles comes they will cost an arm and a leg, and then the games, and all the fucked up online gaming costs ie: xbox.
PC is the individualistic free thinking gamer while consolefags are just casualfagots and sheeple.
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You're a simpleton I don't know how.. I could try peekaboo but you'll probably find that hilarious and entertaining too.
I mean you're obviously a consolfag so you're gullible and easily distracted. 
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I prefer PC but Consoles aren't going anywhere.
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I have a good friend that works there and I just interviewed for a position as well. I was blown away at the lack of security. They are going to get hacked over and over until they wake up and hire real security people. They are probably already owned and don't even know it. It sucks because I thought it would be great to work there but I wont take a job there until they grow up.
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Manegram your talking out of your ass with the "people are getting tired of consoles". Consoles have the same number of good exclusive titles as the pc does. And both of them have a large chunk of shit. Consoles will be around forever. Some games I like better on a pc, some I'd rather have a consol for. As consoles get more expensive so will building high end pc's.
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Manegram your talking out of your ass with the "people are getting tired of consoles". Consoles have the same number of good exclusive titles as the pc does. And both of them have a large chunk of shit. Consoles will be around forever. Some games I like better on a pc, some I'd rather have a consol for. As consoles get more expensive so will building high end pc's.
PC has more exclusive titles then all the console companies combined..
Consolgaming is by definition shit, unless you're hankering to play some WOOW MADDEN 90201 REVENGE OF TEH PIGSKIN! or some other moronic jockstrap sports game. Every other title is just either gay JRPG's or shitty shooters which you can find on a PC- for less money and you actually get to aim properly.
My new high end PC cost LESS now then it did the last time I built a new one.. And the PC isn't some moronic ineffectual special tool that only has one use, a PC has more utility then consoles ever will and if they change that then consoles will just be PCs for morons who can't install games by themselves.
The ultimate argument why consolgaming is a scourge and the reason to all evil stupidity in the gaming industry is: IT GAVE GROWING GROUND TO F'K EA.. -the worst company ever!
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I said good exclusives. Pc's are superior. I Can tell you like them more than consoles. But consoles are not going anywhere. if anything they may replace pc's for gaming in the future.
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I said good exclusives. Pc's are superior. I Can tell you like them more than consoles. But consoles are not going anywhere. if anything they may replace pc's for gaming in the future.
As the trend goes PC games sales are up and Console games sales are down.. How many of the companies making consoles has actually made a healthy profit? I think Nintendo is the only one I know Sony was struggling with the PS3.
Hell even Nintendo seems to be struggling, guess the fanbase got tired of the 500 millionth rehash of Mario, Metroid and Zelda.
I mean why do you think that the latest console to be launched was the PS3 and that was on 2006, why hasn't any of the companies come out with a new platform yet? They are milking it for all it's worth and while they are doing that their product is not shaping up to the demands of new games I mean Skyrim looks like a bucket of shit on xbox.
Hell Sony and Xbox don't even profit from the sale of the actual console.. This is why the games are so horribly overpriced.
Consolgaming is stupid, it will never replace PC gaming..
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the single biggest reason that pc gaming sucks is the amount of hacks.
most times id rather play on cheat free consoles
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Lol. Consoles aren't going to die bro. Wouldn't suprise me if the next xbox allowed you to install a version of windows on it.
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The Xbox is running a version of windows now I think
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I didn't know that. I meant like windows xp or vista etc. I know you can put Dos on a ps3.
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The Xbox is running a version of windows now I think
 it would be funny if the xbox OS was DOS based.
either way the xbox OS is pretty tight.
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The ps3 interface is far superior.
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