Valve’s presentation at CES has finally happened, and we have a bit more of an idea what the future holds for the mysterious Steam Machine, Gabe Newell’s plan to enter the console market and bridge the gap between PC and console gamers. Although these new gaming-PC/consoles are promised for this year, they’re still in development, and they won’t be available on the consumer market until the latter half of 2014.
FuRyu revealed on Friday its Exstetra fantasy role-playing game is getting an HD remaster that will launch this summer on Steam.
Valve is reportedly updating its Steam platform to include a native 30-day price history feature on game store pages.
I would hardly call them consoles
I think if this fails they should just make a Steam Machine themselves but just have one or two versions like normal consoles but a difference in memory.
If you made a console like machine with PC elements like modding then it would be a clear winner in my eyes. Modding on a console for Elder Scrolls 6 for example would be amazing.
Bundle it with their own headset and a traditional controller and Valve are good to go.
the controller is the only thing that put me off but thats just what i think
I think one of the biggest issues with the Steam machine is the controller. I see what they tried to do by making the buttons touch enabled for moving and camera viewing similar to the controls of a Mouse, and 4 bottons to similate the keys used on a keyboard. their basically trying to combine the Mouse and keyboard experience in a controller format. The thing I have a hard time seeing is who does this appeal to? If your into PC gaming then obviously your very comfortable with the traditional controls and if you already have a powerful enough gaming PC why would you feel the need to invest in something like this? And if your a console gamer then you are used to traditional button layouts so why would you want to chance a new learning curve? As it is PlayStation gamers have a hard time coming to grips with Xbox controllers and Xbox gamers have a hard time coming to grips with PlayStation controllers. So what does that make of the Steam controller? That's just my take on it though, I could be wrong but I guess we'll see.
It's a living room PC not a console, if that is hard to grasp than that's not exactly Steam fault. It is a pre-built PC made for gaming and conveniance for the people out there who do not want to build a rig, or waste money on a rig. SteamBoxes are not aimed at those people that put there PCs together and are fine gaming on whatever system they are using now.
It's competition for all the pre-built crap that's out there now. You will have an option to buy a proper gaming PC not some bullshit joke of a PC from Dell, or a pointlessly overpriced Alienware PC. Those two companies for a long time were the two known to people looking for pre-built now you have SteamBoxes, which already look like a great idea because already different companies have shown machines in just about every price range you would want.
I think Valve should concentrate on making great games and stop trying to change the gaming World. I would like to see a New half life on a console instead a wannabe console with no advantages towards a ps or xbox.