Infinity Ward developing for Valve-backed Piston PC?

fish fish mc bite mc bites ... fishay fishay

in comparison for price, size and power...an imac is a better investment..and thats an imac folks..this piston is a huge ripoff and it can't even minimize things all wooshy like

Betting on a commercial flop.
Anyone wants to take me on it?

And here's why I see it that way:
This appeals mostly to PC gamers, that don't really need it.
And not enough to console gamers that "could" actually use it.

There's a lot of brand loyalty in the console community, mostly because of exclusives, and in that way this simply can't compete.

This then will be a bit like the Zune, why bother when I already have something that does that job even better?

I don't know, maybe it's just me but do you think publishers are going down the route of releasing there own systems for games? I know it sounds bizarre but with components getting cheaper all the time is it possible? I remember the days of SEGA's Mega CD and 32X and wonder if this is the sort of thing we can expect for the future of our consoles, certainly would be cheaper if we could have addons to boost the systems performance etc... but then again you could just by a PC...

This thing is not Valves Steam box just so you all know.

the official Steam box has not been released yet and I hope it has a better performance cost ratio then this thing.

I could see Valve launching something like OnLive where you stream games that are run on servers at their end from your Steam account. That way you wouldn't need a powerful pc instead you just need the mini pc for the controllers and to connect to the internet. Then all you would need is an internet connection with a lot of bandwidth and preferably no data cap.

I wouldn't buy that. He said that X7A would cost around $1000. They can keep it.

Call of Duty Black Ops II isn't really a related game at all, is it.

i thought it was a cpu heatsink at first

I don't see why this would have to be underpowered. I mean think about this. It's not much bigger then the Wii U. Which has 1080p graphics capabilities. and it has to support 2 tablet controllers. meaning it can project images to 3 different devices and take inputs from them. This should be capable of putting out better graphics then the Wii U. I'm not saying it's going to be nextbox/PS4 capable, but I feel like it could be able to produce good quality games, and still cost around $250-$300. VS a full PC thats not really that bad.

First thought ,  good luck with that. 

Either it will be way too under powered for a current gen pc or it will catch on fire.

What about the sound card? I guess if you own a laptop and you want to be a pc gamer then its a good idea but i'm watching this video on my gaming, theatre and everything else computer, so why do I need that grapefruit.

The idea of small computers is cool, but there is a limit. A CD/DVD drive is still an essential part of a computer, as far as I'm concerned.

It's NOT the Steam Box. Geeze enough with this. I won;t even buy into this tech. It's very limited on power and having to swap out to do differnt things seems to be more of a pin than it's worth.

http://www.xi3.com/

Since I understand a little about PC's and in may 2012 I made a PC about the same power as the PS4, I don't see why I'd buy the Steam Box. Don't get me wrong, I love Steam but I love StarCraft too. I really prefer hook up my PC in the living room than buying this little lovely box... 

I understand the concept, actually kind if wxcited since j do need to update my pc...clout isn't it just another pc??? Won't it play blizzard games? Pop cap even? What's the big deal about this? Because I've played cod if my pc already.

YAY, but WHY INFINITY WARD D:

This is the first gaming PC that was designed as a console, it is different than a gaming PC in many ways including the ridiculously low power usage and noise, the low temperatures and the extreme durability they have shown. If the price is right I'll definitely be grabbing one of these over the nex-gen consoles in the future, I'm tired of Sony and M$ their directions are clearly moving from gaming as the core to entertainment as their core.

The X7A shown as CES was underpowered. I hope there are some plans for spec upgrades before Valve sink much more into this.

I'd buy that for a dollar! :D fish fish I HAVE NO FISH!?

The main reason we're seeing this is Microsoft's powergrab with Windows 8. They're trying to lay the foundation for phasing out the open desktop in favor of a walled garden (like Apple) to control app distribution and grab 30% of every sale. That would cut Steam off at he knees. So they need to work on their own platform outside of Microsoft so they can make their OWN greedy powergrab.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFiaCP4WWLk