[QUOTE="GodModeEnabled"]So many people mad over such a great idea. Bringing more people into the fold means more dollars to developers to keep making the games we love. So many self righteous, myopic, elitist people here it is crazy. I don't think it will necessarily "save" PC gaming (or that it needs saving to begin with) but it could turn out to be really awesome. If not, don't buy it. The PC gamer "master race" stereotype is alive and well here. I think you missed the point. The Steam Box won't save PC gaming; it isn't a gaming PC at all. It's a console that plays "PC games" via Steam's Big Picture Mode. I think that the OUYA lines up with the average PC gamer's views a bit better than the Steam Box.
What's the point of Steam Box when you can just literally turn your own PC into one by hooking it to the TV and using Big Picture?
mhofever
It depends on what it actually is. If it's a powerful PC in a small form factor that's quiet like consoles are, and the games you buy on it are still cross platform with Steam for PC, then it would be nice to not have to have this noisy, giant monster sitting in my living room. I'm skeptical, but interested.
What's the point of Steam Box when you can just literally turn your own PC into one by hooking it to the TV and using Big Picture?
mhofever
Because of convenience. Steambox will act like a gaming console. A lot of people are too lazy to move their gaming PC from the desktop to the living room, let alone build their own rig. This one comes built for you and it'll probably be easy to carry like console systems that are out now.
What's the point of Steam Box when you can just literally turn your own PC into one by hooking it to the TV and using Big Picture?
mhofever
By mass producing the hardware Valve can make the Steambox MUCH cheaper than a similarly specced pc. Thus appealing to both average pc gamers that are tired of upgrading every few years and consolegamers interested in pcgaming but being put off by the expensive upgrading. Hardcore gamers will obviously stick to their own pc's.
I don't really see who's the target with this. I can't imagine myself, as a primarily PC gamer, forking over the money for a consolized computer. Nor can I imagine my friend who is a primarily console gamer leaving the Xbox or PS.
Valve should focus on bringing more media, specifically music, shows, and film, to Steam than this...thing.
mrbojangles25
So Steam will be like, another Xbox Live? I'm sure it will happen right after this thing launches. With Steambox coming, you can bet that they will expand into a media hub (Movies, shows, music). First step, console system.
What's the point of Steam Box when you can just literally turn your own PC into one by hooking it to the TV and using Big Picture?
PetJel
By mass producing the hardware Valve can make the Steambox MUCH cheaper than a similarly specced pc. Thus appealing to both average pc gamers that are tired of upgrading every few years and consolegamers interested in pcgaming but being put off by the expensive upgrading. Hardcore gamers will obviously stick to their own pc's. They can optimize the OS for games as well :D Honestly, I'd gladly pick one of these up if they are appropriately priced.
Do to think it's possible that it would have swappable parts? So that down the line you could upgrade the graphics card? That would be a huge plus over consoles in my mind.
Do to think it's possible that it would have swappable parts? So that down the line you could upgrade the graphics card? That would be a huge plus over consoles in my mind.Will47
If it caught on, the video card manufacturers would probably make some that would fit, but If they are trying to make it a smaller box like a console I highly doubt you could just put any video card in it.
Anyone remember the Phantom game console from 10 years back? It was supposed to do what the Steam box console is going to do. I think those guys were seeing into the future or something.
Do to think it's possible that it would have swappable parts? So that down the line you could upgrade the graphics card? That would be a huge plus over consoles in my mind.Will47
I doubt it would have fully upgradeable parts because the cost would be too high and there probably would be no point making a console. but a simple swappable low end graphics card would be pretty cool.
I don't see the point of Valve creating a straight-up PC to plug into your TV. You can already plug most modern PCs into your television. The point is to make a Steam-based gaming system that is easy to setup and control with only a controller. Valve is saying it will be a controlled environment, but that is in comparison to the PC environment. It can still be much more flexible than any other console environment. Give them a chance.
Falconoffury
The point is likely to make a consolized PC for console gamers who are to lazy to set up at PC properly but who want to play PC games. Steam itself is already a walled garden - a "software console", if you will. One that it is getting increasingly hard to ignore, I might add - speaking from my own subjective perspective, of course.
I do think that it is way better than any Xbox, PlayStation or Wii in every way, but there are still major concerns about allowing Steam control over the games you play. And one day it will be gone - with it also all the games you ever bought from them.
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