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Forget e3, it's all about bombs dropped at CES this year.
Valve just unvieled a modular box thats optimized for Steam.
http://www.polygon.com/2013/1/7/384...-modular-computer-optimized-for-steam-and-big
The part that sounds funny is this:
An investment?
Sound interesting. Valve is selling licenses and not making any of the boxes? Sounds like that might be the case (Or not. Everything is vague right now).
This could be close, or could be far away. Details are very slim at the moment. I couldn't get much else out of that.
UPDATE: Interview with Gabe (thx Wrecklusive)
http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/8/3852144/gabe-newell-interview-steam-box-future-of-gaming
Valve just unvieled a modular box thats optimized for Steam.
http://www.polygon.com/2013/1/7/384...-modular-computer-optimized-for-steam-and-big
The part that sounds funny is this:
Xi3 today announced "an investment from Valve Corporation" and a "new development stage computer game system," which is being showcased at both the Xi3 and Valve booths at CES this week.
An investment?
Sound interesting. Valve is selling licenses and not making any of the boxes? Sounds like that might be the case (Or not. Everything is vague right now).
Xi3 says this new product is "housed in the uniquely shaped, grapefruit-size Xi3 Modular Computer chassis," pictured above; however, specifics like branding and ports are likely to change.
This could be close, or could be far away. Details are very slim at the moment. I couldn't get much else out of that.
UPDATE: Interview with Gabe (thx Wrecklusive)
http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/8/3852144/gabe-newell-interview-steam-box-future-of-gaming
We've heard lots of rumors about the Steam Box, including that Valve's own hardware would be "tightly controlled." Can you tell us more about Valve's own hardware effort?
The way we sort of think of it is sort of "Good, Better," or "Best." So, Good are like these very low-cost streaming solutions that you’re going to see that are using Miracast or Grid. I think we’re talking about in-home solutions where you’ve got low latency. "Better" is to have a dedicated CPU and GPU and that’s the one that’s going to be controlled. Not because our goal is to control it; it’s been surprisingly difficult when we say to people "don’t put an optical media drive in there" and they put an optical media drive in there and you’re like "that makes it hotter, that makes it more expensive, and it makes the box bigger." Go ahead. You can always sell the Best box, and those are just whatever those guys want to manufacture. [Valve's position is]: let's build a thing that’s quiet and focuses on high performance and quiet and appropriate form factors.
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