SteamMachines

#1

Post by cheald » Wed, Sep 25, 2013, 5:00 PM UTC

SteamMachines
store.steampowered.com

Re: SteamMachines

#2

Post by simias » Wed, Sep 25, 2013, 5:02 PM UTC

Sooo, it's what everybody's expected, except we don't know anything more about it. Frustrating.

Also, only 300 boxes for beta? That seems a little small.

EDIT: actually the latest answer in the FAQ is interesting:

"Am I going to be using a mouse and a keyboard in the living-room?"

"If you want. But Steam and SteamOS work well with gamepads, too. Stay tuned, though - we have some more to say very soon on the topic of input."

Something new on the input device front? Oculus Rift?

Valve sure is good at hyping things.

Re: SteamMachines

#3

Post by Dirlewanger » Wed, Sep 25, 2013, 5:03 PM UTC

Que numerous random friend requests for the next couple days from a lot of people...

Re: SteamMachines

#4

Post by TullamoreDude » Wed, Sep 25, 2013, 5:04 PM UTC

Now they need a pusher, to get SteamMachines and SteamOs on the market. Half Life 3 confirmed?

Re: SteamMachines

#5

Post by programminggeek » Wed, Sep 25, 2013, 5:04 PM UTC

This is almost a non-annoucement. They've basically said they were doing this for the last year. The only news is a sign up process for early steam boxes.

Re: SteamMachines

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Post by 4lun » Wed, Sep 25, 2013, 5:05 PM UTC

"Am I going to be using a mouse and a keyboard in the living-room? If you want. But Steam and SteamOS work well with gamepads, too. Stay tuned, though - we have some more to say very soon on the topic of input."

Sounds like the next announcement is likely to be a controller then

Re: SteamMachines

#7

Post by venomsnake » Wed, Sep 25, 2013, 5:05 PM UTC

If there was ever a good case for eyebrow dismissal it is that.

This is non announcement. They didn't tell anything. Except some weird beta test on unspecified hardware.

Re: SteamMachines

#8

Post by rjtavares » Wed, Sep 25, 2013, 5:05 PM UTC

simias wrote: post #2

Sooo, it's what everybody's expected, except we don't know anything more about it. Frustrating. Also, only 300 boxes for beta? That seems a little small. EDIT: actually the latest answer in the FAQ is interesting: "Am I going to be using a mouse and a keyboard in the living-room?" "If you want. But Steam and SteamOS work well with gamepads, too. Stay tuned, though - we have some more to say very soon on the topic of…

Good at hyping, bad at actually delivering on time... Half-life (Episode?) 3 :(

Re: SteamMachines

#9

Post by bwilliams » Wed, Sep 25, 2013, 5:05 PM UTC

That doesn't seem like a large enough beta and it really only targets PC gamers. I would think that they would want to be trying to capture console gamer share rather than existing PC gamers.

Re: SteamMachines

#10

Post by usearegex » Wed, Sep 25, 2013, 5:05 PM UTC

"Can I download the OS to try it out? You will be able to download it (including the source code, if you're into that)"

So it will be open source...