Steam Box
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 12 11:58 am
I keep reading about some rumors of new a platform developed by valve with Core i7 quad-core, 8GB RAM, motherboard Zotac Z68-ITX WiFi with GPU Nvidia mobile.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
ynnaD wrote:Is that picture meant to be Steam Box?
clyzm wrote:So an employee at Valve decided to make a PC.
Useless for people who already know how to do it
clyzm wrote:So an employee at Valve decided to make a PC.
Useless for people who already know how to do it.
Come on guys, this isn't a console. At best it's a mobile PC. Rumor has it that it's gonna be $999? You can make a similar setup with twice as much RAM, a much better video card and more HD capacity for about $80 less.
clyzm wrote:I hate to be such a debbie downer about this, but I really don't find it impressive. I mean, come on, it's a PC! Maybe it will get some buys from a few loyal customers or those who want to play Steam games but don't have a proper PC, but it's not exactly some revolutionary computer that will pave the way for future consoles.
Magniir wrote:clyzm wrote:I hate to be such a debbie downer about this, but I really don't find it impressive. I mean, come on, it's a PC! Maybe it will get some buys from a few loyal customers or those who want to play Steam games but don't have a proper PC, but it's not exactly some revolutionary computer that will pave the way for future consoles.
Agreed.
Anyone who is actually serious about getting this should reconsider making their own PC instead, it'd cost you far less in the long run and at least you might learn a thing or two out of it.
clyzm wrote:Valve is not some worldwide industry influence. Steam has been around for years and Origin just recently came out, because corporations finally realized that forced DRM is best DRM.
I hate to be such a debbie downer about this, but I really don't find it impressive. I mean, come on, it's a PC! Maybe it will get some buys from a few loyal customers or those who want to play Steam games but don't have a proper PC, but it's not exactly some revolutionary computer that will pave the way for future consoles.
Protocol wrote:This is pretty lame.
It's just a small ?????????. You can make your own ?????????? for less (whyyy?), and if ??????? sells it at a loss it means more money going to propagate their ?????? than making new video games. (I like games )
There is nothing unique about it (whaaa?), Google TV (you can look up on your tv?) is a better idea than the ???????, and if ?????? make it I will be pretty damn disappointed.
clyzm wrote:It's a complete gimmick, Aidan, you have to admit.