Valve's 'Steam Box' Console Is Real, Says Gabe Newell

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday December 8, 2012 @04:04PM from the come-out-right-after-half-life-3 dept.

symbolset writes "The Verge is reporting that the Steam Console we discussed in November is a real thing. Gabe Newell said it will be a locked down platform for the living room. The source is a Kotaku interview with Newell at the Video Game Awards. Newell said, 'Well certainly our hardware will be a very controlled environment. If you want more flexibility, you can always buy a more general-purpose PC. For people who want a more turnkey solution, that's what some people are really gonna want for their living room. The nice thing about a PC is a lot of different people can try out different solutions, and customers can find the ones that work best for them.'"

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Re:Microsoft's Biggest Mistake by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-08 16:16 · Score: 5, Insightful

Microsoft's biggest mistake was putting a tablet interface in their desktop OS.
Steam Still Locked to One Concurrent User by deweyhewson · 2012-12-08 18:05 · Score: 5, Insightful

Until this is resolved, I'm wary of locking myself into Valve any more than I already am. The thought of a locked down environment worries me, too; that seems antithetical to what has made PC gaming and enthusiasm what it is.
Still, it's Valve, so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt, but being trapped in one more walled garden not only with software but hardware is not the direction I like the industry to move.