Valve's "console"

[timm3h x]

So.. i'm not sure if you've been living under a rock but there's been a rumor circling around the net and well it's HUGE.

The rumor is valve is working on a home console of it's own! This is huge, due to speculation it would essentially bring steam into your living room. Specifically onto your tv.

now keep in mind this is just a mock up and may not even be close to what it actually is... But a valve employee tweeted that pic last novemember with these specs

"Built this tiny PC. i7 quad core, 8GB ram, Zotac Z-68 mobo w/ onnboard Nvidia mobile gfx. Runs Portal 2 FAST," the tweet read, with a link to the following photo:

2008

Alot of you may be thinking... o well that's cool but i already have a xbox and a pc what do i need this heap for!?

Well imagine a console where you have access to 1,000s of games many which you may not be able to play on current generation consoles anymore, I'm looking at you knights of the old republic and battlefront 2.

And in addition to these awesome titles you also have access to amazing sales even sometimes brand new releases for HALF OFF! and lets not forget the occasional "humble bundle" which you can donate ANY amount you'd like and get multiple indie games!

There is alot of reason to believe if this was done right it will be HUGE!

I don't know about you but i personally will be following this VERY closely

[Spartanbh]

I...would love if this actually happened. My video game life would pretty much be complete. I just wanna play Battlefront and Republic Commando with people again =(

[bazongaman502]

I...would love if this actually happened. My video game life would pretty much be complete. I just wanna play Battlefront and Republic Commando with people again =(

agreed... luckly i still have Battlefront and Battlefront 2.

Im actually interested in this, i dont really enjoy Steam on the fact i see and hear about errors all the time... but we shall see...

Id be willing to buy this IF its a resonable price AND has a great selection in games

[VerbotenDonkey]

Meh.

Need Episode 3 first.

[Nocte]

Yet another market will be removed a new one instated with the interwebs :p

The only problem with this is the problem with ebooks. Anything you buy online through a service like this isn't actually YOURS. They can delete your entire game library just cause.

Some guy had his Amazon account hacked and didn't know, the guy who hacked it was somehow stealing ebooks without paying. Amazon wiped the guys account clean, without even warning him. He lost hundreds of dollars, and he can't be refunded or set up a new account to get all of the books back he paid for. So he has to repay for everything.

Which is why I buy physical books, and why I will buy physical games.

[timm3h x]

Id be willing to buy this IF its a resonable price AND has a great selection in games

now this is the million dollar question... if it had the whole steam collection available i think that would be amazing!

[silversleek]

if they started up battlefront servers, i will give them all of my money.

[Rokkman X]

Yet another market will be removed a new one instated with the interwebs :p

The only problem with this is the problem with ebooks. Anything you buy online through a service like this isn't actually YOURS. They can delete your entire game library just cause.

Some guy had his Amazon account hacked and didn't know, the guy who hacked it was somehow stealing ebooks without paying. Amazon wiped the guys account clean, without even warning him. He lost hundreds of dollars, and he can't be refunded or set up a new account to get all of the books back he paid for. So he has to repay for everything.

Which is why I buy physical books, and why I will buy physical games.
There's nothing wrong with buying physical books and games. All you gotta do is avoid tampering with things though. That guy was "stealing" so, taking away his privileges and rights of the site is completely just. Him saying his account was allegedly hacked was probably a lie. Whenever you log in the sites log your IP addresses. Amazon, and any other large company for that matter, has access to this on their sites, if it wasn't retracted then he was probably spewing.

I hope Valve is gonna sell their console with all of their games and expansions for them included. That would be awesome. Then Half-Life 3

[Blackhawk570]

I think this is dumb. Just buy a tv and use it as a monitor for your computer. A i7 processor is expensive as shit so this "console" would probably be between $800-$1000, unless Intel drops their prices on their processors.

[bazongaman502]

Point is though, Microsoft and Sony will realise the compitition and they will then push for new counsel... and thats what most of really want

If this releases, give it about 6-8 months and Microsoft and Sony will announce their next generation counsels

[Rokkman X]

Microsoft is already talking about the next generation. I hope Sony's machine is more worth it this time though, they've been dropping the ball for a while now for me. Anybody know how the PSV is?

[bazongaman502]

Microsoft is already talking about the next generation.

it was denied


I hope Sony's machine is more worth it this time though, they've been dropping the ball for a while now for me.

PS2 was the only one ill defend


Anybody know how the PSV is?

My buddy bought it... it sucks

[Blackhawk570]

Point is though, Microsoft and Sony will realise the compitition and they will then push for new counsel... and thats what most of really want

If this releases, give it about 6-8 months and Microsoft and Sony will announce their next generation counsels

That has already been in discussion though. Nintendo HD or whatever it is going to be called is going to be released next year I think and the Xbox and Playstation next gen should be 2014

[timm3h x]

Well listen guys... First trust me Microsoft's new console is in the works and will probably be in developer hands by November or so... don't ask how i know... lets just say i have quite a few connections... more so then most know about. As for the console it self... it will be amazing... Microsoft is really going to push connectivity hard, these next few years just wait. IT WILL BE BEAUTIFUL your PC, xbox and phone if you have a windows phone will all sync beautifully and push back and forth to each other. Now this is the big difference that will set apart the valve "console" from everything else. Sony and Microsoft are and have been pushing to be that central system in the living room the all in one multimedia device. Now with valve if these rumors are to be true it will simply be a gaming machine which may really hurt them in the long run. The lack of streaming videos/pictures from pc as well as possibly a lack of blue ray player to cut down on costs (thinking that everything would be digital much in the way steam is now). Now microsoft's console alone will have most of all this as well as multimedia stuff that will just make things even better like LAST.FM while playing a game! Sure these are all simple things but little things like that all together make it something beautiful.

[bazongaman502]

then your getting your info and im getting my info from 2 different places... i have a direct connection to the Xbox division from my aunt. She told me that the next generation is on the drawing boards, however they arent in any rush on it. The earliest it could be announced physically will be at E3 2013. They may say something about it at this years E3, but dont expect a showcase. And yes Developers are working with the hardware that Microsoft PLANS to use, however isnt official. Im not saying your lying or anything, but you and I are getting way different things.

[timm3h x]

Well we will see but i'm fairly certain next fall WILL certainly feature the new xbox 360 at e3 next year because it will be launching next fall

[Mi Boys Dinner]

Meh.

Need Episode 3 first.

Donkey, it's like waiting for a good Duke Nukem Sequel.