There's always a tendency to wonder if any new product will be the new category killer. I think we can be confident this isn't. As the article says the Steambox isn't trying to compete with the next xbox, and for good reason -- it would lose horribly.
That doesn't mean it won't be good or I won't get one or it won't be a success. This is a good and logical move for Valve that provides good value for their existing userbase and opportunity for growth.
Re:Valve working on 'Steam Box' gaming console with hardware...
by rapind on Saturday March 03, 2012 @10:04AM
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Way to ruin it with realism! Ultimately Steambox will still use MS Windows and therefor DirectX, so it's not like it's a huge jump from an XBox 360 anyways, right?
The only thing massive about Valves mind share is maybe the preception of it among HN users.
http://www.google.com/insights/search/#q=%22valve%22%2C%22st...
There's always a tendency to wonder if any new product will be the new category killer. I think we can be confident this isn't. As the article says the Steambox isn't trying to compete with the next xbox, and for good reason -- it would lose horribly.
That doesn't mean it won't be good or I won't get one or it won't be a success. This is a good and logical move for Valve that provides good value for their existing userbase and opportunity for growth.