Re:Valve Reveals First Gen Steam Machines
by gizzlon on Tuesday January 07, 2014 @03:58AM
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- it could actually be a console that PC gamers love
As an old-school PC gamer, this is the first "console" I've been interested in since the first Playstation. Don't know how big he marked of people like me is though..
- PS4/Xbox1 are very similar to PC Architecture (Steam Machine)
- even first gen Steam Machines are more powerful than consoles, a few years down the line they will be orders of magnitude faster
- Steam Machines are backwards compatible and can be replaced with faster ones when the need arises. With the 4K age dawning, this could be a huge deal as the new consoles often don't even run 1080p natively. Especially if you consider that the last gen lasted almost 8 years.
- Developing/Publishing is still a lot easier on Steam than it is on the new consoles, big deal for small devs
- it could actually be a console that PC gamers love
- Valve has the right mindset and resources to pull this off
As with everything there are also risks of course (non unified design/performance, Games, Linux) but all the contenders have their pros and cons, biggest one of the consoles is their userbase obviously.