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mutantsushi on 27 November 2013
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deskpro2k3 said:

This will be a niche market.
"Valve also says major AAA developers will be building games specifically for the SteamOS in 2014."
Does this means its exclusive to Steam, or exclusive for the Sbox? If it is exclusive to the SBox then that is stupid in my opinion.
Yes.. I'm calling it the SBox.

Uh... like the quote says, for SteamOS.  Which is really just Linux.
You should be able to run SteamOS, or compatable-enough custom blend of Linux on at least some non-Steambox PCs,
although I'm not familiar enough to say that EVERY PC will be fully up to spec enough to not have any conflicts.
If this works out for Valve/Steam, then expect PC gamers to be dual-booting/virtual-machining Windows+SteamLinux on their rigs,
to be able to play both SteamLinux games and Windows OS games... good times!

The Steamboxes themself have a wide range of hardware, it's not a fixed platform like the real consoles.
So just like Windows PC games, there won't be the degree of optimization you see on consoles.
Or in other words, Windows or Steam games will tend to be on the same level of optimizations as multiplatform games.
Windows/Steam is a software platform but the hardware is variable, so they don't really comprise a fully optimizable platform target like PS4/XBone.