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Bladeforce on 23 September 2013

http://store.steampowered.com/livingroom/SteamOS/

 

More reasons why consoles as we know them will be on their last generation. Combined with phones and tablets this generation will surely be the last



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Anfebious on 23 September 2013

Yep, Nintendo will retire, Sony will merge their gaming division and Microsoft will drop the Xbox division entirely.



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JWeinCom on 23 September 2013

First off, duplicate topic. Second off, this is a really cool thing for PC gamers, but does not address why so many people choose to game in the console realm in the first place. Maybe the hardware end of the steambox will change things, but as of now, this really doesn't do much to threaten Microsoft, Sony, or Nintendo. Good for Steam users though.



nightsurge on 23 September 2013

SteamOS will have no affect on consoles whatsoever. If anything, it's a further sign of PC decline and console takeover as far as gaming. But eventually it will all be tablets/phones. Maybe in 10-20 years.



Turkish on 23 September 2013

SteamOS will fragment the pc userbase and become its downfall, consoles will be unaffected.



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Azerth on 23 September 2013

or we see the child of a sony ms gaming console



chapset on 23 September 2013

yep this gen is pretty much the last, just like the one after it will be the last and so on



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fps_d0minat0r on 23 September 2013

didnt we have silly threads like this when steam announced big picture?
probably another thing to add to the long list of everything which valve do half assed.
steam only appear big because they get money for doing nothing.
once every half decent developer has their own site like EA has origin, only indies will sell through steam....even then the guys at humble bundle will make more than steam.

as far as something going down next generation is concerned, its more likely to be steam than the consoles.



JoeTheBro on 23 September 2013

SteamOS is cool, but from what we know it's nothing revolutionary. Microsoft might feel some pressure from it, but only on Windows, not xbox.



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SxyxS on 23 September 2013

this gen will be the last as graphics will have such a high quality that they won't improve with the next gen that much to make people buy further consoles.
The leap between current and next gen isn't that big and between next gen and next next gen it will be a lot smaller,as smooth,very good looking graphics will satisfy 90% of all gamers.