pezus said:
happydolphin said:
pezus said:
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Yup, it's a PC in that case so Pezus would be right. But I think what Valve is intending on doing is making a PC with a set of certified and dedicated controllers and inputs, as well as a form of licensing out of the box for Steam games, with the possibility of other PC functions as a secondary measure from there on out. And with that description you would be right, in that it would be a PC-console hybrid of sorts like we've never seen before.
Not sure though. In essence it would be a uber-console as it would have all the things a console has, but it would be HW expandable just like a PC is.
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I don't know what you mean here. PCs already have dedicated controllers. Bundling controllers with a PC does not a console make. Also, what do you mean by the bold?
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It's not just bundling a controller, it's supporting it (via flagship software and an official API), giving it a brand name that matches your box, marketing it, all that yes makes a console believe it or not. Oddly enough, there are business constraints to the market as well as technical ones, it'll blow you're mind.
What I mean is that steam will be the system's main form of licensing for Valve (which it already is), and will be the de facto marketplace for the hybrid console. A neat idea. There's more to this I'm not saying.
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So basically a closed system, which wouldn't make it a PC. They can't force something like that and call it a PC.
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It would still be a PC; you could surf on it and watch porn if ya want to. But considering your family might sit next to you, I imagine you wouldn't want to do it ;) But that's what I'm saying any way; a PC that has the same function as a console, i.e. it'll be in the living room
, right under your TV, wouldn't work out
