Valve’s Gabe Newell expects living room PCs to compete with next-gen consoles

[kitler53]

pezus said:

kitler53 said:
true story .. my father in law bought geek squad to have them install his blu ray player.

...all i'm saying is any PC streamlined enough to just plug into a TV and play at a level the masses can understand is no longer a PC. it's a console. and i don't expect many PC enthusiasts to be willing to accept those kinds of compromises the their performance. so who is the market?

Except it plays all PC games...

I guess you could call it a consolized PC, but Valve clearly aren't aiming for the hardcore PC gaming crowd here. They're aiming for the console market.

pc doesn't have many exclusives that sit well with the plug in and play model though.  the good ones need keyboard and mouse so what's the point hooking it up to a tv?

i dunno.  about 8 years ago i tried to hook up my pc to my tv.  things didn't work out well at that time.  i'm sure things have gotten much better but thing is...ps360 already do so much that my need for a living room PC kinda died away.  i can browse the interwebs.  i can check my email.  i can watch netflix.  i can view my photos.  ..and i fully expect the next playstation and xbox to do even more and do it even easier and i'd wager apple is in the space real soon as well.  the idea was a great idea 10 years ago.  now...  it just feels too late imo.