JEMC said:
thranx said:
JEMC said:
freebs2 said:
I imagine the Steambox to be a gaming console in all respects, but with a PC hardware architecture (x86) and a proprietary OS based on linux. Steam will be used to buy both games and apps to add functionalities to your system.
Using a PC architecture, it could be easily supported by all current PC/Steam developers, with the option to optimize the game a little bit if they want to.
As their main goal, they should deliver a good price/hardware compromise, this way those who are interested into a low to mid level gaming PC could opt to buy their console, while hi-end PC enthusiats (a minority) could still use standard Steam on their PCs.
Imo, if they don't screw up something, if they manage get a couple of good exclusives it could coexist with other consoles and even steal some marketshares. |
Devs would still need to port their games over from Windows to Linux (ie: changing the tools from Direct X to Open GL) to make them work.
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why would it use linux? did they say that?
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No, but given the recent words of Gabe Newel (when he said Win8 was a catastrophe) make it hard to believe that they would use it. Besides, if they go with Windows, they wouldn't be able to tweak the UI so the machine would be like just like a regular PC, with an OS that controls it all and with the user having to go to Steam to play, etc.
Going with a Linux distro allows them to change the UI and make the machine start directly into Steam.
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yes, but that would remove its ability to be a functional computer as well. no windows no use as a pc.
