SvennoJ said:
thranx said:
Dr.Grass said:
I know. That's what I'm doing every day (my flatmate is a massive Valve fanboy and spends a ton of his money on Steam games). Yes I have used it.
Point is, if the consolidate the service then the average gamer will see the benefit of Steam. Basically the Xbox One was supposed to be what the Steambox will be.
You really don't think this is gonna be a game changer?
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it cant be. it would have to be new. it isnt. any one who wants this can do it with a windows pc. just simply plug the pc into your tv ans use steam. It cant compete with the one as it lacks kinect. with out voice control it doesn't offer the ease of xbox one for watching media. I plan on using the xbox one as my main media device for streaming video and watching tv, and i plan on using my pc with steam for gaming. but all the steam box is is a pc without windows, and those have not done well. apple didnt do well (in the pc market share area), chrome hasn't done well, linux (ubuntu) hasn't done well. i think it will be good for steam and valve as it will expand their audience, but not massivly or in a game changing way. more just one more step along valves path. even steam wasn't a game changer in the begining, it took many steps and years.
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Yes, anyone can plug a pc into the tv with hdmi nowadays. I do it often, and it's annoying. Turn of pc (hope there are no updates waiting to be installed) unplug all the cables, move it to the tv, plug it in to play a game. Grab the keyboard and the mouse for the stuff that isn't mapped to the controller and have it sit akwardly on the armrest. Then do the whole ritual in reverse to use it behind the desk for stuff that really needs proper mouse control.
A dedicated box is a lot more convenient, otherwise I wouldn't mostly be gaming on consoles nowadays. Instead of buying a separate pc for the living room, this seems to be a very good alternative.
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so just keep the pc hooked up to the tv, or connect it to the tv as a second moniter. than no need to disconnect. use a xbox controller, or a wireless keyboard and mouse. its all the same. its just not a game changer, it doesn't do anything new. People game on consoles as there is no need to worry about driver support, or games conflicting with anything. since steam is not doing just one console, but sounds like many, they will still have these issues. they will be keeping the only negative about pc's, friver issues, and game compatibilty issues. the only way to avoid it is to have only 1-3 configurations, but they are partnering with multiple hardware manufactures so i doubt that to be the case.
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