Steam Controller, Steammachines, and Steam Link now available for pre-order

[Mummelmann]

shakarak said:

Mummelmann said:
Yeah, just saw it on Steam. This is probably the only thing to come out of Valve's offices that I have practically zero interest in, between having a rig and at least one console, I just don't see where this fits in.

You see it fits a Niche for me.  I have a Wii U for the living room TV that we use for Nintendo games and netflix.  The Steam link will allow me to play my 200 game (most of the games) catalog on my TV with my wife.   She wont play games in the pc room as she is not much of a gamer.   I'm hoping it has two controller support so we can play many of the awesome multiplayer indie games on Steam on the TV.  Additionally, many games are just better from a couch and on a larger TV.  If me and some friends can get a Civilization V hot seat match on my tv it will make it such an awesome experience.    It's cheaper then buying a secondary PC just for the TV.

I can see how someone might want something like that, I'm more of a classic nerd and I live by myself...

Cool that they're giving it a go though, competition is good and they've been known to expand the industry constantly for over a decade now.