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happydolphin said:
bananaking21 said:
theprof00 said:

valve...AND sony....together.

Think back to the past 3 years of valve and gabe praising playstation.


i can see it now.... PlayStation Steam!! would be the best thing to ever happen to the gaming industry 

Please no, I hope this is not true nor the future.

why not?



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blackstarr said:
Next generation... Xbox720, PS4, Wii U, Valvebox, Ouya???
That's too many console makers for one generation! Something must die.


No reason for any to die. Gaming continues to grow. Only Sega died was that they made poor business decisions.



bananaking21 said:


i can see it now.... PlayStation Steam!! would be the best thing to ever happen to the gaming industry 


You mean besides the gaming industry being saved from obscurity in the mid 80s, correct?



Possibly standalone hardware that can access the entire Steam marketplace? That's a very interesting idea.

I wonder what they call this "Steam generator"? Boiler? Iron? Steam-roller? Steamer?



Interesting, but will it be Steam-only or aimed mainly at Steam, but actually open? Will it be a highly standardized and streamlined Windows-free PC?
If they manage to make Windows redundant in PC gaming, it will be a mighty achievement.



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Sony and Microsoft should watch this with fear.



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fordy said:
bananaking21 said:


i can see it now.... PlayStation Steam!! would be the best thing to ever happen to the gaming industry 


You mean besides the gaming industry being saved from obscurity in the mid 80s, correct?


nop, this would be even better



benji232 said:
Soo many console makers, im not sure my wallet will survive next gen lol.

Nah, there's (or, have been as most died already) more consoles than Wii/XBox360/PS3 this generation too. Or do you also own the Zeebo and HyperScan?



bananaking21 said:
happydolphin said:

Please no, I hope this is not true nor the future.

why not?

In general, Sony is more royalty-driven and closed than Steam, that's how I feel about it.



Ehh. So they're exclusively have Half Life 3, Left 4 Dead 3, Portal 3, Team Fortress 3; can those games truly win over current gen console owners to convert to a brand new console?



All of this, of course, is just my opinion.

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