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V-r0cK on 05 June 2015

Steam Machines make Ouya's sales look impressive.



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Azerth on 05 June 2015

honestly i think these will bomb



biglittlesps on 05 June 2015

These steam machines wont run games fine after 2 years just like consoles do without issues at good graphics quality and consoles get marketing, exclusives and will become cheaper every year, so i dont think steam machines are needed and wont survive.



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its a Feeling/Experience about a VIRTUAL WORLD we can never be in real, and realizing some of our dreams (also creating new ones).

So, Feel Emotions, Experience Adventure/Action, Challenge Game, Solve puzzles and Have fun.

PlayStation is about all-round "New experiences" using new IP's to provide great diversity for everyone.

Xbox is always about Online and Shooting.

Nintendo is always about Fun games and milking IP's.

Nem on 05 June 2015

Yeah... wait till all the compatibility issues and the games that dont run smoothly as they should because they havent been optimised for it. I dont think PS4, X1 and Wii U have anything to be terrified about.



deskpro2k3 on 05 June 2015

i'll file this as not an issue



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Nicklesbe on 05 June 2015

So let me get this right. In order to play all steam games I have to buy a gaming PC and then stream the games from the PC to the steam box? WTF is the point of the steam box then? How many games can I play with just the steam box?



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The_Sony_Girl1 on 05 June 2015
torok said:
The_Sony_Girl1 said:
 

I had no idea that the 3DO was Panasonic.

It depended. All companies in the 3DO company would manufacture 3DOs.

This was the Panasonic's 3DO:

And this was the Sanyo model:

Same specs, same games. The console was expensive because the game's royalties went to the 3DO company and were shared between all members. That was bad because if one of them sold way more units (like Panasonic did), the game sales profit was actually split equally. So all units were sold with decent margins, making the console expensive. That's what will happne to the Steam Machines. Valve get the profit for game sales and for the controller, so the manufacturers will have to sell the unit at a decent price margin, unlike PS4/X1 that work with a tiny margin because they also get the royalties.

I'm planning to bump this thread some months later so OP can eat some crow.

That is bad buisness. Has this kind of model ever worked?



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arcaneguyver on 05 June 2015

Steambox could've been a winner. Now the line is just going to show up, take a seat, and fade into obscurity.



Darwinianevolution on 05 June 2015
V-r0cK said:
Steam Machines make Ouya's sales look impressive.

Actually, that would be a very interesting comparaison to make. Does anyone know if the Ouya sales are tracked?



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JRPGfan on 05 June 2015

Im surprised so many here see it this clearly (writing on the wall).
Wtf where they thinking when they started this project? its bound to be a money shink and flop.