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Gabe Newell Confirms Details About Valve's Steam Box Initiative

Posted on Tuesday, January 8 @ 18:32:48 Eastern by

Speaking with The Verge, Gabe Newell has revealed details about Valve's Steam Box initiative and what it means for gamers. The first thing you should know is that the Steam Box is an open platform. Third-party hardware manufacturers will likely reach the market first, but Valve is developing their own self-made hardware.

The Valve-made Steam Box will be made by Valve and sold by Valve and will run Linux with the option to install Windows at the consumer's discretion. Newell says that the Valve-constructed Steam Box will not be a "locked box by any stretch of the imagination."

The controller shipped with Valve's hardware will serve some biometric feedback function, but details remain scarce. Valve is also hoping to encourage end-users to develop their own stores. This will further encourage consumers to develop their own content for the games they love (see the Team Fortress 2 workshop for an idea of what they mean).

Finally, Newell tells The Verge that the Steam Box (or "Bigfoot" around the Valve offices) won't just act as a PC, but also as a server. The aim of this is to "have one PC and eight televisions and eight controllers and everybody getting great performance out of it."

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  • Imnickson
    Imnickson
    Joined: Jul 2006
    Posted: Jan 8th, 2013 at 7:10 pm
    One box playing 8 games, simultaneously. What the hell is inside that grapefruit?
    0 1
  • drathbone
    drathbone
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Jan 8th, 2013 at 7:13 pm
    That sounds pretty ambitious. I'd gladly buy 1 pc I can play multiplayer games without my roommate/friends having a rig as well.
    0 1
  • Sourdeez
    Sourdeez
    Joined: Feb 2012
    Posted: Jan 8th, 2013 at 10:13 pm
    Open Hardware? Im going to have to buy one just to support that. Sony really shot themselves in the foot for putting modders in jail for modifying their own ps3.
    0 3
  • xDUMPWEEDx
    xDUMPWEEDx
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Jan 8th, 2013 at 11:07 pm
    Thanks for clearing things up, Gabe. I was getting a little worried from all the rumors that were flying around. Still, the biggest factor in determining if this is going to be a success or a massive failure is going to be the price. I still believe that anything over $399 is going to result in failure.
    0 1
  • OdiousLupous
    OdiousLupous
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Jan 8th, 2013 at 11:43 pm
    Like lan parties but all you need to bring is a TV... my mind cannot process this idea yet.
    0 2
  • metalimi
    metalimi
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Jan 9th, 2013 at 9:31 am
    THIS is the future of consoles that I was talking about months ago! Open hardware! Just update components to get that "next gen" feel!
    0 1

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