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[fluffydelusions]

Sorry about the mobile link cause I'm well mobile
http://m.ign.com/articles/2013/09/2...alves-steam-machine-plans-with-great-interest

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

Well, I guess they must be working on a windows gaming box themselves. Cant wait to check it out. Valve must've really scared them into making a move.

 

[smurfx]

wonder how long it will take them to sue valve over patents.

 

[Graphics Horse]

Well, I guess they must be working on a windows gaming box themselves. Cant wait to check it out.

That would be neat, they could call it something like the Direct-X cube.

 

[Coolwhip]

Well, I guess they must be working on a windows gaming box themselves. Cant wait to check it out. Valve must've really scared them into making a move.

Not sure if serious.

 

[Crawl]

Well, I guess they must be working on a windows gaming box themselves. Cant wait to check it out. Valve must've really scared them into making a move.

Yeah its the Xbox.

 

[model13]

Sorry about the mobile link cause I'm well mobile
http://m.ign.com/articles/2013/09/2...alves-steam-machine-plans-with-great-interest

I have no idea what the point of this article is. Of course they are watching, you could replace Microsoft with anyone in the industry.

 

[ShOcKwAvE]

I'd really love to invest in Valve right now...

 

[ChosenPredator]

steambox is the all digital console ms craved to be lol

 

[Iacobellis]

Are they gonna pull a 360?

 

[Stumpokapow]

Had they watched PC gaming "with great interest" at any point in the last decade, Valve wouldn't have made a move into hardware to begin with.

 

[def sim]

Mobile link!

 

[MCD]

They hired their lawyer too.

 

[Crawl]

"We are watching them with great interest and if any good ideas arrive we will just steal them and call them our own."

 

[Fantasmo]

Had they watched PC gaming "with great interest" at any point in the last decade, Valve wouldn't have made a move into hardware to begin with.

Or possibly even Steam if you go further back, that could have been Microsoft.

 

[Forsaken82]

Well, I guess they must be working on a windows gaming box themselves. Cant wait to check it out. Valve must've really scared them into making a move.

I doubt that.

 

[outunderthestars]

Not sure why this would be news. Does anyone expect MS to say something along the lines of "we don't give a shit." when asked about the matter?

 

[Sn4ke_911]

and?

 

[LiveFromKyoto]

Had they watched PC gaming "with great interest" at any point in the last decade, Valve wouldn't have made a move into hardware to begin with.

Hey man, they built an app store!

 

[w1gglyjones]

I doubt that.

True. Animals that felt no fear have a habit of dying off rather quickly

 

[tim.mbp]

Surface Box

 

[Doug Heffernan]

Good.

Time to step up your game Microsoft!

Competition is a great thing.

 

[Foffy]

True. Animals that felt no fear have a habit of dying off rather quickly

But hasn't Microsoft felt some level of fear with the constant 180's in the last few months? A fearless animal pays no mind to things.

 

[clubstoic]

Let us install Windows on Xbox! ?

 

[jts]

They should make their own box, capable of running DirectX.

Then they could call it "DirectX Box"... hmm too big of a name.

Xbox. That's it!

 

[intheinbetween]

Let us install Windows on Xbox! ?

you already have some sort of W8 with its kernel iirc..

 

[BraXzy]

"We are watching them with great interest and if any good ideas arrive we will just steal them and call them our own."

Thinking this was an actual MS quote at first, it didn't surprise me.

 

[ComputerMKII]

Of course they're 'watching'. Kinect is always watching.

 

[MrNyarlathotep]

wonder how long it will take them to sue valve over patents.

This would be funnier if it wasn't a likelihood :/

 

[PanicFreak]

They should make their own box, capable of running DirectX.

Then they could call it "DirectX Box"... hmm too big of a name.

Xbox. That's it!

That's a brilliant idea!

 

[Ingueferroque]

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/09...alves-steam-machine-plans-with-great-interest

Non mobile link!

 

[jts]

But basically they could converge the Xbox and Windows-based gaming.

Universal binaries - not that hard since the Xbox is x86 again.

Buy our shiny, ready to run your games optimally, Xbox, or make your own box/PC - they run the same exact games. Build some extra functionality into the Xbox... keeping the 10ft interface and the comfy couch in mind.

I can even see this could potentially leading to something more close to yearly updates a la iPhone etc. Because newer hardware would take immediate advantage of the games, which would be scalable.

Oh, btw. Digital only. Fuck everything else.

 

[Derrick01]

Hopefully they're watching like they were when Steam took off and they forgot GFWL existed. They've done enough damage to PC gaming with that and Xbox.

 

[Gnub]

Had they watched PC gaming "with great interest" at any point in the last decade, Valve wouldn't have made a move into hardware to begin with.

They are watching it. Their response is that Windows app store for Win8. Microsoft is trying to lock down digital distribution as evidenced by their initial Xbone approach. Win8 store is a (half hearted) play at the same thing.

 

[saelz8]

MS could release a gaming optimized version of Windows, but no. They want to sit on their ass and kill their PC leverage chasing after markets they lost before they even started.

SMH.

 

[IN&OUT]

Microsoft watching everybody abandoning Windows and DirectX with great interest !

 

[zabuni]

Had they watched PC gaming "with great interest" at any point in the last decade, Valve wouldn't have made a move into hardware to begin with.

This is what kills me about Microsoft. If it doesn't have Windows or office in their names, as soon as any of their products get a foothold, they slack off. Then act suprised when some upstart comes in and spoils everything.

See:
iPhone
Steam
Android
Chrome/Firefox

God help us if they ever "win" the console wars. I don't even want to see the console equivalent of Windows Mobile 6.0 or IE 6.

 

[Stumpokapow]

They are watching it. Their response is that Windows app store for Win8. Microsoft is trying to lock down digital distribution as evidenced by their initial Xbone approach. Win8 store is a (half hearted) play at the same thing.

Valve's double-fear is a) a baked-in gaming store and b) an OS direction that no longer supports or one day will no longer support DirectX or legacy binaries. MS' own actions led to those fears being realized. That is why Valve is entering (Linux-based) hardware--to secure a safe space in the future for the software they're already selling today. Had Microsoft been a better steward of Windows as a platform for gaming and less concerned with being a steward of the marketplace selling games, Valve would never have entered the hardware space.

 

[RibbedHero]

Yeah its the Xbox.

Yeah, that's the joke.

 

[Esch]

Had they watched PC gaming "with great interest" at any point in the last decade, Valve wouldn't have made a move into hardware to begin with.

 

[turbosnail]

Well, I guess they must be working on a windows gaming box themselves. Cant wait to check it out. Valve must've really scared them into making a move.

wat

 

[Roshin]

Everyone is watching Valve with great interest right now.

 

[kartu]

Well, I guess they must be working on a windows gaming box themselves.

ROFLMAO

 

[Mugatu]

Makes sense that they would watch, but for decades the PC gaming market has been theirs to lose and they didn't bother even trying.

 

[rrs]

Of course NOW they care about gaming on Windows after reading GFWL the last rites.

 

[Warm Machine]

Isn't the Xbox One also capable of being a Windows 8 set top box?

 

[dragonelite]

Im wondering what valve is using as lowest requirement to get the Steam Machine cert.
If it has pretty high specs for an lower then $549 pricepoint it could be destructive on the console market.
Being an OS that is streamlined for gaming. They could probably eliminate a lot of latency a normal OS has to deal with.

Edit: Wouldn't be surprised if devs only target SteamOs and just ignore the other linux distros.

 

[Deleted member 17706]

Makes sense that they would watch, but for decades the PC gaming market has been theirs to lose and they didn't bother even trying.

They were more interested in trying to gain a foothold in the console market. Microsoft is so damn weird. Instead of caring for and improving the sectors they are strong in, they instead ignore them and try to penetrate other sectors that are already highly competitive.

 

[kartu]

Valve's double-fear is a) a baked-in gaming store and b) an OS direction that no longer supports or one day will no longer support DirectX or legacy binaries. MS' own actions led to those fears being realized. That is why Valve is entering (Linux-based) hardware--to secure a safe space in the future for the software they're already selling today. Had Microsoft been a better steward of Windows as a platform for gaming and less concerned with being a steward of the marketplace selling games, Valve would never have entered the hardware space.

Killing DirectX... Why would Microsoft do that?
I'm pretty sure it's 1) only: fears of the windows store killing Steam.

 

[Deleted member 17706]

Killing DirectX... Why would Microsoft do that?
I'm pretty sure it's 1) only: fears of the windows store killing Steam.

Luckily for Steam, Windows 8 and its store have been a complete flop.

Unluckily for Microsoft, their decisions have pushed Valve to move in this direction (if they weren't already planning to do so years and years ago). Who knows if they'll succeed, but I think Valve's prospects aren't terrible.