Steam Machines Can't Ship Until Valve is Ready

[exfileme]

SteamOS and the Steam Controller must be ready before Steam Machines can ship.

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[zipspyder]

By the looks of the SteamOS alpha that February release reminds me of the saying "fat chance in hell"!

 

[vmem]

Unfortunatly the whole steam OS thing is turning out to be an over-hyped ship that crashed before it was launched

 

[Innocent_Bystander-1312890]

Oh Steam Machines are going on Valve-Time, are they? Look for their release right along with Half Life 3 then...IB

 

[daekar]

I'm still trying to figure out who they're marketing these machines to, and for what purpose. Why would I buy one of these if I could buy a PS4? And if I wanted PC games, wouldn't I be better served with a gaming rig? I just don't understand.

 

[Zenuts]

I'm still trying to figure out who they're marketing these machines to, and for what purpose. Why would I buy one of these if I could buy a PS4? And if I wanted PC games, wouldn't I be better served with a gaming rig? I just don't understand.

It's for people who either want a PC on their living room (for gaming mostly) or want a more "portable" desktop (for LAN parties, for instance). The specs range from entry level Iris Pro to the GTX 780 TI so, whatever you want to build, you can (with a premmium price over a DIY regular-sized PC).

 

[ubercake]

I really can't wait to see how these work out. I also hope they have some offerings priced to compete with consoles. Otherwise, this will just be another boutique-ish type PC build that companies charge a premium for (like alienware or others of that ilk).

 

[Zenuts]

I really can't wait to see how these work out. I also hope they have some offerings priced to compete with consoles. Otherwise, this will just be another boutique-ish type PC build that companies charge a premium for (like alienware or others of that ilk).

A preview list with price has already been posted a few days ago. Here it is: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/steam-box-machine-ces-2014-valve,25661.html

 

[tomsworkshop]

i thought SteamOS will be open for download and install like other Linux distro, they may be the next top Linux distro like Ubuntu if so