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ggrobot · Elite Member Joined: 28 May 2004 Posts: 53564

Valve's plans to push forward a new platform for PC gaming will have to wait a bit longer. The company has announced that its plans, and those of its OEM partners, to launch a number of Steam Machines using Valve's SteamOS has been delayed from a fall 2014 time frame until sometime in 2015. In a post on the Steam Commu

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Csimbi · Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 6:05 pm Post subject:

I was not going to buy it, so fine with me.
I have to say that it's the lamest excuse though. We all know that it's not about the controller.

Koogle · Elite Member Joined: 08 Jun 2004 Posts: 1362

"We all know that it's not about the controller."

its not?

the controller looks like crap, and I haven't heard anything positive about it.. but its probably more along the lines of not JUST about the controller.

valve need some GAMES to sell that shit, something along the lines of hl3 coupon might do it, but eh fuck valve.

Csimbi · Posted: Thu May 29, 2014 10:01 am Post subject:

No, it's not.
The controller is going to suck, no matter what.
It's just being used as an excuse because they have either performance or overheating issues, depending on what they want to opt for - you can't win in both areas when you have small brick like that.
I could give them a solution, but a) I don't care, b) I am not on their payroll and c) I am fed up with writing patents for now.

gx-x · Elite Member Joined: 02 Jul 2007 Posts: 2652

There is no solution for that console at this point.

They want a freebee cache grab. Someone was like "hey, consoles sell, let;s make one!" Sure, sure, but, where are your developers? Oh that's right, they are now CEOs of their own company that sells games other people make...for Windows. Not for Linux. Bummer. "What shall our freebee Linux based console run then?" A: mp3, h264, yea, mainly porn and music. "Why would people buy it then?!" A: They wouldn't. Quit it.