

  (Source: Polygon)



I. Steam Box Strikes Another Blow to Limping Windows Hegemony



The Steam Universe is Expanding in 2014

Steam Coundown

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II. Three Steam Boxes Planned?






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A reported Steam Box prototype [Image Source: Polygon]



Sources: Valve, Gabe Newell on YouTube

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RE: They lost me at Linux
By EnzoFX on 9/20/2013 4:17:03 PM , Rating: 3
For something that's meant for gaming, I think it's makes absolutely no sense to have a full-fledged, and fat ugly OS running on it. Secondly, I'm sure they'd rather not pay any licensing to MS, it's an avoidable cost. It simply needs to run the games, a stripped down, customized Linux makes complete sense, similar to what most hardware manufacturers do...

RE: They lost me at Linux
By inighthawki on 9/20/2013 5:15:47 PM , Rating: 1
One can look at it both ways. That license cost to Microsoft empowers users with a much larger and broader game library which would only enhance their sales figures, since more games would be available. They could easily swallow the cost of the license and make it up in sales via steam rather quickly. This is obviously not their goal, though. It's clear they want to push the Linux market, so that's what they went for.

RE: They lost me at Linux
By EnzoFX on 9/20/2013 5:56:27 PM , Rating: 2
Yeah. I think they want to be in control, they want to start defining so they are always in full control. They do not want to just be a Windows "promoter". They are clearly not seeking to just get Steam to run, and hope you run what's available. They want to move the entire platform forward. This is a big picture move, no pun intended lol. They will have more freedom with Linux, etc. etc.

