Yeah I presume Steambox will support multiple controllers hence they will have to sell the controller separately. I'll get one and use it along with the 360 controller on pc, gives me the best of both worlds.
Yeah I presume Steambox will support multiple controllers hence they will have to sell the controller separately. I'll get one and use it along with the 360 controller on pc, gives me the best of both worlds.
Billy Idol
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Yeah, exactly my thoughts...X360+Steampad+K/M(only for competitive FPS online gaming)...perfect!
Interesting cheers, I might give this a try out of curiosity.
Do you know any better benchmarks to run?
Also, things are improving fast: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd_linux312_major&num=1
I find the part about "taylored APUS" parts quite interesting, pretty much Valve stated that they can't say becore january.
Let see. Cheaper CW parts would be neat, gddr5 powered kavri would be neat too.
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I was speaking of that part of the interview:
Let see. Cheaper CW parts would be neat, gddr5 powered kavri would be neat too.
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I was speaking of that part of the interview:
Dues credits to the Verge.
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rockaman
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I'm sorry, there's no way I want to play a FPS or RTS with that Steam controller. No way. And I say this as an avid player of Dota 2 and StarCraft 2. Just... no.
I'd rather use a DS3 or DS4 and emulate the mouse and buttons with the analog sticks and face buttons and such. And I know I don't want to do that either.
Any honest player can attest that the Steam controller is in no way presenting a better medium to play... let's say... almost all games over a practical controller like the DS4. Which frankly has more functions as well.
It's just different. That in no way makes it better.
I agree with Cjail. By the time it comes out people will realize it's not all that.
No kidding. People have to realize that new does not equate to better, and neither does different equate to better.
That they are advertising a controller that blends the function of a keyboard and mouse and makes a "better" controller than current ones at the same time should already raise a huge red flag.
A red flag like realizing that "it's probably not possible" to achieve that goal... should hit more people in due time.
Are people really looking for an input medium that is equally difficult to function as a keyboard and mouse, and no better or worse at being a controller at the same time... and then celebrate it? Lol...
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I'm hoping they will explain how drivers will be handled as that seems what is most likely to break games, where new drivers render old games incompatible and/or cause weird issues. With Windows they didn't have much choice, but with Linux would it be possible to keep multiple sets of video drivers, etc, all installed and a game just loads the version of whatever drivers it needs that it was tested with? That way a game can be fully tested with whatever set of drivers and work perfectly fine even 10 years from now as long as those drivers are installed on the steam box. I'm not sure how else they can achieve console simplicity without resolving that first.
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I already posted this in another thread, but here's it is. The first official Steam machine:
http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/25/5146398/ibuypower-steam-machine-499-radeon-r9-270
- AMD CPU (undisclosed)
- R9 270 (900MHz Pitcairn)
- Smaller than Xbone, larger than PS4
- WiFi, Bluetooth
- 500GB HDD
- Steam controller bundled in the package
All for $499. Of course, being a Steam Box, there's no Windows.
http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/25/5146398/ibuypower-steam-machine-499-radeon-r9-270
- AMD CPU (undisclosed)
- R9 270 (900MHz Pitcairn)
- Smaller than Xbone, larger than PS4
- WiFi, Bluetooth
- 500GB HDD
- Steam controller bundled in the package
All for $499. Of course, being a Steam Box, there's no Windows.
How does that compare performance-wise with the PS4 and X1?
A smaller company probably doesn't get the cost advantages of Sony or Microsoft. So can they produce more performance at a given price point?
Of course, the smaller company isn't going to put money into R&D, service and support, marketing, etc. so maybe they could match or exceed, as far as raw HW performance.
Valve though has to bring in more publishers to support the Steam OS platform and that takes money.
A smaller company probably doesn't get the cost advantages of Sony or Microsoft. So can they produce more performance at a given price point?
Of course, the smaller company isn't going to put money into R&D, service and support, marketing, etc. so maybe they could match or exceed, as far as raw HW performance.
Valve though has to bring in more publishers to support the Steam OS platform and that takes money.
They can make terms for early adopters more favorable, in the same way provinces like Quebec stole many game development companies from various USA cities. So if Valve was really aggressive they could reduce their cut of sales to 0% for the companies that support SteamOS in the early days.
Silent_Buddha
Legend
I find it curious that they don't mention how much system RAM will be included. The pessimistic side of me wonders if they skimped on it due to be a Linux machine and only went with 2 GB, though 4 GB is far more likely.
Regards,
SB
A minimum of 4 is a given IMO but hopefully even this model is packing at least 6GB.
