Re: Who's up for a Steam Box console?
Price is absolutely a problem but the most modest model can be fully upgraded, for me it's interesting, more interesting than the new xbox and playstation. They will have to put in some really good hardware to make it last a generation but I love the idea. Hardware industry is getting kinda crowded with the Android-based devices and the new consoles though, I will absolutely not buy this day one
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Re: Who's up for a Steam Box console?
Steam is now promoting Linux to users.
Start getting games ported Gabe.
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Re: Who's up for a Steam Box console?
CK2 is now on steam linux.
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Re: Who's up for a Steam Box console?
That's great to see. Mainstream gaming has been one of the big things holding back Linux adoption. The latest releases of Linux Mint have been looking really good and are brain dead simple to install. (far superior to Ubuntu and their hideous Unity desktopOriginally Posted by drone
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Re: Who's up for a Steam Box console?
Tempted to download it and try it out. The main issue I am having with being able to do that is having a dedicated machine where I can actively try it out. (As in, I only have one machine capable of PC gaming really, and I don't want to mess that one up!)
But the thing with consoles anyway is that they are effectively stripped down computers which are dedicated to gaming in a uniform manner and you are able to play from a disk. The advantages of this makes a hassle free experience for the vast majority of consumers. These systems are also subsidised so they are far cheaper than a gaming machine (£200 versus £1000. No contest). The conformity prevents all those hassles like "Why is game not working on my machine?!" with its 101 steps of possible reasons opposed to "it is broke, get it replaced" which occurs with consoles and playing from the disk enables games just to "get on with it" without going through lots of install screens, waiting for it to install, filling your harddrive with nonsense, etc, where as Lemur could simply bring his left4dead2 game around and put it in, and we would be blowing away zombies with shotguns in mere seconds.
All of these points are easy to manage, there just needs to be a lot of will in the pc-game industry to enable it, opposed to 'closed-shop' systems like your typical console.
Last edited by Beskar; 01-29-2013 at 02:23.
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