Rumored Valve Console discussion : Othor Games

» Mon May 14, 2012 9:37 am

I'd buy it, but only if they call it the GabeCube.

Fixed that for you.

» Mon May 14, 2012 7:45 am

Does it come with a coin slot, for the inevitable sales?

» Mon May 14, 2012 1:55 pm

If they want it to sell well, they should release Half Life 3 as a GabeCube exclusive title.

It all makes sense now.

» Sun May 13, 2012 11:07 pm

GabeCube

You are my hero.

» Mon May 14, 2012 3:26 am

If they want it to sell well, they should release Half Life 3 as a GabeCube exclusive title. :tongue:

It all makes sense now.

But then the PC wont get Half life 3. :yuck:

» Mon May 14, 2012 9:53 am

I'd be very interested in a pre built, made for HDTV, Controller compatible PC. I am complete tech noob, so something that would allow me to play PC games in an easy and accessible manner would be of great interest.

» Mon May 14, 2012 1:35 am

If Valve makes a console I'll get it because Sony's cheap, Microsoft is tyrannical and Nintendo is second-rate.

GabeCube

Hah, I hope that the start-up sound is "Ah, nope. It's just me, Gabe Newell."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lD8N1YCVxc

» Mon May 14, 2012 1:21 am

Valve make a console? It'll be called Source Gamer 1. Then in a few months, we'll get Source gamer 2. Then we'll get news on a Source Gamer 3, that will never come to fruition.

It'll comw out, "When it's done." But it'll have a scheduled release date of September, 9 2099 which will coincide with Gabe's new Twinkie delivwry. The actual release date will be pushed back 100 years and it'll be bundled with Half-life 3.

» Mon May 14, 2012 10:50 am

Wouldn't buy this in a million years if the rumors are true.

» Mon May 14, 2012 12:51 pm

If they want it to sell well, they should release Half Life 3 as a GabeCube exclusive title. :tongue:

It all makes sense now.

If they did this, I think I would have to crush something. Literally, physically, something will cease to exist. I might be angry enough to scrap my entire Steam library, and that's a lot of games.

» Mon May 14, 2012 11:58 am

If Valve Does, It wont be to successful as they are to late to the party. There are already to many Ps3 and Xbox Diehards

» Sun May 13, 2012 11:46 pm

http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20120305/

» Mon May 14, 2012 12:30 am

But then the PC wont get Half life 3. :yuck:

The PC made Steam/Valve what it is, it will get all Valve titles of that I am certain.

» Mon May 14, 2012 12:39 pm

http://www.develop-online.net/news/40019/Valve-product-designer-leaks-Steam-console-photo

» Mon May 14, 2012 11:19 am

http://www.develop-online.net/news/40019/Valve-product-designer-leaks-Steam-console-photo

It's a MacMini with an Xbox controller? Genius.

» Mon May 14, 2012 1:54 am

Why do they call it a console? It's a pre-built PC, using standard PC parts, and a Windows operating system (I assume, since it can run other PC games).

» Mon May 14, 2012 7:12 am

As I understand it there would be no exclusives, so why buy it?

» Mon May 14, 2012 6:25 am

The only thing I want to see from Valve is a game finishing the Half-Life story line.

» Mon May 14, 2012 5:36 am

As I understand it there would be no exclusives, so why buy it?

Well there's the typical PC exclusives I suppose.

Other than that I imagine it'll cost more than a console and lack the console exclusives of course. So I don't see many console people moving over to this. I don't see many people who build their own computers buying this either.

I'm curious who the target market is? People who buy prebuilts like Alienware?

» Mon May 14, 2012 12:30 am

Valve do the whole PC gaming thing EXTREMELY well. This weird console idea does not compute.

» Mon May 14, 2012 1:07 am

I'm curious who the target market is? People who buy prebuilts like Alienware?

Probably people who buy consoles but are interested in desktops.

Think of it as a tvtop rather than a console

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» Mon May 14, 2012 5:35 am

If they could offer this at a competitive price at the start of the next console cycle, I can really see this working. My only question revolves around the way that Valve makes money off of this. Consoles usually take loses, so I assume this would as well (if it is indeed meant to compete with consoles). How do you ensure that people are buying Steam games?

» Mon May 14, 2012 12:44 am

Am I the only one who thinks it looks like a toaater? I don't think I'll be buying the Valve console.

» Mon May 14, 2012 11:49 am

I'd be interested! But... I still like my PC

I could see them doing something innovative! Maybe that'd be cool...

» Mon May 14, 2012 2:23 am

Urgh. This would only end up leading to Origin consoles, Ubi consoles etc. as they'd all want to get in on it.

How do you ensure that people are buying Steam games?

Steam is two things, a shop and an unpleasant DRM. The two intertwine. Even more strongly with Steamworks.

Please Valve, just fade away.