News Valve's Newell hints at Steam Box announcement

I like this idea, get to build a mega pc which can handle split screen (or even two monitors) then stream it out to the steam os device.

 

Greetings!

Wednesday it will be the reference design for a Steam Box.
Friday, the new game engine.

My guesses.

 

Does anyone else think that maybe we're heading towards a literal game server located in a broom cupboard in our houses, purely streaming content/gaming to 'terminals' throughout?

 

Better to have it in your broom cupboard than some third party's broom cupboard imho

 

Mainly for the latency. But yes, I'm all for fireproof safes buried in the garden rather than very public cloud storage!

 

Greetings!

Waiting for the new game engine.

 

As much as I wish it to be true, I don't think they'll announce Source 2 tbh. Doesn't really fit within the entire “living room”-theme. The () + () implies something multiplayer or community involvement, I think.

 

Ok, this time the next announcement will be the controller.

 

Unless I dreamt it, there has been a mention of Nintendo and Valve in the same paragraph. It's too early to draw conclusions from that but a wild stab in the dark is that Nintendo are making an exit from the console wars, and partnering with Valve some how. Nintendo are going the way of sega, and I doubt anyone wants to see there talent go to waste. A connection being Nintendo's handheld tablet controller, and also Nintendo are kings of making controllers - Gabe has a heavy focus on controllers.

I wonder if SteamOS is already installed, or ready to be installed on a tablet - therefore today's announcement is the SteamOS and a piece of hardware, coming together right now ...

 

I think it also hint's on the link that controlling the console/SteamOS could also be the next big announcement or to be announced.

"Am I going to be using a mouse and a keyboard in the living-room?

If you want. But Steam and SteamOS work well with gamepads, too. Stay tuned, though - we have some more to say very soon on the topic of input."

 

Talent? You've got to be kidding. They've been doing nothing but rehashing the same old titles and intellectual property for years. Their consoles are at best a novelty. I hope they don't partner with steam in case they drag them down as well.