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Is the Steam Box the PS3?

Valve has been the source of talk for a few days now with its rumored Steam based console. After thinking everything through and considering how Valve's console could change consoles forever, there is a chance Valve could already be working with Sony to bring Steam to the Playstation Brand.

Moncole4447d ago (Edited 4447d ago )

It can be for the Wii U because Valve wants to do online for it
http://gonintendo.com/?mode...

fluffydelusions4447d ago

Nah...most likely just some custom PC

chaos-lockheart4447d ago

I thought they already showed the steam console specs?

NewMonday4446d ago

can they get Steam to work as an OS and install games directly without windows?

Kurylo3d4446d ago

@newmonday

Anything is possible when you got money. And valve kinda has cornered the pc market... they own it.

Getowned4446d ago (Edited 4446d ago )

@Kurylo3d

You don't need money to make a OS, you just need the skill to and I'm sure they could probably do it they are after all programers and game makers.The real question would be is do they want to.

HappyGaming4446d ago

@Getowned
In the business world if you need skill you need to pay up.

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ronin4life4447d ago

I was also reminded of that rumor when I read the headline of this story.

Moncole4447d ago

And the Steam box is also a rumor but people are making like its real

morkendo234446d ago

I think it's crazy if you actually believe Sony will let Valve basically take over their platform.

And why did everyone think the PS3 slim was fake? They did the same thing with the PS2.

AM SURE A SLIM PS4 will come later on as well.

HappyGaming4446d ago

@morkendo23
You should write an article about it :P

Ocelot5254446d ago (Edited 4446d ago )

a console without harddrive = steambox? right...

trancefreak4446d ago

Maybe with a Ps4 Sony feels that it will need to team up with a partner to succeed but I think this is not envisioned on the PS3 platform. The life cycle of the ps3 is in its Prime and I can see it happening on new hardware just not on the ps3.

Maybe if the Rumor has any substance It could appear on a PlayStation deigned with valve in mind. We'll see.

FrankDrebin4446d ago

I hope it's an actual console!

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caboose324447d ago

*sigh* This rumor is getting out of hand.

Jason1434446d ago

but what if!! and then....!!!! omg

WitWolfy4446d ago (Edited 4446d ago )

Remember the PS3 slim rumors??? Everybody was like "ITS FAKE".."BS"...& amp; quot;WTF".. THEN BAM!!! It was real, sometimes the most less likely rumors can be true.

So im leaning on the plausible side for now, but not dismissing the fact that it could be INDEED fake.

caboose324446d ago (Edited 4446d ago )

But why would Sony let the whole steam platform on the PS3? It would make the PSN store irrelevant.

I think it's crazy if you actually believe Sony will let Valve basically take over their platform.

And why did everyone think the PS3 slim was fake? They did the same thing with the PS2.

WitWolfy4446d ago (Edited 4446d ago )

WOWOWOWOWOW... I never said steam would come to PS3, Im talking the about the "STEAM Box" itself existing along side the current gen or next gen consoles.

I agree 100% with you STEAM WILL NEVER COME TO PS3.... EVER!

EDIT:Now that I read my previous comment it sure does seem like im suggesting that STEAM would be on PS3. Sorry for the confusion :)

sorceror1714446d ago

@caboose32 - I agree that letting the full Steam store onto the PS3 would be... er... counterproductive from Sony's point of view.

However, the "Steam Box" concept - *if* it's real at all - would almost certainly be a hardware *specification* rather than an actual lump of hardware, like Intel's "ultrabook" standard.

And then, *if* the PS4 actually is mostly-PC-hardware, then it could, in theory, be "Steam Box Certified". And then, Sony could make a *deal* with Valve to split sales onto the PS4. In that case, Valve gets some extra sales, and helps spread the "Steam Box" concept. Sony gets extra games for their console, and a share of revenue from the sales.

Long chain of hypotheticals there, of course. But it *does* reach a point where it's at least a sensible move for both companies. Anyway, it'll be interesting to see how this all pans out.

ShiftyLookingCow4446d ago (Edited 4446d ago )

I would rather hand over my games to a real monkey than the author of this article.

"If Sony could convince Valve to bring the entire Steam platform to the PS3 it would be a huge blow to the competition. Steam is home to tons of games ranging from Doom all the way to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Being able to play your entire Steam collection to the big screen, without having to purchase any additional hardware would be one of the most amazing features is recent memory."

Wow! According to this guy, Cell = x86! This is beyond ignorance.

caboose324446d ago

Haha exactly, people just love to let their minds run wild.

theeg4447d ago

is the sun the moon?

is cornflour gold?

are people really dogs?

-see i can come up with retarded titles too!

Voxelman4447d ago

The sun does create the light that we see as the moon

Cornflour does have a gold color

Some people can be real dogs sometimes

lol

Nitrowolf24447d ago (Edited 4447d ago )

Sorry gonna have to disagree (not really) with you on people and dogs.
If the ten minutes i have ever tuned into the Disney channel has ever taught me anything about people and dogs is that
http://www.thecinemasource....

Kewl_Kat4446d ago

Dog the Bounty Hunter and Snoop Dogg lol

braydon6194446d ago

I dunno man... your theories make sense.

have you ever seen the moon and the sun in the same together? NO! it's because they're the same person :O

I have no idea what cornflour is honestly :(

and Iike to do it doggy style, so perhaps we are!

Beeeaans4446d ago

You can and often do see the moon and the sun in the same sky lol

Getowned4446d ago

I have seen the moon and the sun in the sky often they are not the same "person".Flaming ball of fire is not the same as flooting ball of rock.

KwietStorm_BLM4446d ago

You think that's air your breathing?

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OC_MurphysLaw4447d ago

If the PS3 was the Steambox then what happened to cross game support for Counter Strike: Global Offense. If anything Valve took a step back from current consoles with that move.

caperjim4447d ago (Edited 4447d ago )

I was about to post the same comment until i seen yours. Maybe one of the big reasons valve pulled cross-play with PS3--PC is because they are going to do it with their own console.

A steam console would use the same version of the game as PC. Therfore updates/patches will be released the same time for both without all the red tape that a patch must go through on a regular console.

Soldierone4446d ago

Ugh no cross platform play just because they want to release updates all the time? Kinda lame.

KeiserSosay47884446d ago

Valve stopped the cross game support because of their issue with simultaneous patches for PS3 and PC mp. It would make PC gamers have to wait because of the increased difficulty of patching games on consoles. This way they are separate and consoles can get their patches that cost WAY too much money and PC can get their patches on a regular basis.

trenso14446d ago

So there is no cross game support on CS:GO?

SSultan4447d ago

I never, ever liked the name "Steam". Ever. When it first came out in my teens I couldn't help but think of a "Steaming pile of sh*t". Not at all implying that Steam is sh*t cause it's really not. But now this name "Steam Box" is getting thrown around and I can't help but think of something along the lines of a litter box or even a toilet. Don't ask why, I have just never been able to shake that thought off.

4logpc4447d ago

I literally lol'd

Now thats all im gonna think about when i read steam box

darx4447d ago

You never thought that.

SSultan4447d ago

Having to go from standalone CS 1.5 to something called "STEAM" to play 1.6? Yes I did indeed think that, and from my first post I clearly still do. But why? Probably because at the age I was a little too immature and used "STEAMING" to describe those trophy turds. You know, the kind where you get up off the toilet and nearly have a heart attack cause you didn't even remember eating that much.

NarooN4446d ago

@dark

Why kinda asinine thing is that to say? How can you tell someone ELSE what they did or didn't think?

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thorstein11d ago

Should have happened a long time ago. People wanting refunds after 50 hours in game.

fsfsxii11d ago

Pc gamers will take this as an excuse to pirate things

KyRo11d ago

I'm not sure why you're getting disgrees. Whilst not all PC gamers are petty, an awful lot of them are lol

Crows9011d ago

Entirely untrue. Not any more petty than console gamers. The only large difference is console gamers don't have much of a choice.

Michiel198910d ago

Not sure why you're getting agrees. an awful lot of console gamers are overemotional twinks ready to go to war over a plastic box, I'll take being a pc gamer then.

Speaking about overgeneralizing much.

Nooderus10d ago

"X" type of gamer conversations are cringe

qalpha11d ago

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Inverno11d ago

Only scumbags? As if people don't play their games on console put in the most amount of hours and return it to GameStop and trade it in for another game. But also how many people are actually do this? And what games have been allowed to be refunded?

DustMan11d ago

You can refund any game you've purchased as long as it hasn't been longer than two weeks, and you've played less than 2 hours. I wish they would change it to 3 hours because some RPG's have so much exposition that you may only get an hour total of complete gameplay. That's my only knock on it. I've refunded plenty of stuff I was just curious to try. I typically stay away from Early Access titles which are the only ones affected by this policy change.

Inverno11d ago

Apparently early access doesn't count, only complete games with a play early preorder bonus.

Gaming4Life198111d ago

I definitely know if I want a refund in 2 hours.

SegaSaturn66910d ago

I never liked refunding anything. Even if a film is bad, i dont want my money back. Sometimes things just aren't for me, and it's not the creator's fault necessarily.

Gaming4Life198110d ago

I feel you and i have never walked out on a bad movie cause I payed my money. I also don't refund games cause I'm a gamer and I know what to buy lol. I think having a digital refund is great.

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