apparently the "steam box" was confirmed by valve

[Jerome]

http://kotaku.com/5966860/gabe-newell-living-room-pcs-will-compete-with-next+gen-consoles
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[Ad Bot]

[Daedalus]

Hm! Interesting.
I'll buy one if the price isn't ridiculous.

[Harm94]

So they are building gaming computers?

[Jerome]

So they are building gaming computers?

not exactly, they're computers that are designed to run steam in an interface similar to "big picture mode" that was recently released. they're more controlled, but they should be less expensive than a full-blown pc. 

[MegaScientifical]

http://www.theverge.com/2012/12/8/3744314/gabe-newell-valve-console-living-room-steam-box

OH stuff

So ya... Why did you make a whole new topic for this?

[Jerome]

So ya... Why did you make a whole new topic for this?

i felt as if it needed it's own topic

[Qwepir]

why not call it the gabecube
that would be the best name ever

[.:FancyPants:.]

so it's like a hard drive for your tv?

[tails]

Put the cpu on a pci card, Make it so you can slide them in and out via a back panel, Boom upgradable console.

Come on science, You can do it.

[Headcrab Zombie]

Put the cpu on a pci card, Make it so you can slide them in and out via a back panel, Boom upgradable console.

Come on science, You can do it.

Doing this could potentially ruin the whole "buy a game and play it without worrying if you can run it" that is IMO the only advantage of consoles

[tails]

Ok then just do it for pc's, Changing cpu's is a hassle i can live without.