For about a year there are rumours that Valve was releasing their own console, or at least their own hardware for gaming. It has been a bit silent around this so called Steam Box, but it is time for new rumours to show up. Valve has announced that “the Steam Universe is expanding in 2014”. The webpage that displays this message, also shows a TV and a controller.
The second thing you will see on the page are 3 circles, each with a (for now) meaningless figure in them. Under the first circle is a timer that started at 72 hours and will end on Monday, September 23rd. It isn’t yet known what will be announced by Valve, but the message under the timer makes the Steam Box a very viable option. The message tells you about the Steam Big Picture mode, which has been introduced somewhere last year and makes it easier to make use of Steam on a bigger screen and with a controller. If a Steam Box would be announced, the Big Picture mode will probably be the the way you play games on your TV.
A few days ago at LinuxCon 2013 Gaben Newell talked about the power and future of Linux, and how they will be bringing Linux to the living room. Valve has been supporting Linux for a while, with the introduction of a lot of Linux games in the Steam Store. It's only logical that we will be seeing a lot more of Linux in the coming days.
With the release of both the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One in November, will we be getting another console? And will this be classified as a console if it runs on Linux and runs PC games, or will it just be a living room PC?
With the release of both the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One in November, we might be getting another 'console' as well. With Steam featuring most games that are available on the PC, as well as a lot of indie games, a console that has access to the Steam Library would be able to play a lot of games. But we will be hearing more next Monday, so be sure to check Steam for updates on Monday's announcement.
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