The Valve Console! · DIGIT-ARC

"I think in general that most customers and most developers are gonna find that [the PC is] a better environment for them," Newell noted to Kotaku. "Cause they won't have to split the world into thinking about 'why are my friends in the living room, why are my video sources in the living room different from everyone else?' So in a sense we hopefully are gonna unify those environments. We'll do it but we also think other people will as well."

The Valve head did note that their console would not be as open as the average computer: "Well certainly our hardware will be a very controlled environment. If you want more flexibility, you can always buy a more general purpose PC. For people who want a more turnkey solution, that's what some people are really gonna want for their living room. The nice thing about a PC is a lot of different people can try out different solutions, and customers can find the ones that work best for them."

Source - Valve will release PC/console next year - AfterDawn

Damn do we really need this ??

Half life 3 launch title/timed exclusive may be? that would be a disaster

Nothing that gamers need really. Oh well they want to expand... Nothing wrong in that.

One more option for the consumers, one more way to make money for the devs and publishers

Already its like Sony Vs Microsoft!
Here. comes the VALV3!

More competition better for consumers.

Looks like Microsoft is worried because of this
As Valve confirms the Steam Box, Microsoft's Phil Harrison issues a warning

gameranand said:
Looks like Microsoft is worried because of this
As Valve confirms the Steam Box, Microsoft's Phil Harrison issues a warning

But I'm not sure we would choose Steam as a benchmark of success. We would always seek to innovate and push beyond.

Looks at GFWL, B itch please!

uh oh.. if HF3 is Steambox exclusive only [which i dont think will be], valve is in for a serious kickback from the community..

anirbandd said:
uh oh.. if HF3 is Steambox exclusive only [which i dont think will be], valve is in for a serious kickback from the community..

No way, Valve isn't that dumb. It could be a launch title, but not an exclusive

Yeah it can't be exclusive.

Well if you have read Gabe's recent interview you will see that he wants to take an open approach to Steam Box. They won't even be the exclusive hardware manufacturers. Best of all, it will lauch with Linux, but won't disallow people from installing Windows.
Valve's Gabe Newell on Steam Box and the "giant sadness" of Windows 8 | News | PC Gamer

Gabe Newell: PC and TV gaming the same

Honestly, i always thought like this guy about this context.

Valve is kind of merging consoles and pc into one device.

Well its just too good that we going to have a dual OS console.

i need a kb/mouse for gaming with the console... switiching b/w controllers and kb/mouse is too damn difficult and takes lots of time to settle in on the controller..