Gabe Newell has said anyone will be able to build a Steam Box.
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Clearly, MSI thinks Steam Box is going to be very good for their motherboard and GPU business.
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All it means is that the Piston is not the Steam Box that Valve plans to release.
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As for whether or not Half Life 3 could be a launch title for the Steam Box, Newell was mum.
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Though I doubt Half-Life 3 will be a Steam Box exclusive, it could still release as part of a package deal.
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Will customers who have purchased the most games, or even certain types of games, be considered as a test player for the Steam Box?
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The theoretical Steam Box could be a terrific way to transform PC gaming, and I think the stars are aligning for just this sort of move.
Put both of those alongside a Steam Box and hook it up to your TV and let the gaming begin in earnest without anything strapped around my skull.
So what we might be looking at here is an open platform specification where any OEM can build a Steam Box, and any OEM can build a SHIELD.
But if Valve wants to launch Steam Box with an initially exclusive title to draw users to the platform, the Half Life games are the biggest guns in their closet.
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Its long-rumored Steam Box is genuinely in production right now, and fans of the company are hoping that it can strike a blow for PC gamers everywhere by bringing the platform to living room televisions.
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The company is also working on a Steam "box" - a set-top device that will let people play games on a big-screen TV in their living room.
Or you could just build the box specced out here, install Steam, and play Diablo III on your HDTV right now.
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In the past it has dismissed claims that it is working on a console-like device that would put its Steam online gaming service into a stand-alone box.
Valve, best known for the Half-Life, Left4Dead and the Steam online game store has long been known to be working on a console or set-top box that puts PC-based titles onto a TV.
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