Maximum PC: Outside of Valve, arguably no company has been more excited about the Steam Machine (previously known as Steam Box) platform than Xi3, makers of the pint sized Piston Console. Following Valve's trio of announcements last week, we know that that there won't be a singular Steam Machine, but multiple options from third party vendors, and it looks like Xi3 will be one of the first out of the gate.
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Gamer FitNation got the chance to talk to Whitney Merrifield about the console and its lightweight energy saving capabilities. The Piston retails for $999, but you’re getting your money’s worth with this PC console.
The company market it as a console "The PISTON Console Gaming Computer is an engineering masterpiece. Hard-core gamers will love the powerful, immersive experience PISTON provides." other "stteam machines" are described as consoles as well.
A video game console is a machine that outputs a video signal that displays a video game and a machine you play video games on. So technically it is.
Skewed and Reviewed have posted some images of the Picton PC as well as the Oculus Rift during their hands on time with both hardware units at the CES 2014 show in Las Vegas.
I like the small form factor