Somewhat of a holiday gift from head honcho and centerpiece for internet trolling Gabe Newell, the Steam Box has indeed been announced and has a release date set for roughly Q1 2013. Despite no real solid details being given regarding set-in-stone plans or structural context of the project, the future looks extremely bright.
Blindfolding myself and clicking a Steam page at random would serve me better recommendations than Steam’s algorithm
Hmm, not sure I agree with that. The recommendations I get are usually pretty good, but then again I have pretty large library of games on Steam and hundreds of them in my wish list, along with lots of curators I follow for it to build recommendations off of. On occasion it will throw me a random FIFA game or something I've never bought or shown interest in, but mostly its decent IMO.
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Players can pay to edit their character, resurrect the dead and other actions.
Yet Helldivers 2 gets a pass? Y’know a GotY contender by the name of RE4 had them and so does Devil May Cry V. The funny thing is I enjoyed both of those games thoroughly without having to buy a single microtransaction.
What I do consider a valid complaint is not being able to start a new game or being able to edit your character. That’s kind of a seriously baffling decision, but then I think how I played Dragon’s Dogma 1 and I never edited my character and I just did a 100% playthrough on a single file and didn’t start a NG since. So, I don’t think these are really going to impact me, but I can see how it will others.
I was going to pay full price to support this game because I've been waiting for it for forever but I think I'll wait until I get it for free from Epic or a Humblebundle monthly.
I am not defending Capcom, as I am not a fan of MTX in single player games. I do however belive they were open to reviewers about having MTX in their game. The reviewers just decided to leave that part out. Which is very disingenuous. There are some companies that get away with these things. Image if this was done by EA, Ubisoft, or even Activision? I am positive those defending Capcom, would have had their pitchforks ready if the companies listed above did this
I personally believe that the "Steam Box" is a major mistake. I don't see many people purchasing this unknown relic over the other big name platforms.
They already make a fortune off of PC gamers... if they can sway ever a few thousand console gamers, they win. They have nothing to lose by trying to entice console games to their platform.
ill stick with PS4 and 720. Having a 360 and PS3 this gen worked out pretty well for me.
I curious why all articles are talking about how this Steam Box supposed to compete with the PS4 and Xbox 720 but did everyone forget that the Wii U, Nintendo console, is still in this so call console war or is the Wii U is not on the same level as them.
I just dont see how Newell is going to compete..
Right out the box, they dont have EA supporting this ( EA= Origin)
Then, cost. Msft and Sony are both running AMD components next gen. Msft may run 1-2APUs and a GPU. Sony 1-2 APUs and a GPU also, their both aiming at 400-500dollars launch price.
If Newell went and built a living room PC, his Intel options are pricey.. up to $300 for a CPU alone?
Also, he could go with AMD.. though we all know they arent the greatest for gaming. Msft and Sony can get the most out of AMD chips due to console optimisation, but if Gabe wants to put steam in this box, play steam games,I just dont see the point of it.
Im not even sure who their aiming this at. I mean, I am not a pc gamer, but I have a mid range gaming pc. Why would I buy this if I could just play it on pc and have the freedom to upgrade my pc?