Piston Maker Takes A Shot At Valve

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JenSeven said:
Symbio Joe said:
So the main difference is the Piston is an object its retailer wants ridiculous amounts of money for, while Steam's Steam Box is an object with which ridiculous amounts of money will be made.
And strangely enough, both will do exactly the same thing an ordinary PC with an HDMI out will also do.
My guess is the idea for Valve's steam box is to give it the pricing and convenience of a typical console, but capable of playing steam games, and that'll be the selling point.

Whether or not it' actually worth it, well, we'll just have to wait for that price tag.
 

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Fursnake said:
The pistons are getting all hot and bothered, open the valve open the valve! Let off some steam!
Alright, shut it down! We have a winner for best post in this thread! :D

OT: Or I'm guessing for that same amount of money you get build a really tricked out computer that can play games AND do other stuff like being a computer. Who in gods name would spend a grand of their money on something like this? Could someone explain it to be if they could, I'm kinda dumb in the computer department.
 

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dalek sec said:
Fursnake said:
The pistons are getting all hot and bothered, open the valve open the valve! Let off some steam!
Alright, shut it down! We have a winner for best post in this thread! :D

OT: Or I'm guessing for that same amount of money you get build a really tricked out computer that can play games AND do other stuff like being a computer. Who in gods name would spend a grand of their money on something like this? Could someone explain it to be if they could, I'm kinda dumb in the computer department.
For a few hundred bucks more than that you could buy the new Razer Edge Pro gaming tablet. If preorders weren't shut down on account of it "selling out" *begins laughing crazily*
 

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DVS BSTrD said:
Theres a reason trains switched from piston to diesel engines.
I'm sorry, what? Did you mean from steam to diesel? Because then it would be from piston to electric motor, wouldn't it? Sorry, anyway yea. I know nothing about computers and even I think this "piston" may have a cracked head.
 

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kinda not what valve is about thou, they've always made games these days that work on almost every gamers rig. So this 1000+ pc box is wrong direction so its no wonder valve dont want anything to do with it. And if it were not for valves involvement im pretty sure Xi3 would be less interesting. I mean the price......
 

Sol_HSA

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I don't get it.. what exactly was he trying to achieve with this statement?
 

Strazdas

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an overpriced computer that is small and thus hard to conenct shit to. no thanks, go away.
 

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I like how everyones reading the title and acting like the piston guy is a dick, when none of his actual quotes sounds like him 'taking a shot' at valve at all. Only making the very reasonable statement of 'this is not the steam box, this is a separate thing'.

Come now guys, surely you've been here long enough to know that you take escapist article titles with a heaping of salt...
No need to start lathering at the mouth and making counter-insults for false slights.
 

Shocksplicer

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Apart from anything else, they need to change the logo. Every time I look at that thing I think it says "PISTIN".
 

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JenSeven said:
So can anyone give me a reason why I would buy that thing?
You wouldn't. It's not marketed at you.

It's aimed at the user-friendly crowd.
Some_weirdGuy said:
I like how everyones reading the title and acting like the piston guy is a dick, when none of his actual quotes sounds like him 'taking a shot' at valve at all. Only making the very reasonable statement of 'this is not the steam box, this is a separate thing'.

Come now guys, surely you've been here long enough to know that you take escapist article titles with a heaping of salt...
No need to start lathering at the mouth and making counter-insults for false slights.
Are you asking me to know what I'm talking about before I say something? Sir, I am shocked and offended! It's this sort of un-American thinking that keeps the world from true greatness.