SteamBoy Aims To Be The Handheld Steam Machine - Update

[michael87cn]

Steambox? lololollolol no thx

...handheld, mobile, steam library..................????

OHHHHHHHHH MY GOD YES!

Sorry, very excited for this. Hopefully its not heavy. Has good battery life. Doesn't overheat easily.... *drools*

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

Meh, while it would be nice to have I'm still not sold on the replacement of analog sticks. And before people go off on how KB&M is better, I use KB&M just as much as analog sticks, depending on the game.
I wouldn't toss it out though if I happened to get one somehow but I am not going to go out of my way to get one.

 

[Vigormortis]

How many of those are modern games, how many are games actually worth playing and not some mediocre indie game doing everything they can to get at least some cash?

You're asking an entirely subjective question. For a lot of people something like Goat Simulator is immense fun while something like Mass Effect is awful and dull.

Regardless, the vast majority of the games in question are modern games.

Most PC and console games aren't designed around the idea that you can play them for a short while and do something worthwhile. In most of those games you need at least 30 minutes, usually even 1 hour to do any real progress.

This is incredibly presumptuous, as well as demonstrably wrong. There are loads of PC games that are made to be played in short spurts, and others that can be played for short stints and then saved at different points.

How long do you actually ride a bus?

Unless you go on a trip, I'm pretty sure you won't use your steamboy much since as I said, when you're home most of those games are better played on the PC and/or console.

Any less than one might use their DS or Vita?

You're trying awfully damn hard to set a double standard here. You're criticizing the concept of a Steam handheld doing things the other handheld gaming devices were designed to do as well.

And besides, I would much rather pack my "SteamBoy" into my suitcase for my gaming desires on a long trip than I would a laptop.

Except that they aren't exclusives if you can play them on a different platform.

I'm sorry...which of the games that I listed are available on anything that isn't PC? (save for maybe Counter-Strike)

And since this thing is meant to be a device that allows you to play your Steam PC library on the go, I honestly fail to see how anything I listed can't be considered "exclusive".

Also is anyone seriously playing Starbound anymore? After the disastrous early alpha that they lied to be a better, I'm pretty sure everyone stopped giving a fuck about it and are waiting for Terraria 2 to come out. Also it plays with KB&M infinitely better than with 2 analog sticks.

Firstly, whether people are playing it or not is inconsequential to the fact that it is an exclusive; which was the point of contention in my original post.

Secondly, this device doesn't have two analog sticks.

Perhaps you should actually read the article and the press release before you go making wild, unfounded, unsupported assertions.

It's a joke.

I know, and I compounded it with the linked pic.

 

[Hiramas]

This seems interesting. Provided that it handles well and that the hardware is powerful enough I maybe could see it for simple, short games, many of the indie variety. But the really interesting idea would propably be to use this as an inhouse streaming receiver. WiiU did it, Sony did remote play on the Vita. Lets see where this goes. Won't hype yet, but i'll watch this.

 

[SpAc3man]

Meh. The only handheld gaming I need is on my phone.

PS1 emulator, GBA emulator. Looks sorted to me.

 

[Jingle Fett]

This shit. I want it.
Having access to my Steam library on the go (without having to lug around a heavy laptop)? Can't think of many things that would be more convenient.

Spoiler

 

[Guitarmasterx7]

Male gender pronoun? 0/10 racist and sexist will not buy. Reblogged.

In all seriousness, still havent tried those touchpad... things that replace the control sticks, but if that does end up being a colossal flop this wont have the same fallback of "well at least i can plug my xbox controller into it" that the other machines have.

 

[Falterfire]

If it can play the backlog of indie platformers I have built up (Stuff like Guacamelee and Giana Sisters) I will be more than happy to get one. The 3DS may be the better platform, but I already have a hundred games I'd use with a Steamboy if I could get one.

Even if this specific toy does't get made, I'm sure somebody will put one together sooner or later.

 

[Amir Kondori]

This sounds kind of awesome. I think there is a good chance that in a few years Steam will be giving the big three a serious run for their money.

 

[Cerebrawl]

Steamboy? It's a good movie.

Seriously though, I'd love to play my indie backlog on a mobile device. I just hope it's up to it... and you know, gets an actual release, and isn't sued into the ground, and hopefully plays more than just steam games on that linux distro, because I've got some great DRM-free games with low system requirements...

Oh who am I kidding, I'm just gonna wind up buying a $2000 gaming laptop that will run all my games instead anyway.

 

[Chasman0810]

This looks pretty awesome, although there's one thing. Some games won't work without a mouse and keyboard, and those games won't be able to run on the thing with a complete control scheme. So you won't be able to play games like The Witcher and older games like System Shock 2 and Deus Ex properly. Also, you probably won't be able to run games that have steep system requirements, unless the thing supports streaming, (which it hopefully will, or new games will have to run on minimum settings at sub-30 fps). All that said though, I'll probably buy one since a touch screen means you'll be able to play most strategy games, and indie games with low system requirements that work with controllers (Super Meat Boy, VVVVVV, etc.) will also be playable. Civilization and the next rage platformer on the go? I'm sold.

 

[NoeL]

Assuming this isn't bullshit (which it more than likely is) that thing looks god awful. Awkward shape, and my GOD that dpad looks atrocious! Even if it was a single piece of plastic instead of four separate buttons they are WAY too small/far apart.