Grandfather am i Thanks for that....If only they new i was your guardian Angel

In reply to a post by time2die:

Grandfather am i Thanks for that....If only they new i was your guardian Angel

Fairy Godmother!

Only jokin'

That's old news and no news really. We've been to Xi3's website already and though they worked with Valve a while back they were just one of several and should not be considered official Steambox providers. They look cool but yeah, £1000 or there abouts is way too much for most. Plus, upgradability with a thing that size? i don't think so! No getting away from the fact a PC is still more or less required for the living room even if it's micro-itx sized or somesuch.

The Valve pad looks really good as a concept tho. I hope the get it right in production as I'm really keen to try it out. I can't see any reason (beyond comfort and ergonomics as I can't tell what size it is) it wouldn't be good. Provided it hasn't been designed around Gabe Newel's hands or some adolescent American kid then we should be ok.

It's about time someone tackled the thorny issue of replacing the deadly keyboard/mouse combo. With that feedback it's still a very intriguing device for simulating textures and stuff.

I hope the new PS4 controller is man sized instead of the silly little things they gave us with the PS3

The gaming pad is the crucial part, if it turns out to be really good then the Steambox could be a huge success. Even if you already have a gaming PC you could buy the cheapest Steambox and simply stream the games to it.

Why would you want to though ? Unless you have multiple TV's, you're going to have to kick someone off from watching MOTD...

...something along the lines of Skyrim though I don't see myself getting Elder Scrolls Online owing to its monthly subscription.

How about this?

Two reasons that come to mind are because you want to play games on a bigger screen and also to be in more comfort while you do, i.e. on the sofa. It's not for everyone but there must be some who want to do this.

Or install SteamOS on your PC and dual boot!

Agreed about the pad. Definitely essential if it's to take off away from the desktop.

Cool find. I should spend more time looking out for new stuff instead of waffling on and on in here.

I'll give it a good checking over as I don't fancy spending like £9 a month to play Skyrim Online version. I'll definitely do the free month tho and see how it goes.