Valve Xi3 Piston

[Hamster]

New Gaming Console: Valve Xi3 Piston

If there was any doubt in your mind that cloud gaming is here, then the announcement of the Xi3 Piston will eradicate any notion of doubt from your mind forever! Introducing Valve’s answer to NVIDIA’s Grid.
Developed by modular computer maker, Xi3 the “Steam Box” or “Steam Piston” –as it has been unofficially dubbed – will revolutionize gaming forever. Firstly and most importantly it is a compact-computer running a version of Linux OS that is built entirely for gaming and powered by Steam

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Looks pretty cool. Seems like gaming is going cloud based pretty fast with NVidia's Grid being released (I think) as well.

Don't see myself replacing my PS3 anytime soon though and am pretty set on buying the next PS or Xbox. Cloud gaming really sucks for those of us on capped accounts and the price tag looks pretty steep. $1000 = +-R9000 after import duties. I can buy a console and a crap load of games for that amount.

 

[gboy]

I would rather save my money to buy the next gen Playstation.

 

[KleinBoontjie]

Still a lot of life in my Xbox 360 and I just got myself a Wii control + nunchuck + Dolphin + wireless IR sensor = Wii gaming on PC
So still enough to do

 

[Hamster]

Still a lot of life in my Xbox 360 and I just got myself a Wii control + nunchuck + Dolphin + wireless IR sensor = Wii gaming on PC
So still enough to do

Yeah, keep the PS3 for backwards compatibility and buy the next one Will probably get a bad price on the PS3once the next gen is out anyway.

 

[TJ99]

You know what would REALLY revolutionise gaming forever?

HALF-LIFE 3! I love you, Gaben, but goddammit get off your fat ass and stop dicking around with tiny consoles. Make something truly great again.

 

[Hamster]

You know what would REALLY revolutionise gaming forever?

HALF-LIFE 3! I love you, Gaben, but goddammit get off your fat ass and stop dicking around with tiny consoles. Make something truly great again.

Half Life on PS3

 

[Wasp_21]

Half Life on PS3

Is it good on Ps3? Is that the "Orange Box" i see now and again for PS3?

 

[Hamster]

Is it good on Ps3? Is that the "Orange Box" i see now and again for PS3?

It's not on PS3 but the thought of it