Det var under helgen Video Game Awards som Valves starkeman Gabe Newell passade på att berätta lite mer om planerna för framtiden. Planer som han menar bland annat består av PC-datorer anpassade för vardagsrummet med Steam installerat direkt ur lådan.
I en intervju med Kotaku säger Newell:
"I think in general that most customers and most developers are gonna find that [the PC is] a better environment for them. Cause they won't have to split the world into thinking about 'why are my friends in the living room, why are my video sources in the living room different from everyone else?' So in a sense we hopefully are gonna unify those environments."
Och Valve ska inte vara de enda som släpper vardasrumsdatorer, eller en form av konsoler om man så vill, enligt Newell: "We'll do it but we also think other people will as well."
Han utvecklar resonemanget: "Well certainly our hardware will be a very controlled environment. If you want more flexibility, you can always buy a more general purpose PC. For people who want a more turnkey solution, that's what some people are really gonna want for their living room."
"The nice thing about a PC is a lot of different people can try out different solutions, and customers can find the ones that work best for them", avslutar Newell.
