Gabe Newell shrugs off Xbox One momentum
Valve managing director Gabe Newell appeared somewhat indifferent to the recent success of Xbox One during his CES presentation on Monday.
Following the announcement by Microsoft that Xbox One sales have reached three million units since the console's November 22 launch, Newell was asked by a CES audience member whether Valve's Steam Machines can manage such a feat over the next twelve months.
"Well, it'd take a while for them to catch up. I mean, we're at 65 million," Newell joked, referring to the recent announcement that Steam's user base has reached that milestone.
The Seattle corporation's new ambition is to expand Steam to the living-room with a new line of console-like devices. A line of thirteen separate Steam Machines, each with different specs and price points, was revealed by valve at CES.
Prices of the systems range from $499 up to the multiple thousands of dollars, and Valve is bundling each one with the idiosyncratic Steam Controller.
The driving ambition is for the Steam PC and Mac platform, which carries more than 2,000 games, to be fully accessible on each Linux-based Steam Machine. Presently, less than 300 Steam games are currently coded for those Linux devices, though the number is expected to naturally increase.
Newell did not directly answer the question and offer an outlook on the sales momentum of Steam Machines.
"Part of why we think that this is the right direction to go in is that we can benefit from everything that people have already done," he added.
"If I buy a game on Steam and am running it on Windows, I can go to one of the Steam Machines and I already have the game. So the benefit as a developer, you benefit as a consumer, having that PC experience extended into the living room."
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TheHoneyBadgerPosted:
OmittingCoderMavericks I love how he aimed this toward the Xbox One and not the PS4. Sony and Valve can are so jealous it's unreal.
Why would Valve be jealous? They are more successful than Mircosoft AND Sony
Microsoft's net worth: $230 Billion. Sony's net worth: $17.6 Billion. Valves net worth... 3 billion. nuff said
-BioPosted:
It's funny how people are arguing about steam being jealous of Microsoft. Like really guys steam being jealous?? I think not!
OmittingCoderPosted:
Mavericks I love how he aimed this toward the Xbox One and not the PS4. Sony and Valve can are so jealous it's unreal.
Why would Valve be jealous? They are more successful than Mircosoft AND Sony
KatsumiChanPosted:
All Hail our most prized person, Gabe Newell.
Why care about xbox when you have SteamBox!
Why care about xbox when you have SteamBox!
LatiasPosted:
dogesdaRealRushUrfVPNKatsumiBuxtyyy Xbox is the most successful "CONSOLE" not gaming platform. Everyone needs to remember that really.
The Xbox was not the most successful gaming platform last time i checked.
Yeah, only in the U.S it was, Globally it was not.
I believe globally the PS2 was.
Yeah, globally the PS2 was the most successful console. Last I checked, it had sold over 150 million consoles.
Last i checked the PS2 has been out for almost 14 years.
Your point? Other consoles have been out longer than the PS2 and are nowhere near that amount. PS2 was one of the best ever.
SynybunPosted:
The Steam Box is a fantastic idea, because every console owner I've asked about PC gaming has the same two reasons they don't want to game on the PC: They want to play in their living room on their 50+ inch TV with a controller. The entire idea for the Steam Box is to make that experience available with the best platform available.
gmlukensPosted:
daRealRushUrfVPNKatsumiBuxtyyy Xbox is the most successful "CONSOLE" not gaming platform. Everyone needs to remember that really.
The Xbox was not the most successful gaming platform last time i checked.
Yeah, only in the U.S it was, Globally it was not.
I believe globally the PS2 was.
Yeah, globally the PS2 was the most successful console. Last I checked, it had sold over 150 million consoles.
Last i checked the PS2 has been out for almost 14 years.
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