Are valve creating a console?

[nightrider1470]

Just wondering if this is confirmed at all?

 

[orderoftheflame]

Not confirmed, but they're certainly hiring hardware experts.

If they're not producing one one, they're at investigating it.

 

[Omaeka]

I hope not, wtf.

 

[SB118]

 

[DampCat]

Rumours abound of a "hardware" release, not necessarily a console. More likely to be a dedicated steam box, NAS style, usable by whatever gaming machine you utilise.

 

[trigger-happy]

Yes, its called the steam box.

http://www.theverge.com/2012/3/2/2840932/exclusive-valve-steam-box-gaming-console

 

[MeMeMeMe]

No
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Notice that last link was dated March, and stated that Valve would announce the console at GDC, which was also in March.
And what happened at the GDC?

Valve explicitly debunked the rumour of a console. They also pointed out they had been working on the 10 foot interface version of steam (long overdue), called Big Picture, and had mocked up some boxes for testing purposes. This is what got the rumours started.
http://kotaku.com/5891697/shooting-...heyre-not-making-a-game-console-any-time-soon

The recent advertising for a hardware expert could mean anything - a peripheral based on the companion cube for instance...

 

[n111ck]

Its a headset:

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2012/09/09/valve-reveals-gaming-headset-big-picture-test-date

Big Picture mode is probably incorrectly causing the rumours about a console.

 

[Dicehunter]

I thought they were making a foray into the peripherals market.

 

[Omaeka]

They should get into the graphical hardware business, I bet they'd make some beautiful GPU's and CPU's.

 

[Carl-Brit]

valve gpu with an actual red valve from HL to switch bios would be awesome they could do lots of themed heatsink coolers too.

 

[George Hincapie]

What games are Valve working on ATM? Have been waiting for HL3 for like forever

 

[G-MAN2004]

What games are Valve working on ATM? Have been waiting for HL3 for like forever

Probably working on everything except HL, or at least it feels that way.

 

[FoxEye]

I don't think Half Life interests them anymore. Think they're pretty bored of it.

 

[michaelp]

I heard that they were designing a sort of google glasses not to long ago

 

[Chaos]

They probably have a few things on the go, Jeri Ellsworth did a podcast recently talking about the hardware team.

http://youtu.be/U3QYI4nv2pg?t=7m48s

 

[MissChief]

I thought they were making a foray into the peripherals market.

This what I heard also. Gabe has said before how he thinks the mouse and keyboard haven't really developed at all over the past 20 years and he thought that was disappointing. I can't see them doing a full in console but I can see them doing peripherals such as a new take on mouse and keyboard limitations.