The modern console industry is under siege from two fronts. On one, we have the under-powered: mobile and microconsole platforms, making the bet that they can suck more casual players away from the major console platforms by offering perfectly fun, smaller games for a fraction of the price. Then we have the overpowered, arguing that for the same price or a little more you can get a fully customizable and graphically superior PC, with access to far more games, productivity uses and more. Steam machines represent PC gaming giant Valve’s biggest attempt to move into console territory by essentially making PCs that operate as much like consoles as possible while still maintaining the advantages that come with a more open platform. It’s a bold notion, and one that has more than it’s fair share of problems. Valve co-founder Gabe Newell talked to Develop Online about why he thinks this strange generation of machines is just a better deal than either Microsoft’s Xbox One or Sony’s PS4.

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