Every console maker has developed a box that looks like any other home entertainment system that sits on your TV cabinet. Piixl has decided to create something out of the box by making a Steam Machine called Jetpack that is affixed to the back of your TV. The Jetpack Steam Machine runs Valve's Linux based OS called the SteamOS. Currently most SteamOS system are in their prototype phases.
Article by Metin Ismail of Die4Games.Com
The Steam Machine is on its way. Now that the PS4 and XBOX ONE have proven that machines dedicated to gaming are still sort after Valve have even more of a reason to get excited. The real here is Do the gamers want it? I have been thinking out this for a while now and I have come up with my own theory. The question I ask myself was Do I need it?. My answer is: No not really. Will I buy it? Sure, Ill give it a try. There are some really controversial subjects within this topic. I have tried to list them in order to help you decide whether or not youre going to buy one.
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