• Flickerby@lemmy.zip
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    2 hours ago

    This confuses me. You can hookup ANY computer to a living room TV to be a “console”. How is this different?

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      1 hour ago

      My theory and point was that by thinking about that computer as a console, in the average consumer mindset it should be priced like a console. From a pure hardware product perspective there is no difference

      Valve is thinking about it as a computer, and has stated they intend to price it like one and not like a traditional console

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      57 minutes ago

      When you turn it on it boots to a controller friendly UI that shows you all your steam games. No setup, no hunting for drivers, no bloat.