Adam Jensen Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 (edited) It's just been announced. Thoughts? SteamBoy is the first device that allows to play Steam games on the go," SteamBoy Machine's press release reads, "you will keep playing your favorite games at the bus, the office, the school or the doctor's waiting room. It's all the news available so far. Edited June 15, 2014 by The Yokel Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/715672-steamboy-a-handheld-steamos-console/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mista J Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 (edited) I am ready Gaben. This is it baby, hold me. Edited June 13, 2014 by DarthShinobi RyanBurnsRed, Vik, Audiophile and 2 others 5 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/715672-steamboy-a-handheld-steamos-console/#findComment-1065586108 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rewas Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 I hope it has secret access to Half Life 3 somehow... Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/715672-steamboy-a-handheld-steamos-console/#findComment-1065586146 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mista J Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Some specs have been revealed. Quad Core CPU. 4GB of RAM. 32GB storage. 5 inch touch screen. http://kotaku.com/meet-steamboy-the-portable-steam-machine-1590987020 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/715672-steamboy-a-handheld-steamos-console/#findComment-1065594556 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audiophile Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 I am ready Gaben. This is it baby, hold me. Quoted for truth. Take me now. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/715672-steamboy-a-handheld-steamos-console/#findComment-1065594624 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireman Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Where do I know that music from again? Every trailer ever? Looks nice for a handheld, wonder what will play on it, I can't see myself playing CS:CZ with that. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/715672-steamboy-a-handheld-steamos-console/#findComment-1065595766 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Jensen Posted June 15, 2014 Author Share Posted June 15, 2014 (edited) Looks nice for a handheld, wonder what will play on it, I can't see myself playing CS:CZ with that. No, but there are a lot of Steam games that would work really well on a handheld device. So you basically get a new console with a huge game library. And if they make a new model a few years later with higher specs, you won't have to worry about backwards compatibility. Edited June 15, 2014 by The Yokel Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/715672-steamboy-a-handheld-steamos-console/#findComment-1065596123 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kipakolonyasi Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 not a smart idea. handhelds don't have a market anymore. look how Vita isn't selling. what's this going to offer that Vita doesn't? iPhones don't let you. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/715672-steamboy-a-handheld-steamos-console/#findComment-1065596206 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA3Rockstar Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 not a smart idea. handhelds don't have a market anymore. look how Vita isn't selling. what's this going to offer that Vita doesn't? iPhones don't let you. The only thing different here is you can play all of your Steam games. Which is appealing to a lot of people, Vita is just a flop. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/715672-steamboy-a-handheld-steamos-console/#findComment-1065596272 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coin Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Vita flopped, amongst other reasons, for having a weak library of games for some time IMO. I'm probably not going to get this, as I'd imagine battery life is going to be a big concern, but it has the same major advantage as other "Steam machines" in all likelyhood; an unparalleled library of games. There's plenty of games sitting in my Steam library not being played, that might be suitable for this. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/715672-steamboy-a-handheld-steamos-console/#findComment-1065596297 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Jensen Posted June 15, 2014 Author Share Posted June 15, 2014 (edited) not a smart idea. handhelds don't have a market anymore. look how Vita isn't selling. what's this going to offer that Vita doesn't? iPhones don't let you. Vita doesn't have enough games for people to justify buying one. Edited June 15, 2014 by The Yokel Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/715672-steamboy-a-handheld-steamos-console/#findComment-1065596684 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mista J Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 not a smart idea. handhelds don't have a market anymore. look how Vita isn't selling. what's this going to offer that Vita doesn't? iPhones don't let you. Have you seen the 3DS? They sell like hotcakes. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/715672-steamboy-a-handheld-steamos-console/#findComment-1065596928 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranklinDeRoosevelt Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 (edited) Yeah because the 3DS has all the games. From Mario, to Zelda to Pokemon and etc. It's mainstream as f*ck. The original PSP and Slim were the dominating handheld devices back in the day. Vita literally doesn't have anything apart from Golden Abyss, LBP and Gran Turismo. Edited June 15, 2014 by FranklinDeRoosevelt Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/715672-steamboy-a-handheld-steamos-console/#findComment-1065597019 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentSeas Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Yeah because the 3DS has all the games. From Mario, to Zelda to Pokemon and etc. It's mainstream as f*ck. The original PSP and Slim were the dominating handheld devices back in the day. Vita literally doesn't have anything apart from Golden Abyss, LBP and Gran Turismo. Are you kidding? The fact that the DS/DS Lite is the second highest selling console of all time suggests otherwise. I find this rather intriguing, although admittedly not enough to warrant buying one. I'm sure that there's a few out there, but in an already crowded marketplace, it's easy to see it struggling to tear away gamers from their 3DSs and tablets. (I hate to admit it, but that includes me.) Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/715672-steamboy-a-handheld-steamos-console/#findComment-1065597189 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agni Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 (edited) The Vita is not a flop. It's not COMPLETELY dead yet. I got one because I know all the Japanese developers will flock to it and all that JRPG goodness will come. Honestly, the Vita is really only a good purchase if you are a giant weeaboo like me like Japanese games, so I can't say it's not a niche console, but I wouldn't call it a flop. Since JRPG's are almost exclusively Playstation I see little reason to get a Steamboy, I already have my gaming PC for home and on the go I'll just use my Vita and my 3DS. Edited June 16, 2014 by Agni Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/715672-steamboy-a-handheld-steamos-console/#findComment-1065601198 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Jensen Posted June 20, 2015 Author Share Posted June 20, 2015 (edited) Here we are, a year later with some news about this. Finally. It's renamed to SMACH Zero: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/141284-SteamBoy-Machine-Is-Now-SMACH-Zero-And-Here-Are-Its-Specs And here are the specs: - AMD embedded G-Series SoC "Steppe Eagle" with Jaguar-based CPU and GCN-based Radeon graphics - 4 GB RAM memory - 32GB internal memory and SD Card Slot - USB OTG - 5-inch Touch screen with 720p resolution - Configurable tactile gamepads - HDMI video output connection - Wi-Fi conectivity - Bluetooth connectivity - 4G mobile network connectivity (PRO model only) It doesn't sound too bad, depending on the pricing. There are a lot of older PC titles that might work on this thing and that would make it a pretty attractive device. Technically, I could play 95% of my Steam games on this. The only games that I couldn't play are those that require more than 4Gb of RAM like The Witcher 3. Honestly, this is a great little idea. Better than those Steam Machines at any rate. What's the point of a Steam Machine when you could just build a gaming PC? But this, this makes sense if they do it right. Edited June 20, 2015 by The Yokel Jonesizzle 1 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/715672-steamboy-a-handheld-steamos-console/#findComment-1067631993 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presidential Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 Aren't they still working on the Steam console? Whatever happened to that? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/715672-steamboy-a-handheld-steamos-console/#findComment-1067633025 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ai®a©ob®a Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 Aren't they still working on the Steam console? Whatever happened to that? Yeah...They made an announcement a few weeks ago Presidential 1 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/715672-steamboy-a-handheld-steamos-console/#findComment-1067633262 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Jensen Posted June 21, 2015 Author Share Posted June 21, 2015 (edited) Aren't they still working on the Steam console? Whatever happened to that? This isn't Valve's doing. It's a third-party piece of hardware using SteamOS. Edited June 21, 2015 by The Yokel Presidential 1 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/715672-steamboy-a-handheld-steamos-console/#findComment-1067634605 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presidential Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Ah, appreciate it you two. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/715672-steamboy-a-handheld-steamos-console/#findComment-1067634679 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ai®a©ob®a Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Aren't they still working on the Steam console? Whatever happened to that? This isn't Valve's doing. It's a third-party piece of hardware using SteamOS. The "SteamOS" is nothing more than Windows 8/10 with Steam already installed Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/715672-steamboy-a-handheld-steamos-console/#findComment-1067634683 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presidential Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Aren't they still working on the Steam console? Whatever happened to that? This isn't Valve's doing. It's a third-party piece of hardware using SteamOS. The "SteamOS" is nothing more than Windows 8/10 with Steam already installed No, SteamOS is a Linux distro aimed towards gamers who use Steam. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/715672-steamboy-a-handheld-steamos-console/#findComment-1067634748 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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