Valve's Steam Box game system to begin testing in 3-4 months

Lol, was having a discussion about this in relation to the mythical fantasy of how great Valve would be to work for, how great the boss less work environment was and how the last game Valve The Game Studio released that was a totally original new IP as well as a total new game that wasn't a development or buyout of a mod of one of their other games where

Totally New Original IP: Left 4 Dead in 2008
New game that wasn't a development of a mod: Portal 2 in 2011

Any other game studio would have gone under long ago if they released games at Valves pace

They need to get Steam sorted out before they go ahead and try to pile a whole bunch of other people on to the service. I assume they are targeting new customers because if you already have a PC with Steam and a collection of games you would have to be a dribbling imbecile to buy a dedicated Linux based console (assuming the rumours are indeed true) that uses the same service but won't allow you to play the games you already have because their is no Linux version of the game out there.

 

It's called making money.