The company plans to offer a wireless controller, sold in pairs, similar to those seen in early
Steam Machine models.
This idea of flooding the market with tons of different third party
Steam Machine models all at once, some of which will run Windows as well as SteamOS, is the exact opposite of how Valve handled its Steam launch.
Not exact matches
Alienware has confirmed that their upcoming
Steam Machines will not be upgradable but the company will be releasing new
models annually.
More than 15
models from as many manufacturers have been announced, but the Alienware
Steam Machine will be the first to market on November 10.
The CyberpowerPC
Steam Machine A
model comes with a 2 GB AMD Radeon R9 270 GDDR5 graphics card with AMD A6 - 6400K 3.9 GHz dual - core processor - all for $ 499 (about # 305, AU$ 550).
Alienware's assault on the living room through Valve's
Steam Machines will begin in September, and now the company has admitted plans to launch new
models every year thereafter.
Speaking out on its first
Steam Machine, the Dell owned company has revealed that due to a lack of upgrade options on the
Steam OS powered console, it will be forced to launch new
models every 12 months.
Having officially unveiled its first
Steam Machine console last week at CES 2014, gaming specialist Alienware has confirmed that it intends to launch new
models every year.
Like
Steam Machines, Valve have chosen to do the same «Eligibility Quest» beta for the controllers, however the
model used for the initial beta testing will apparently differ from the one shown above and will not be wireless or include a touchscreen, so if you want to test the full thing, you might want to hold off for a bit.
The «better» and «best» scenarios can be achieved by plopping down $ 449 (about # 297, AU$ 637, though official pricing outside of the US has yet to be announced) on a mid-range
Steam Machine from Alienware, or up to $ 4,999 (about # 3311, AU$ 7093) on a high - end
model pieced together by boutique PC manufacturers, like Gigabyte, Falcon Northwest, Origin and Digital Storm.
Indeed, many of the
Steam Machines announced at CES 2014 are simply boxes that have already been sold as Windows PCs, such as Falcon Northwest's Tiki
model.
The CyberpowerPC
Steam Machine A
model comes with a 2 GB AMD Radeon R9 270 GDDR5 graphics card with AMD A6 - 6400K 3.9 GHz dual - core processor - all for $ 499 (about # 305, AU$ 550).
Alienware's assault on the living room through Valve's
Steam Machines will begin in September, and now the company has admitted plans to launch new
models every year thereafter.
Valve also has its own
Steam Machine but produced only 300
models exclusively for its SteamOS beta testers and has no plans to sell more.