chevronThe Steam Machine battle is really heating up these days, with offerings from all of the big names in the PC business. They all have their own take on what a Steam Machine should be, everything from monster performance at any cost, to something more comparable to a traditional home console, but now, “here comes a new challenger”.
Enter the SteamBoy. The next logical step in the console war is always a portable, and now the Steam party has its own junior member.
The goal is simple; make your Steam library available anywhere, anytime. But to produce such a thing seems like a massive undertaking. Even with the state of portable electronics, systems like the PS Vita, DS, and Shield can’t offer a complete PC or console experience. Especially at a reasonable price point.
Team SteamBoy has the guts to see it through it seems, with a flashy trailer showing off an unsurprising design that features the usual inputs. Included are the Steam controller’s touchpads in place of analog sticks, as well as a large touch screen and numerous face buttons.
While the exact specs are still unknown, we do know that the SteamBoy will have a quad-core CPU, 4GB or RAM, a 32GB built-in memory card, and a 5″ 16:9 touchscreen. It is expected to release in 2015, and will have support for WiFi and 3G networks.
This is definitely a device to keep an eye on. If they can pull it off, it would give PC gamers a whole new way to experience their game collection, but the hurdles are pretty high!
Source: Escapist
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