The Steambox will be a success if they introduce steam to an untapped market of traditionally console only gamers. For that to happen, it needs to unquestionably be priced to compete with consoles. Steam doesn't give a fuck about the box itself, they just want people to use their service to the point where they're invested enough to stay for the foreseeable future. From a business perspective, Valve games are probably such a tiny percentage of total revenue that a HL3 release would be relegated to a blip in a board meeting. I mean, common guys, they take a cut of practically every game sold on the PC. Every single new PC gamer directly contributes to their bottom line growth, full stop.
Does this mean you are with me on this idea? lol. I mean, they will lose revenue on games but the crowd they would bring in by making their games PC-Steam only would be huge and override any losses on their games.
Haha, I guess I didn't really answer your question, but in a way, that was my point. If the Steambox is aggressively priced, a HL3 exclusive would be HUGE, but if it's still $1000, that's isolating a lot of people they're going after and a HL3 exclusive won't matter. They've priced them out of the equation at that point. Also, I really don't think we'll see a console priced Steambox, but I hope they prove me wrong.
Nailed it. Price will be the ultimate factor. But having some Valve exclusives (packaged in even) could tip the scales.
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