A job listing seems to confirm that Valve is developing an "innovative" piece of hardware
After months of rumors, speculations, and denials, it appears the folks at Valve have finally admitted to having a piece of gaming hardware in development because they're "frustrated by the lack of innovation" being put forward by the big hardware manufacturers.
The company recently posted a job listing for an Industrial Designer on its jobs board. According to the listing, this Industrial Designer will be working with Valve in the field of hardware development to design technology that will bring gamers exciting and innovative gameplay experiences.
But Valve explains it better than I can:
What could this new piece of hardware be? I'm not quite sure what to make of it actually. Although I'll guess that it could a new streaming based console (similar to Onlive and dare I say, the previously rumored Steam Box) that will exclusively support the Stream library and sport some kind of fancy new controller/control interface. But your guess is as good as mine g1s.
Here's the full job listing in case you're interested:
If my screen cap is too blurry to read (or if you want to apply for the job), click here and then click on the Industrial Designer link.
» Source: http://ca.ign.com/articles/2012/09/03/valve-confirms-hardware-development
» Tagged In: #hardware, #job posting, #PC, #Ryan Conway, #steam, #valve
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I rather consoles over computers because the former to much simpler and doesn't have too many inputs and buttons.
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I hope for them it's just a controller. if it's a console, it will eventually fail or worse yet might cause oversaturation of the market in terms of consoles, which might cause another economic crash in the game industry...
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Valve is right about the hardware not being innovative. The organization has been bringing lots of good technologies to video games like Steam and their game engine. Computer hardware released by them won't fail. I strongly believe that the company can only bring good to video games.