Comments on: Is Valve About to Change Gaming Again?

By: Mark Ross

Mark Ross — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:25:00 +0000

Here’s a frightening scenario for you, all the more frightening because it’s possible:

What if Valve IS working on new hardware, and they ARE working on Half-Life 3, but it will be an exclusive launch title for their new hardware? (Possibly a timed exclusive with Windows/Mac coming later.)Sobering.

By: Steve Jones

Steve Jones — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:48:00 +0000

Forget hardware, where’s Half Life 3??

By: Andrew Allen

Andrew Allen — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:06:00 +0000

In reply to bcorcoran. I agree, but you have to admit that Valve has always innovated at moments like these, when they're dissatisfied with the structure that they're given. It's why Steam came into being. And I think it's why some kind of hardware could be on the horizon.

By: Mark Ross

Mark Ross — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 23:33:00 +0000

In reply to bcorcoran. It may be 'wild speculation', but it's ever-increasingly-likely wild speculation.

By: bcorcoran

bcorcoran — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:22:00 +0000

I think any assumptions right now are just wild speculation. Mike Abrash said in his post that they’re not developing hardware, they’re just researching the possibilities. It’s not a “confirmation” of anything except that Valve is doing what it has always done.

Also, there’s no saying they’d apply this tech to Steam/gaming anyway. Unless they’ve come up with a magical way to fit 1000 watts of gaming power into a pair of eyeglasses, there’s no way anyone will be gaming on any “wearable computer.”